LET'S SPEAK FRENCH

LESSON  1 / LECON 1 : "Hello"/"Bonjour"

In the first part of the video sequence, you will learn the french alphabet.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

The french alphabet is composed of 20 consonant letters (B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z) and 6 vowels (A, E, I, O, U, Y).

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"My First Words & Expressions":
In the second part of the video sequence, you will learn different words and expressions.

"Bonjour" , this word means "Good morning/Good afternoon".

"Au revoir" is the french word for "Good Bye".

"Je m’appelle David." = "My name is David."

"Comment vas-tu ?" = "How are you doing ?"

"Comment allez-vous ?" = "How are you doing ?"

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"Comment vas-tu/Comment allez-vous" ?:

In french, when you talk to someone that you know perfectly like a family member or a friend, you can use the "tutoiement". When you use the "tutoiement", you use the second person of singular ("TU").

When you don't know the person or when you want to show her a mark of respect, you can use the "vouvoiement".
When you use the "vouvoiement", you use the second person  of plural ("VOUS").

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"Je vais bien." = "I am doing fine."

"un disque" = "a disc"

"un livre" = "a book"

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The Verb "être" (to be) at the present :
"Je suis" = "I am"
"Tu es" = "You are"
"Il est" = "He is"
"Elle est = "She is"
"Nous sommes" = "We are"
"Vous êtes" = "You are"
"Ils sont" = "They are"
"Elles sont" = "They are"

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HOW TO SAY ?

This girl is pretty : "Cette fille est jolie."

The sea is blue : "La mer est bleue."

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The verb "avoir" (to have) at the present :
"J’ai" = "I have"
"Tu as" = "You have"
"Il a" = "He has"
"Nous avons" = "We have"
"Vous avez" = "You have"
"Ils ont" = "They have"

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HOW TO SAY ?

They have a beautiful house : "Ils ont une belle maison.".


LESSON 2 / LECON 2 :

LESSON 3 / LECON 3 :

In this new lesson, you will study two texts:
"L'Amitié" from Jean de la Fontaine
and
"L'Amour d'Autrui" d'Andrieux.

L'Amitié
Qu'un véritable ami est une douce chose !
a true friend is a soft thing !
Il cherche vos besoins au fond de votre coeur,
He looks after your needs inside your heart
Il vous épargne la pudeur
De les lui découvrir vous-même.
he saves you from the shame to show him your needs
Un songe, un rien, tout lui fait peur
Quand il s'agit de ce qu'il aime
a dream, something, everything scares him
when it concerns the one that he loves

Chacun se dit ami, mais fou qui s'y repose;
everybody says "I am a friend'", but wild is the one who believes it
Rien n'est plus commun que le nom,
Rien n'est plus rare que la chose.
The name is so common; the thing is really rare.
by LA FONTAINE


L'Amour d'Autrui
Vivre en soi, ce n'est rien : il faut vivre en autrui.
To live for yourself is nothing, you have to live for someone else.
"A qui puis-je être utile, agréable aujourd'hui ?"
Can I help someone today ?
Voilà chaque matin ce qu'il faudrait se dire;
Every morning, you should ask this question.
Et le soir, quand des cieux la clarté se retire,
And the night, when the light leaves the sky,
Heureux à qui son coeur tout bas a répondu :
Happy is the one who can reply :
"Ce jour qui va finir, je ne l'ai pas perdu;
Grâce à mes soins, j'ai vu sur une face humaine,
La trace d'un plaisir ou l'oubli d'une peine".
This day which will finish, I don't lost it;
Because of myself, I have seen on an human face,
The sign of a pleasure or the end of a trouble
Que la société porterait de doux fruits,
Si par de tels pensers* nous étions tous conduits!
The society will have soft fruits if we have this kind of thought
by ANDRIEUX
* old french; in a modern french "de telles pensées"


LESSON 4 / LECON 4 :

SPECIAL : FAITES L'AMOUR, PAS LA GUERRE:

MAKE LOVE, NOT THE WAR

Je vais vous dire un truc...
Faites l'amour, pas la guerre.
Viens ici chéri(e)
On va faire l'amour, ouai*...

Faire l'amour, je suis d'accord
Mais trop boire, il ne faut pas!

* from the word "oui" (yes). It can be translated by "yeah".

LESSON 5 / LECON 5 :

Conjugaison du verbe PARLER au présent de l'indicatif, au passé composé et au futur.

The "passé composé/composed past" can be translate in english by the PAST TENSE or the form "TO HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE" or "TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE".

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