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Welcome and bienvenue!

Salut !

Did you know? French is an official language in 29 different countries! Let's get started with the basics. Welcome and bienvenue to the French course.

French sounds

A lot of French sounds are similar to English ones! Let's look at some vowels.

achat, salut (as in "father")
jeje (as in "petition")
inuit, pizza (as in "Lisa")
ohomme, gros (as in "or")

To practice the French u, round your lips (pucker up, buttercup!) and say ee.

utu, salut (say "ee" while puckering your lips)

Gender

In French, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. Masculine nouns use un, and feminine nouns use une.

un garçon
une fille
un homme
une femme
un chien
une pizza

I think, therefore...

In English, we say I am but you are. In French, you do the same thing!

subject verb (être)
je
I		 suis
am
tu
you		 es
are
il / elle
he / she		 est
is