Fun Advanced French Thingy of the Day
Material Covered
Babbel: Units 1 - 3
The Complete French Conjugation Course:
- Videos: 1, 2
- Book Pages: Introduction, Location 344 (ebook)
The Complete French Grammar Course
- Videos: 1
- Book Pages: Page 20 - 22 (ebook),
- Exercises: 1.1, 1.2
Lesson Notes
Present Tense:
- 3 tenses in one
- Simple Present
- Continuous Present
- Empathic Present
- Used when
- Something is happening right now
- Describing general action or states of being
- To talk about the future when the future is referenced in the sentence
- To talk about something that started in the past but is continuing currently in the present (look for depuis (since/for) as a hint)
Types of Verbs:
- 3 Types of verbs in French
- -er (regular) verbs
- -ir verbs
- irregular (absolute chaos category)
Format of a simple phrase (la phrase simple)
- subject + conjugated verb + article + noun
- Je mange une pomme
- Tu regardes un film
- Il boit un jus d'orange
- Je suis une femme
- Tu es un homme
Useful Phrases
Personal Pronouns
Vocabulary List
Resources we are using
Please note: I am not sponsored by, nor affiliated with any, of these sources. I just found them to be the best I could find with my research into which resources to use. If you pick them up you support the creators who are helping to facilitate our lessons by making these resources available, and you will have access to the exercises we do on stream + the solutions/audio for listening.
- Babbel+ (https://babbel.com)
- Dulingo (https://duolingo.com)
- The Complete French Grammar Course by Dylane Moreau
- The Complete French Conjugation Course by Dylane Moreau
Anki for flashcards (use the desktop or mobile app to import the deck below as the web does not support the private export of decks and Anki deletes decks automatically that do not receive a lot of downloads):