Learn French | FrenchPod101.com

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Napoleonus: Aux armes ! Partons a la conquete ! Pascalus: Oui mais.... je ne veux pas risquer ma vie ! Napoleonus: Pascalus ! Pense a la grandeur ! Et puis.....On ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des oeufs. ----Formal English---- Napoleonus: To arms! Let's conquer! Pascalus: Yes, but...I don’t want to risk my life. Napoleonus: Pascalus! Think of greatness! Besides, we don't make omelets without breaking eggs. --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Jacques: Ah, quel film excellent! Mireille: Jacques, tu veux marcher un peu pendant qu'on parle du film? Jacques: Pourquoi pas. Mireille: C'est vrai que le film est excellent, mais il y a des scènes bizarres. Jacques: Ah bon? Par exemple? Mireille: Bien, par exemple quand notre héros sauve sa fille et son garçon en même temps qu'il mange sa pomme, c'est pas un peu bizarre, ça? Jacques: Ouais, c'est vrai que c'est plutôt bizarre. Et quand il apprend le chinois pendant qu'il fait la cuisine? Mireille: Ah oui! Et que dire de la dernière scène où il prend son café pendant qu'il lave ses deux voitures? Jacques: Cette scène est vraiment trop drôle! Mireille: Jacques? Jacques: Oui, ma belle Mireille? Mireille: Tu viens à mon appartement prendre un verre? Jacques: ...à ton appartement? ----Formal English---- Jacques: Ah, what an excellent movie! Mireille: Jacques, do you want to walk a bit while we talk about the movie? Jacques: Why not? Mireille: It's true that the movie's excellent, but there are weird scenes. Jacques: Really? For instance? Mireille: Well, for instance, when our hero saves his daughter and his son while he's eating his apple, isn't that a bit weird? Jacques: Yeah, it's true that it's a bit weird. And when he learns Chinese while he's cooking? Mireille: Oh yeah! And what about the last scene where he has his coffee while he washes his two cars? Jacques: That scene is really too funny! Mireille: Jacques? Jacques: Yes, my pretty Mireille? Mireille: Will you come to my apartment for a drink? Jacques: ...to your apartment? --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Hier soir on a passé la soirée à jouer à des jeux ! Dans les bars de Nantes, une association vient faire connaître des jeux en tout genres - jeux en bois, jeux de société, jeux de cartes. Cette association s'appelle En jouez-vous ? Les jeux peuvent aussi être des jeux d'adresse comme le jeu de la grenouille où il faut lancer des palets dans des trous qui vous font marquer des scores différents. Si vous arrivez à lancer un palet dans la gueule de la grenouille vous emportez le maximum de points ! Les jeux sont de plus en plus populaires et des magasins spécialisés s'ouvrent un peu partout. À Nantes, on peut trouver tout ce que l'on veut, du jeu d'échec au dernier jeu à la mode en passant par les mallettes de Backgammon. Les jeux de cartes viennent principalement d'Allemagne où les concepteurs ne manquent pas d'originalité. Vous pouvez construire le plus grand champ pour vos moutons dans La guerre des Moutons ou la plus grande ville dans Citadelle voire même affronter vos amis pour savoir qui connaît le plus de chansons contenant un même mot dans Shababada. Dans Elixir, mon jeu de cartes préféré, chacun incarne un grand magicien pour lancer des sorts comme obliger quelqu'un à vous vouvoyer et vous appeler maître pendant toute la partie. Les jeux de rôle marchent bien aussi en France. Avant même une partie vous devez créer un personnage avec un nom, des origines, des qualités propres. Pendant la partie, vous interagissez avec les autres joueurs pour résoudre l'enquête, accomplir la mission en fonction de l'objectif du jeu auquel vous jouez. Vous pouvez aussi faire une murder party où vous jouez vraiment votre personnage le temps d'une soirée. Pour que la partie fonctionne bien, vous devez vous déguiser, apprendre le passé de votre personnage, être un vrai acteur et surtout ne pas vous tromper sinon vous gâchez tout le jeu. Pendant cette soirée, vous serez avec vos amis, mais vous ne les reconnaîtrez pas ! Et vous, parlez-moi de vos jeux favoris ! ----Formal English---- In the bars of Nantes, an association comes to make people know all kind of games…wooden games, board games, and card games. This association is called "En jouez-vous?" The games can also be skill games such as the "frog game," where you have to throw quoits into holes that make you score different points. If you manage to throw one into the frog's mouth, you win the maximum! Games are more and more popular, and specialized stores are open all over the map. In Nantes, you can find all you want from chessboards to the latest in games in addition to backgammon sets. Card games mostly come from Germany, where creators aren't lacking originality. You can build the biggest field for your sheep flock in "La guerre des moutons" or the largest city in Citadelle or even challenge your friends to discover who knows most songs containing one word in "Shababada." In "Elixir," my favorite card game, each player plays a great magician to cast spells such as oblige somebody to "vouvoyer" you and call you "master" until the end of the game. Role-playing games are popular in France too. Before even starting a game, you have to create your character with a name, origins, and his or her own qualities. During the game, you have to interact with other players to solve a case and accomplish the mission according to the goal of the game you're playing. You can also take part in a murder party where you actually play the part of your character for the evening. If you want the party to go well, you have to dress up, learn the past of your character, be a real actor, and above all not mess up; otherwise, you'll r [...]

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Mireille: La ville est vraiment belle après la pluie! Jacques: Oui et tout est si propre! Alors, où est-ce que tu aimerais aller? Mireille: Euh… j’aimerais bien aller au cinéma! Jacques: Excellente idée! Mais je ne sais pas où c’est. Mireille: Moi non plus. Tu peux peut-être demander à quelqu’un. Ce monsieur a l’air gentil. Jacques: D’accord. Pardon monsieur, est-ce que vous savez où est le cinéma? Monsieur: Le cinéma? Attendez un instant… Ah oui! Continuez tout droit, puis au marché, tournez à gauche. Ensuite, au premier coin de rue, tournez à droite. Le cinéma est à cent mètres devant vous. Jacques et Mireille: Merci beaucoup, Monsieur! Monsieur: De rien. ----Formal English---- Mireille: The city is really beautiful after the rain! Jacques: Yes and everything is so clean! So, where would you like to go? Mireille: Hmmm… I wouldn’t mind going to the movies! Jacques: Excellent idea! But I don’t know where it is. Mireille: Me neither. Maybe you can ask someone. That gentleman seems nice. Jacques: Ok. Excuse me Sir, do you know where the movie theater is? Monsieur: The movie theater? Wait a minute… Ah, yes! Go straight ahead, then at the market, turn left. Then, at the first street corner, turn right. The theater is 100 metres in front of you. Jacques and Mireille: Thank you very much, Sir! Monsieur: You’re welcome. --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn common French question words with our French in Three Minutes series! In France, knowing how to ask questions is important, and this step-by-step video teaches you some of the basics you need while speaking French. A native French teacher will explain the simple phrases necessary. A native French teacher will explain the simple phrases necessary. In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask "where" in French. Visit us at FrenchPod101.com, where you will find many more fantastic French lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Karine: Alors, comment c’était ton audition? Lisa: Très bien puisque je n'y suis pas allée! Karine: Comment ça? Tu ne t'es pas présentée? Lisa: Non, je n'ai pas eu le courage! Le jury était impressionnant et j’ai eu le trac! Karine: Au moins, tu n'es pas tombée dans les pommes comme la dernière fois, c'est déjà ça! ----Formal English---- Karine: So how was your casting? Lisa: Great, since I didn’t go there! Karine: What do you mean? You didn’t attend to it? Lisa: No I didn’t have the courage to make it! The panel of judges was too impressive and I had stage fright! Karine: You did not faint like last time, at least it’s something! --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Employée: Bonjour Monsieur! Qu'est-ce que je peux faire pour vous? Comment est-ce que je peux vous aider? Jacques: Donnez-moi une demi-douzaine de roses rouges, s'il-vous-plaît. Employée: Très bien. Attendez un instant... Voilà. Ça fait 14 euros. Jacques: Merci. Voici 15 euros. Gardez la monnaie! Employée: Merci bien, monsieur. Bonne journée! (...) Mireille: Jacques, par ici! Jacques: Mireille! Vite, ferme les yeux! Mireille: D'accord. Ils sont fermés! Jacques: Garde-les fermés et donne-moi ta main! Tiens, mon amour! Mireille: Oh! Des roses rouges! Tu es si romantique!... Mireille: (speaking to herself) Pourquoi est-ce qu'il me donne seulement une demi-douzaine de roses? ----Formal English---- Employee: Hello, sir! What can I do for you? How may I help you? Jacques: Please give me half a dozen red roses. Employee: Very well. Wait a moment... Here. That'll be fourteen euros. Jacques: Thanks. Here are fifteen euros. Keep the change! Employee: Thank you, sir. Have a nice day! (...) Mireille: Jacques, I'm over here! Jacques: Mireille! Quick, close your eyes! Mireille: OK. They're closed! Jacques: Keep them closed and give me your hand! Here you go, my love! Mireille: Oh! Red roses! You are so romantic!... Mireille: (speaking to herself) Why is he giving me only half a dozen roses? --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- What are the five best-known cities in France? 1. Paris 2. Marseille 3. Lyon 4. Toulouse 5. Strasbourg ----Formal English---- What are the five best-known cities in France? 1. Paris, the capital of France 2. Marseille, the 2nd largest city in France 3. Lyon, the 3rd largest city in France 4. Toulouse, a city in the southwestern part of France 5. Strasbourg, a city in the northeastern part of France --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Jacques: (d'un air déprimé) Oui allô? Mireille: Jacques? Jacques: Mireille? C'est toi, Mireille?! Mireille: Écoute, je veux te dire quelque chose. Je pense à toi tout le temps - quand je me lève, quand je me brosse les dents, quand je me peigne les cheveux, quand je m'habille, quand je fais la cuisine, quand je mange, quand je regarde la télé, quand je m'amuse, quand je m'ennuie... Je pense à toi tout le temps et je veux être avec toi! Jacques: ...Tu penses à moi quand tu te peignes les cheveux? Mireille: Oui! Enfin, c'est un peu bizarre, je sais, mais je pense aussi à toi quand je me lave les mains! Je t'aime! Jacques: Mireille! Moi aussi je t'aime et je pense à toi tout le temps! Même quand je lave les planchers! Mireille: Ah oui? Ah bon. Mais ça ne fait rien, parce que je t'aime, tu m'aimes et ... Jacques et Mireille: ...nous nous aimons! ----Formal English---- Jacques: (depressed) Hello? Mireille: Jacques? Jacques: Mireille? Is it you, Mireille? Mireille: Listen, I want to tell you something. I think about you all the time...when I get up, when I brush my teeth, when I comb my hair, when I get dressed, when I cook, when I eat, when I watch TV, when I'm having fun, when I'm bored... I think about you all the time, and I want to be with you! Jacques: ...You think about me when you're combing your hair? Mireille: Yes! Well, it's a bit odd, I know, but I also think about you when I'm washing my hands! I love you! Jacques: Mireille! I love you too, and I think about you all the time! Even when I'm washing floors! Mireille: Really? OK. But it doesn't matter because I love you, you love me and... Jacques et Mireille:...we love each other! --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn common French question words with our French in Three Minutes series! In France, knowing how to ask questions is important, and this step-by-step video teaches you some of the basics you need while speaking French. A native French teacher will explain the simple phrases necessary. A native French teacher will explain the simple phrases necessary. In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask "what" in French. Visit us at FrenchPod101.com, where you will find many more fantastic French lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! There absolutely could not be a more beautiful day than today. The weather is perfect, the sun is shining, and you are in France! Even the birds seem to notice what a great day you are having! As you casually stroll along a park on your way to meet a friend, the beauty of the day overwhelms you. As you reach the café in your dreamy state, your friend looks at you questioningly as you approach and asks in French, "Are you okay?" Bursting with the excitement of the day, you begin to tell her in French all about how beautiful the day has been. However, when you get to the part about the birds singing, you stop abruptly at a complete loss for the appropriate French words. Again, noticing the sudden disappointment on your face, your friend asks in French, "You still okay?" Deeply saddened by your inability to express the beauty of the swans in the pond or the beautiful peacock with its colorful display that you experienced today, you drop your head and answer in French, "Well, there were these birds, and they were pretty." Your friend looks at you as if you have lost your mind, replying in French, "Oh, that's nice." Another lost opportunity... Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Video lesson will teach you the French vocabulary you need to talk about some beautiful birds and their actions in French. Don't miss the opportunity to share your beautiful day with your friends in French! In this French vocabulary video, you will learn by watching the video, seeing both English and French translations describing the video, and all while listening to the French translations being read aloud by our native French speakers. Visit us at FrenchPod101.com where you will find many more great French lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Sophie: Ça ne va pas, Mireille? Tu n'as pas l'air dans ton assiette aujourd'hui... Mireille: Non, ça ne va vraiment pas. Je pense à Jacques tout le temps. Sophie: Jacques, le concierge? Mais qu'est-ce que tu lui trouves? Tu peux faire mieux! Mireille: Mais je ne veux pas faire mieux, Sophie, je veux être avec lui! Je pense que je l'aime! Je veux le voir, lui parler, lui écrire, lui raconter ma journée... Sophie: Oh là là, ça a l'air du grand amour, ça! Mireille: Tu penses? Sophie : Mais si! Qu'est-ce que tu attends! Mireille: Tu as raison! Je l'aime vraiment! Je lui téléphone tout de suite! ----Formal English---- Sophie: Are you OK, Mireille? You look under the weather today... Mireille: Yeah, something's wrong. I think about Jacques all the time. Sophie: Jacques, the janitor? But what do you find in him? You can do better! Mireille: But I don't want to do better, Sophie, I want to be with him! I think I love him! I want to see him, talk to him, write to him, tell him about my day... Sophie: Oh my, sounds like he's the one! Mireille: You think so? Sophie: Sure! What are you waiting for! Mireille: You're right! I really love him! I'm calling him right away! --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!

Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Mme Joyal: Jacques, vous devez laver le plancher encore une fois; il est encore sale. Vous devez faire attention! Jacques: Oui, madame Joyal, je suis désolé. Je ne sais pas où j'ai la tête aujourd'hui. Mme Joyal: Vous êtes malade? Jacques: Non, ça va. C'est plutôt un problème personnel... Mme Joyal: Je comprends, mais les planchers doivent être propres! C'est septembre et les enfants ont besoin de vous! Jacques: Oui, je sais, je sais, je dois faire plus attention... ----Formal English---- Mme Joyal: Jacques, you need to wash the floor one more time; it's still dirty. You need to be careful! Jacques: Yes, Mrs. Joyal, I'm sorry. I don't know where my head's at today. Mme Joyal: Are you sick? Jacques: No, I'm fine. It's a personal problem instead... Mme Joyal: I understand, but the floors need to be clean! It's September, and the children need you! Jacques: Yes, I know, I know, I need to be more careful... --------------------------- Learn French with FrenchPod101! Don't forget to stop by FrenchPod101.com for more great French Language Learning Resources!