This is review four of FRENCH ETC.‘s Beginner’s course, which you can get on free-access on the Web site. It’s called Beginner’s Podcast.

Today, we are reviewing time, directions and transportation. You might want to go back to Units 8 and 9 before. In the meantime, sit back, listen to this podcast and get the worksheet on the Web site.

FRENCH ETC. Beginner’s course is also for the French traveler. In this series, you learn all the vocabulary you need to “go native” on your coming trip to France. You also review all the basics of French grammar, and culture capsules through the member worksheets.

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This is review three of FRENCH ETC.‘s Beginner’s course, which you can get on free-access on the Web site. It’s called Beginner’s Podcast.

Today, we are reviewing dealing with food. You might want to go back to Unit on numbers to review French numbers before. In the meantime, sit back and listen to this podcast and get the worksheet on the Web site.

FRENCH ETC. Beginner’s course is also for the French traveler. In this series, you learn all the vocabulary you need to “go native” on your coming trip to France. You also review all the basics of French grammar, and culture capsules through the member worksheets. If you are not a member yet, it’s not too late. The podcasts and worksheets and exercises are going to stay posted on the Web site until the end of September.

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How many cherries are there?

Bonjour et bienvenue to FRENCH ETC.  (www.frenchetc.org)

This is review two of FRENCH ETC.‘s Beginner’s course, which you can get on free-access on the Web site. It’s called Beginner’s Podcast.
Today, we are reviewing numbers. You might want to go back to Unit 4 to review French numbers. In the meantime, sit back and listen to this podcast. The answers and more are in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.

FRENCH ETC. Beginner’s course is also for the French traveler. In this series, you learned all the vocabulary you need to “go native” on your coming trip to France. You also reviewed all the basics of French grammar, and culture capsules through the member worksheets. If you are not a member yet, it’s not too late. The podcasts and worksheets and exercises are going to stay posted on the Web site until September.

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la salade

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This unit kicks off the review of FRENCH ETC.‘s course for the French traveler. French one course, which you can get on the Web site. It’s called Beginner’s Podcast.

Today, we are reviewing Units 1, 2 and 3: the French alphabet, basic greetings and asking a French speaker to speak slower. You may want to listen to the corresponding podcasts again, before you do this review unit.

In the FRENCH ETC. course for the French traveler, you’ve learned all the vocabulary you need to “go native” on your next trip to France. You’ve also reviewed all the basics of French grammar, and culture capsules through the member worksheets. If you are not a member yet, it’s not too late. The podcasts and worksheets and exercises are going to stay posted on the Web site until September. Make sure you get all of them.

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FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you today’s French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away so that you can understand the French and be understood by them over there.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you today’s French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away so that you can understand the French and be understood by them over there.

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This is the last unit of our FRENCH ETC. course for the French traveler. In this series, you’ve learned all the vocabulary you need to “go native” on your next trip to France. You’ve also reviewed all the basics of French grammar, and culture capsules through the member worksheets. If you are not a member yet, it’s not too late. The podcasts and worksheets and exercises are going to stay posted on the Web site until September.

As you may know, the French love to talk about the weather. That’s their way of breaking the ice. They even translate “small talk” as ”talking about the weather.” Today, Henri and Walter meet in the hotel lobby and get to know each other. After they ask each other where they live, they ask about their families, and what they do for living.

In this unit, you’ll learn how to ask basic and more advanced questions to get help you break the ice and shoot the breeze with French people. At the end of the worksheet, you can test your vocabulary with a quick crossword puzzle.

This is a FRENCH ETC. course for the traveler who wants to learn the basics of French and get useful vocabulary and tips for a trip to France at the same time.
    The translation and everything else is in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.

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This is Unit 11, lesson 2, a follow up on Introductions – Part 1, where we learned how to chit-chat and introduce one another. Today, we will go through the grammar part of Introductions. We’ll go over how to form a negative sentence, we’ll have an overview of the conjugation of verbs in the present tense with AIMER, to like, FAIRE, to make, to do, LIBÉRER, to check out and PAYER, to pay for. At the end of the worksheet, there is an exercise to review the whole Unit 11.

The translation, the full audio files and everything else is in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.
FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you today’s French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away so that you can understand the French and be understood over there.

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Fabienne engages in a conversation with tourists today. They introduce each other, talk about their summer plans, their families and hobbies.
Can’t you wait till you do the same in France with the vocabulary you’ll learn today?

The translation and other material are in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member. The worksheet also features extra vocabulary on family members, more hobbies, introductions, countries, and a review on numbers.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you today’s French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away so that you can understand the French and be understood by over there.

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This unit is a follow up of A Hotel Room – Part One.
In here, you’ll learn about colors, how to say my, your, his and so on and so forth, and also what the rules are for making an adjective plural: how to say blue rooms and beautiful views.

Everything you hear and all the explanations are in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away to understand and be understood by the French.

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This is part two of the unit on transportation. Fabienne was taking the subway in Paris last time. She was using vocabulary you can also use in any type of public transportation.

Today, you’ll learn how to ride the Paris subway. You’ll also brush up on the gender of French nouns and you’ll learn how to tell time.

The translation and everything else is in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.

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In this unit, Fabienne is taking the subway in Paris. She uses vocabulary you can also use in any type of public transportation.
In part 2 of this unit, you’ll learn how to tell time, brush up on the gender of French nouns. The culture capsule will walk you through the French Train and subway systems.

The translation and everything else is in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.

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This unit is part 2 of “Is it far? C’est Loin ?” .

It features three verbs in the present tense, and words about directions useful if you get lost in a French street.

The translation and everything else is in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.
Also in the worksheet, are links to more audio files, with the verbs in context, and a crossword puzzle to test your French.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.

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This unit is called “Is it far? C’est Loin ?” Fabienne wants to go to Le Louvre Museum. She is lost in the streets of Paris and is asking for directions. Let’s learn the vocabulary with her.

The translation and everything else is in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.

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Today’s grammar lesson is really short.

It’s the verb to be – verbe être – in the present tense and a link to play the conjugation online.

Everything is in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.

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In the last unit, you finished by asking for the bill. Today, we’ll learn a bit more about buying and paying with euros. We’ll go to the farmer’s market, as you might in your trip to France, and buy veggies and cheese. In three short dialogs, we will see how to ask for a price in different ways.
These are really authentic dialogs that you are very likely to use when you are in France paying for purchases. The worksheet also explains the Euro system.
The translation and everything else is in the worksheet you can get on the Web site, as usual when you are a member.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.

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This unit follows up “At the restaurant – part 1”.
The worksheet explains how to conjugate and how to use French verbs in the present tense.
In this podcast, you’ll hear the verbs être – to be and prendre – to take in the present tense.
Everything else is on the worksheet.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.
The worksheet is available to FRENCH ETC. members.

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côte de bœuf

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This unit is a follow up on “The menu please” published earlier. Now that we’ve learned how to order from a menu, we’ll go for the full meal. We’ll go through the whole experience of being in a French restaurant, from stepping in to asking if they take a credit card.
The culture capsule on the worksheet has tips on French restaurants and where to eat in Paris.
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FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.
The worksheet is available to FRENCH ETC. members.

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In the previous lesson, we’ve learned how to order typical French food in a restaurant.
Today, we are going over the grammar part for this lesson. We’ll conjugate the verb AVOIR (to have) and VOULOIR (to want)-  in context though because this podcast is dedicated to learning the real French, the French you’ll use on your next trip to France.

FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.
The worksheet is available to FRENCH ETC. members.

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So far, you’ve learned how to introduce yourself, the basic basics about French grammar and you’ve learned numbers. Don’t worry if numbers are still shaky for you. We’ll have many opportunities to go over them again. But today, we’re getting to serious material.     This unit is called “La carte s’il vous plaît”. It means: The menu please.  We will go over vocabulary you can use in a restaurant to order food from the menu.
There is also a list of extra vocabulary, of typical French dishes  that will make your ordering much more pleasant.

This is a French beginner’s course – authentic and useful French.   FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.

The podcasts are published about every 2 weeks.

Now that you’ve learned a bit about introductions, articles and verbs, it’s time to learn numbers. This unit is simple and complicated at the same time. It is simple to understand, yet, you’ll find you need to come back to it many times, in order to remember French numbers. Don’t worry, numbers are hard to remember in all languages. So please, do come back here as often as you need. And be patient: little by little, it will come to you. In the podcast, you’ll learn how to pronounce numbers. However, make sure you get the worksheet: it has a culture capsule full of valuable information and  the worksheet has lots of games and practice too.

This is a French beginner’s course – authentic and useful French.   FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.

The podcasts are published about every 2 weeks.

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This is Lesson 2 of unit 3 – Do you speak English. Today, will go over the verb speak and also over negative sentences (not to speak). At the end of the worksheet, there is a practice exercise  for you to check if you got the grammar down.

This is a Fench beginner’s course – authentic and useful French.   FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away.
The full podcast and its worksheet is available to FRENCH ETC. members.
The podcasts are published about every 2 weeks.

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When you visit Paris, you’re likely to get lost. Now that you’ve learned basic introductions in the previous unit, how to introduce yourself, you’ll want to say that you are an English speaker, that you don’t speak French well (yet) and you’d like the person to speak slower. This unit is for you: « Vous parlez anglais ? » – Do you speak English?
In the worksheet, you’ll find a short 4-point culture capsule on politeness in France.
Lesson 2 of this unit 3 (next podcast) will go over the verb speak and also over negative sentences (not to speak). At the end of the worksheet, there are games for you to check if you got the vocabulary.

This is a Fench beginner’s course – authentic and useful French.   FRENCH ETC.’s podcasts teach you the latest contemporary French, the way it’s spoken on the streets of Paris and in the cafés in Nice, with authentic useful expressions you can use right away. The podcasts are published about every 2 weeks.

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We’ve recently updated our Web site and our Podcasts. We’ve reorganized the Podcasts into three separate channels :

1. Mot du jour (Word of the day) Podcast
2. Advanced Podcast
3. Beginner’s Podcast

If you’re subscribed to the main French Etc Podcast on iTunes (simply titled “French Etc“), you should know that we will be removing that Podcast feed. You should select one of more of the other French Etc Podcasts on iTunes if you wish to continue to receive updates through iTunes.

We’ve also added comments to our Web site, so please feel free to comment or ask questions about our Podcasts and French lessons!

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The podcasts are published about every 2 weeks.

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