Introduction to the Course
- Introduction to Section 1
- Get the Ball Rolling
- Keep the Ball Rolling
- How to Use This Course Most Effectively
- Conclusion to Section 1
Spelling and Pronunciation
- Introduction to Section 2
- A, Be, Ce - The French Alphabet
- P comme Pierre – French Consonants
- A comme André – French Vowels and Semi-Vowels
- Pas, dit, chez – Final Consonants
- Pas un avion - Liaisons
- French stress rules
- é, à, ô – French Accents
- Conclusion to Section 2
- Spelling and Pronunciation
Getting Started – by Leaps and Bounds
- Introduction to Section 3
- Qu’est-ce que c’est? – Introducing things
- Comment est ...? – Describing things
- Qui est-ce? – Introducing People
- Salut, je suis Pierre - Introducing Yourself, Common Greetings
- Je suis, tu es – The Verb ‘to be’ and Personal Pronouns
- Qui es-tu? Comment t’appelles-tu? – Asking For Personal Information
- Je chante, tu chantes - Regular Verbs
- Un, deux, trois – Cardinal Numbers
- Les filles intelligentes – Plurals
- Combien, beaucoup, peu – Quantity, Number, Amount
- Mon père, ma mère – Possessive Adjectives
- Ce chien, cette chatte – Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
- Je parle bien - Adverbs
- Section 3 Vocabulary Recap
- Conclusion to Section 3
- Getting Started – by Leaps and Bounds
To Be Or To Have
- Introduction to Section 4
- Où est cela? – Describing Location
- J’ai, tu as – The Verb to have
- Il y a – There Is, There Are
- Section 4 Vocabulary Recap
- Conclusion to Section 4
- To Be Or To Have
Conjugation Patterns
- Introduction to Section 5
- Aimer et adorer – Regular -er Verbs
- Choisir et finir – Regular –ir Verbs
- Attendre et perdre – Regular –re Verbs
- Nous commençons, nous mangeons – Regular Verbs with Spelling Changes
- Je me lève – Reflexive Verbs
- On va chanter – The Verb aller (to go)
- Je prends un taxi - The Verb prendre (to take)
- Je sais, je connais - The Verbs savoir, connaître (to know)
- Je fais, tu fais - The Verb faire (to do)
- Je pars – Irregular –ir Verbs
- Je viens de Paris – The Verb venir (to come) and such like
- Je dis, tu dis - The Verb dire (to say)
- Je peux, je veux, je dois - The Verbs pouvoir, vouloir, devoir
- Je mets mon manteau - The Verb mettre (to put) and such like
- Je reçois, je conduis, je crains - Irregular Verbs Ending in –cevoir, -uire, -nd
- Voir, rire, vivre – Other Irregular Verbs
- Section 5 Vocabulary Recap
- Conclusion to Section 5
- Conjugation Patterns
Asking, Confirming, Negating and Ordering
- Introduction to Section 6
- Oui ou non? - General Questions
- Comment, combien, pourquoi? - Specific Questions
- Qu’est-ce qui arrive? – Asking About the Subject
- Qu’a-t-il? – Asking About the Object
- Il n’est pas – Negatives
- N’est-t-il pas? - Negative Questions
- Parle! Parlez! Parlons! – Imperatives of Regular Verbs
- Va, soyez – Imperatives of Irregular Verbs
- Lave-toi – Imperatives of Reflexive Verbs
- Section 6 Vocabulary Recap
- Conclusion to Section 6
- Asking, Confirming, Negating and Ordering
Direct and Indirect Object
- Introduction to Section 7
- À la fille, de la fille – Expressing Noun Cases
- Je lis le livre, je le lis – Direct Objects
- Il lui dit – Indirect Objects
- À, de, pour – Common Prepositions
- À moi, pour toi – Personal Pronouns after Prepositions
- Me la, te la, la lui – Two Object Pronouns
- Aide-moi, t’inviter – Verb Forms with Personal Pronouns
- Nous nous parlons - Reciprocal Verbs
- Section 7 Vocabulary Recap
- Conclusion to Section 7
- Direct and Indirect Object
Verbal Constructions
- Introduction to Section 8
- On dit que... – Impersonal Forms
- En parlant – The Present Participle
- Voir, parler, boire – Simple Infinitives
- Je te vois venir – Infinitives as Objects
- Je vais chanter – Intentions and Predictions
- Je viens de finir – What we just did
- J’aime chanter – Verb + Verb Constructions
