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Learn French A1

From your first bonjour to the passé composé — a free, complete French course for English speakers. Thirteen chapters covering gender and the three article systems, être and avoir, negation, verbs and pronunciation, ending with DELF A1 exam preparation.

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Chapitres · A1 Beginner
1
Premier contact
Greetings, the French alphabet with early sound notes, numbers 0–20, classroom phrases, être in the singular
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2
Qui es-tu ?
Subject pronouns, the full être paradigm, nationality adjectives, ne…pas wrapping the verb, est-ce que and intonation questions
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3
Le genre et les articles
Grammatical gender and pattern-spotting strategies, definite le/la/les/l’, indefinite un/une/des, plural -s
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4
La prononciation française
Nasal vowels an/en/in/on/un with IPA, silent final consonants, liaison and élision, drawn from chapters 1–3 vocabulary
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5
Avoir et la famille
Avoir in full, family vocabulary, possessive adjectives mon/ma/mes, il y a, giving your age with avoir
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6
Les verbes en -ER
Regular -er verbs in the present, daily-routine verbs, aimer/adorer/détester + infinitive, frequency adverbs
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7
Manger et boire — le partitif
Partitive du/de la/de l’/des, food and drink vocabulary, quantity expressions, the du→de shift after negation
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8
Les verbes irréguliers fréquents
Aller, faire, venir, vouloir, pouvoir, devoir, and the futur proche with aller + infinitive
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9
Le temps qui passe
Days, months, seasons and weather, telling time, and the passé composé with avoir
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10
Chez moi, en ville
Rooms and furniture, prepositions of place, giving directions, il faut, the imperative
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11
Le corps, la santé, les comparaisons
Body parts, health and pharmacy phrases, comparatives and superlatives, adjective position
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12
Grand récapitulatif
Cross-chapter recap of gender, articles, être/avoir, negation, verbs and the partitive, plus DELF task walkthroughs
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13
Préparation DELF A1
Two full mock exams across CO, CE, PE and PO, score bands and a CEFR alignment table
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