French A1 · Beginner

The absolute basics: introduce yourself, talk about everyday things, and form simple present-tense sentences in French.

• Subject pronouns (je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles)
• Stressed pronouns (moi, toi, lui, elle, nous...)
• The verb "être" (to be: suis, es, est...)
• The verb "avoir" (to have: ai, as, a...)
• Noun gender (masculine & feminine)
• Plural nouns
• Indefinite articles (un, une, des)
• Definite articles (le, la, les, l')
• Present tense: -er verbs
• Present tense: -ir and -re verbs
• Present tense: common irregular verbs (aller, faire, venir, prendre)
• Negation with ne...pas
• Adjective agreement (gender & number)
• Adjective position (before & after the noun)
• Possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes...)
• Demonstrative adjectives (ce, cet, cette, ces)
• C'est / ce sont vs il / elle est
• Il y a (there is / there are)
• Impersonal il for time and weather
• Yes/no questions with intonation and est-ce que
• Question words (qui, que, où, quand, comment, pourquoi, combien)
• Interrogative adjective quel (quel, quelle, quels, quelles)
• Prepositions of place (à, dans, sur, sous...)
• Contractions with à and de (au, aux, du, des)
• Futur proche (aller + infinitive)
• The imperative