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Free online courseFrench for beginners

Duration of the online course: 1 hours and 43 minutes

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Speak French with confidence—master greetings, pronunciation and first sentences in this free online course, plus practice quizzes to lock in basics fast.

In this free course, learn about

  • Basic French greetings, introductions, and formal vs informal expressions
  • Using Tu vs Vous correctly and matching greetings to the right register
  • Core French pronunciation rules; pronouncing words like "attention"
  • Useful survival/travel vocabulary for everyday situations
  • French subject pronouns and how they function in sentences
  • Verb groups (-er, -ir, -re) and how to identify them
  • Conjugating être and avoir (affirmative/negative) and common avoir expressions
  • Adjectives of nationality; agreement rules for gender and number
  • Definite/indefinite articles and noun gender guidelines (le/la/un/une/des)
  • Plural formation rules and building your first basic French sentences
  • Conjugating regular -ER verbs in the present tense (standard endings)
  • Prepositions with countries/places (à/au/aux/en) and using habiter
  • Numbers 0–69 and 70+ patterns; saying age with avoir; writing 80 (quatre-vingts)
  • Days/months/time, including telling time and military time; asking questions & likes

Course Description

Learning French becomes much easier when you can use it right away in real situations. This beginner-friendly course is designed to help you build confidence from the very first lesson, so you can introduce yourself, greet people appropriately, and start forming simple, correct sentences without feeling overwhelmed. With short, practical video lessons and frequent check-in exercises, you will practice what you learn as you go, turning new words and rules into skills you can actually use.

You will start with essential greetings and introductions, then quickly learn how to choose between informal and formal you, a key detail for sounding natural and polite. From there, you will train your ear with pronunciation basics and high-utility vocabulary that supports everyday interactions, travel moments, and simple conversations. Step by step, you will understand how French is built: subject pronouns, the logic behind common verb patterns, and how to handle core verbs used constantly in daily speech.

As you progress, you will become comfortable with agreement and gender, definite and indefinite articles, and the plural forms that often confuse new learners. The course also helps you communicate practical information: numbers, age, days and months, and telling the time, including the formats you may hear in appointments and schedules. You will practice asking questions in more than one way, using both yes/no structures and question words, and you will learn to express opinions and make clear statements with the most common expressions beginners need.

By the end, you will have a solid foundation to keep studying, travel with less stress, or start basic conversations with French speakers. If you want a free online course that balances clarity, repetition, and real-world usefulness, this is a strong first step into the French language.

Course content

  • Video class: Beginners French: Fun Lesson 1.1 to learn French - Introductions - How to Speak French 04m
  • Exercise: French as every language comes with a whole set of greetings and meeting sentences, that helps us greatly in the everyday life, thus forming sentences. Mark the alternative in which the french greeting is wrongly translated.
  • Video class: Beginners French: Sexy girls teach Lesson 1.2 - learn French pronouns Tu & Vous - Speak French 02m
  • Exercise: _What is the informal equivalent of "you" in French?
  • Video class: Beginners French: Sexy girls teach Lesson 1.3 - Greetings/Introductions - Oh La La, I Speak French 06m
  • Exercise: In the wholesomeness of the french greetings, some happen to be formal and informal. With that information, mark the one that is correct.
  • Video class: Beginners French: Hot girl teaches Lesson 2.1 - learn French Pronunciation - How to Speak French 03m
  • Exercise: What is the correct pronunciation of the word 'attention' in French?
  • Video class: Beginners French: Hot girl teaches Lesson 2.2 - learn Useful French Words 01m
  • Exercise: What is the theme of the 'traveler's survival kit' mentioned?
  • Video class: Beginners French: Hot girl teaches Lesson 2.3 - learn French Subject Pronouns 02m
  • Exercise: _What are the French subject pronouns?
  • Video class: Beginners French: Hot girl teaches Lesson 2.4 - learn French Verbs - Oh La La, I Speak French 01m
  • Exercise: French verbs come in three categories, and each one of them with its peculiarity. Having such information in mind, check the incorrect alternative regarding such information.
  • Video class: Beginners French: Fun Lesson 3.1 - How to Conjugate French verb Être - Learn & Speak French 02m
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 3.2 on French verb Être in the negative - Learn & Speak French 01m
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Funny Lesson 3.3 - learn French Adjectives of Nationalities - Speak French 05m
  • Exercise: _What is the rule for French adjectives agreeing with nouns in gender and number?
  • Video class: French for Beginners Course: Lesson 4.1 to learn French Definite Articles 06m
  • Exercise: In French, articles are commonly defined, so to say, there are definite articles, such as ‘la’ and ‘le’ to represent feminine and masculine, and as a consequence, countries comes to have a ‘gender’. With such information, mark the one that is incorrect.
  • Video class: French for Beginners Course: Lesson 4.2 on French Masculine/Feminine 02m
  • Exercise: _What is a guideline to help determine the gender of a noun in French?
  • Video class: French for Beginners Course: Lesson 4.3 to learn Plural of Nouns in French 01m
  • Exercise: The plural form of verbs In French are really close to the grammar rule in English by adding na -S, except sometimes you use -X, making it quite simple. So mark the incorrect alternative below.
  • Video class: French for Beginners Course: Lesson 4.4 to make your 1st French sentence 02m
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 5.1 - Learn French -ER ending verbs - Oh La La, I speak French 04m
  • Exercise: What endings do you use to conjugate ER verbs in the present tense?
  • Video class: French for Beginners Course: Lesson 5.2 - Learn Basic French vocabulary - Learn & Speak French 02m
  • Exercise: _What are the tasks Soraya asks you to complete while watching the new webisode of Hola LA Hollywood Speaks French?
  • Video class: French for Beginners Course: Lesson 5.3 to Learn French Prepositions for countries 01m
  • Exercise: The verb ‘habiter’ makes use of some prepositions like ‘à, au,, aux, en’. Mark the alternative with the incorrect translation.
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 6.1 - how to learn basic French vocabulary - Speak French 03m
  • Exercise: _What is the meaning of the word "buku" in French?
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 6.2 to learn French indefinite articles - How to speak French 01m
  • Exercise: In french, the indefinite articles are well placed to both masculine and feminine nouns, and to plural as well. Check the one that is incorrect with its translation.
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 6.3 to learn to Conjugate French verb AVOIR - How to speak French 01m
  • Exercise: _What is the verb used in the expression "idée" in the third person of the singular form?
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 6.4 to learn French expressions with AVOIR 02m
  • Exercise: _What is the French verb for "to be thirsty"?
  • Video class: French for Beginners Course: Lesson 7.1 - French girl teaches vocabulary - Speak French 02m
  • Exercise: _What are some of the er ending verbs used in the video?
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 7.2 to learn French numbers and how to Count up to 69 in French 02m
  • Exercise: _What is the pattern for numbers in the 20s and 30s in French?
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 7.3 - how to say your age - Learn & Speak French 01m
  • Exercise: _What verb do we use in French to mention age?
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 7.4 to learn French numbers, how to count from 70 up in French 03m
  • Exercise: _How do you write 80 in French?
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 8.1 to learn French vocabulary related to days, weeks, months, time 02m
  • Exercise: Vocabulary revolving around days, weeks and months are really useful. So check the alternative that is correct with its translation.
  • Video class: Beginners French - Lesson 8.2: Learn how to say the time in French - Speak French 04m
  • Video class: French for Beginners Course: Lesson 8.3 - learn French military time - Speak French 01m
  • Exercise: Whenever you need to make na appointment, you’ll have to use the military time. Choose the answer that is incorrect.
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 9.1 to learn how to conjugate French verb Faire 02m
  • Exercise: _What does "fair du volley" mean in French?
  • Video class: French for Beginners, Lesson 9.2: Learn how to ask questions with yes/no answers in French 04m
  • Exercise: _What are the three structures for asking questions in French?
  • Video class: French for Beginners, Lesson 9.3: Learn how to ask questions starting with quel in French 03m
  • Exercise: When someone ask for some girl’s address, which sentence is best formed and described below?
  • Video class: French for Beginners Lesson 10.1: How to ask questions with interrogative 05m
  • Exercise: _What are the three possible structures to ask questions in French with interrogative words?
  • Video class: French for Beginners, Lesson 10.2: Learn how to express a like/dislike in French 02m
  • Exercise: _What are some of the verbs used to express a like or dislike in French?
  • Video class: French for Beginners: Lesson 10.3 - how to make the difference il/elle est - c'est in French 03m
  • Exercise: _What is the correct way to say "it is good" in French if it's a general comment of appreciation?

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