Just to put warm up your brain for the French lessons coming ahead.

1. French Language
LEVEL 1 | LESSON 1
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This icon will appear next to most of the French words in this lesson. Wherever you
see it, click on it to play the sound.

2. Lesson 1- Salutations (Greetings)
 Listen to the following conversation :
 Bonjour Caroline. (Hello Caroline)
 Bonjour Pierre. (Hello Peter)
 Comment ça va? (How are you?)
 Ça va très bien. Et toi? (Am very fine. And you?)
 Bien, merci. (Fine, thank you)
Were you able to follow the conversation? Try identifying the words when you hear them.
This is a basic greeting between friends.
Bonjour has an equivalent meaning of “Hello” in English.
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3. Salutations – Greetings:
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 You may also use the following words:
 Bonsoir – (Good evening)
 Comment allez-vous?
 Or Comment vas-tu ? –
 These two mean “How are you” just like Comment ça va?
 However the difference between Comment allez-vous ? and Comment vas-tu
? is in the use of VOUS and TU.
 Vous is used when addressing an elder person or a person you respect.
 We will come back to this. It’s now time to introduce yourself. 

4. Se Presenter – Introduce oneself
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 Je m’appelle François. (My name is Francis)
 J’ai 25 ans. (Am 25 years old)
 J’habite à Nairobi. (I ive in Nairobi)
 J’ai deux frères et deux sœurs. (I have two brothers and two sisters)
 Mon père s’appelle Tom et ma mère, Marie. (My dad is called Tom and my mum , Mary)
 Je suis célibataire. (I am single)
 Je suis professeur. (I am a teacher)
 Je suis Kenyan. (I am Kenyan)
 This is just an intro into how you would introduce yourself. You may want to say more but now, how do you
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5. Personal Pronouns
Singulier (Singular) Pluriel (Plural)
Je (I) Nous (We)
Tu (You) Vous (You)
Il/Elle (He/she) Ils/Elles (They)
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With these pronouns, you have the subject in a sentence. You now need verbs.
In French, we have different categories of verbs, regular and irregular. We will look at them
later. For now, let’s take the verb MANGER which means TO EAT.
For verbs to be used with a subject or pronouns above, they have to be CONJUGATED. So
let us conjugate the verb “Manger”:
Je mange – I eat/am eating
Tu manges – You eat/you’re eating
Il/Elle mange – He/she eats/she/he is eating
Nous mangeons – We eat/ we are eating
Vous mangez – You eat/ you are eating
Ils/Elles mangent – They eat/ They are eating

6. Noms - Nouns
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NOTE: All nouns in French are either Masculine or Feminine 
L’article un / une
 Masculine nouns take the article “un” and feminine nouns take “une”.
 E.g Une chaise (chair), une table (table), une plante (plant), une fille (girl),
 Un pantalon (trouser), un livre (textbook), un stylo (pen), un garçon (boy), un homme (man)
 Note: Except for humans and animals where the male ones will always be masculine and female
ones feminine, the other objects are not easy to tell. So whenever you learn a new noun, ensure you
take note of whether it is masculine or feminine. It is very important because other parts of the
sentence will often be determined by the “gender” of your noun.
 However, by looking at them, there are nouns that will be easier to tell based on the way they are
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7. Noms - Nouns
 This is not a rule, but the more you learn French, you will realise that most “masculine”
nouns end with eur, er, ent, while most words that end with tion, euse, ere, rice are often
feminine.
 Examples of masculine nouns:
 Un serveur, un présentateur, un boulanger, un compliment
 Examples of feminine nouns:
 Une formation, une serveuse, une présentatrice, une boulangère.
 At this point, do you have an English – French dictionary? 
 If not, you will need it urgently because the lesson will proceed on the assumption you can
check up the French words in your dictionary.
 As you get your dictionary…let’s go back to some basics.
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8. L’alphabet
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 French alphabet is similar to the English alphabet except for the pronunciation.
So , Click on the audio icon below and listen carefully to the sound.
 A, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
 Can you now spell your name in French? 
 Let’s look at Numbers, next…

9. Les nombres
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1 – Un
2 – Deux
3 – Trois
4 – Quatre
5 – Cinq
6 – Six
7 – Sept
8 – Huit
9 – Neuf
10 –Dix
11 – Onze
12 – Douze
13 – Treize
14 – Quatorze
15 – Quinze
16 – Seize
17 – Dix-sept
18 – Dix-huit
19 – Dix-neuf
20 – Vingt
21-Vingt et un
22-Vingt-deux
23-Vingt-trois …
30-Trente
40-Quarante
50-Cinquante
60-Soixante
70-Soixante-dix
71-Soixante et onze
80-Quatre-vingts
90-Quatre-vingt-dix
92-Quatre-vingt-douze
100-Cent
1000-mille
1019-mille dix-neuf
1286-mille deux cent quatre-vingt-six

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