FRENCH TUTORIAL 1

(NJ, Etrange, Bellerin, Mariah, Ayboye, oya follow me for back...)

English a or an is equivalent to
French un (m) or une (f)

English the is equivalent to
French le (m) or la (f)

Every french word is either feminine or masculine

A boy - un garçon
A girl - une fille
A pen - un stylo
A ruler - une regle
The table - la table
The bed - le lit

You tube and Google has all these.....but let us start somewhere abi?

I'm on a plane to Paris right now. Why? I'm going to the Le francais des affaires office to tell them to release your result before the end of the week.

Mamaroon:
FRENCH TUTORIAL 1

(NJ, Etrange, Bellerin, Mariah, Ayboye, oya follow me for back...)

English a or an is equivalent to
French un (m) or une (f)

English the is equivalent to
French le (m) or la (f)

Every french word is either feminine or masculine

A boy - un garçon
A girl - une fille
A pen - un stylo
A ruler - un regle
The table - la table
The bed - le lit

You tube and Google has all these....guys....but let us start somewhere abi?

Don't forget to add conjugations! . How accents can change the meaning of a word e.g. ou=or but où= where.
The more you read and come across words the more you learn which ones re feminin ou masculin. So folks shouldn't get discouraged wondering how to know the gender of every word

Also it helps to become friends with the verbes être and avoir ...they have a way of "running tinz" in French land

Mamaroon:
FRENCH TUTORIAL 1

(NJ, Etrange, Bellerin, Mariah, Ayboye, oya follow me for back...)

English a or an is equivalent to
French un (m) or une (f)

English the is equivalent to
French le (m) or la (f)

Every french word is either feminine or masculine

A boy - un garçon
A girl - une fille
A pen - un stylo
A ruler - un regle
The table - la table
The bed - le lit

You tube and Google has all these....guys....but let us start somewhere abi?

njbybrthnly:


I had secondary school French prior to the 6 months prep. For your prep, I suggest you start with building your vocabulary and working on grammar, while listening to French audio at the same time (I think the listening part is the most important). It's very possible to develop a solid A1 within your timeline...you only need to put in a lot of work.

Let me also add this: don't be afraid of reading in French, I've found that a few people I've chatted with get discouraged when they study books written solely in french. To overcome this, all you need is a French dictionary (paper or online) - I prefer paper dictionaries (not pocket dictionaries o - they are too limited)and the online Collins dictionary because they give other possible translations of a word or phrase with examples. Google translate is ok but it gets unreliable when you want to translate longer phrases - I will only recommend it to more advanced learners who can identify the incorrect translations.

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask for more clarification if anything is still unclear.

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to respond. Grammar & Vocabulary is what i'm working on now though a bit tricky with all the rules especially differentiating the masculine & feminine gender article but I guess I will get the hang of it soon enough. RFI has been downloaded to help with the audio aspect.

Will definitely keep intouch in case i get stuck. God bless you!

Mamaroon:
FRENCH TUTORIAL 1

(NJ, Etrange, Bellerin, Mariah, Ayboye, oya follow me for back...)

English a or an is equivalent to
French un (m) or une (f)

English the is equivalent to
French le (m) or la (f)

Every french word is either feminine or masculine

A boy - un garçon
A girl - une fille
A pen - un stylo
A ruler - un regle
The table - la table
The bed - le lit

You tube and Google has all these....guys....but let us start somewhere abi?

Thank you, just wondering how to differentiate the masculine from feminine. It's quite confusing.

njbybrthnly:


I'm on a plane to Paris right now. Why? I'm going to the Le francais des affaires office to tell them to release your result before the end of the week.

Hello dear, your first sentence says "je suis dan l'Avion on vourye au paris mentenant. Purquor?" . Thats my off head understanding of your first sentence. Try and correct me pls. Thats my own way of learning french one step at a time. Merci

Bhussola:
Thank you, just wondering how to differentiate the masculine from feminine. It's quite confusing.

You learn as you go along...there is no hard and fast rule. You can also look at conjugation. How to convert the verb TO EAT to I eat...you eat...he eats etc

I believe prepmyfuture has also been recommended...I believe it has lessons from beginners level...I may be wrong

njbybrthnly:


I'm on a plane to Paris right now. Why? I'm going to the Le francais des affaires office to tell them to release your result before the end of the week.

Tell them!

My translation:

Je vais à Paris en avion en ce moment. Pourquoi?

_{I'm also open to correction o}

cronsberg:
Hello dear, your first sentence says "je suis dan l'Avion on vourye au paris mentenant. Purquor?" . Thats my off head understanding of your first sentence. Try and correct me pls. Thats my own way of learning french one step at a time. Merci

Schaum's Outline of French Grammar to the rescue (see attached pic)

But like the examples Mamaroon gave, some words you'll just have to learn their gender. Na small small...very soon you'll surprise yourself

Bhussola:
Thank you, just wondering how to differentiate the masculine from feminine. It's quite confusing.

cronsberg:
Hello dear, your first sentence says "je suis dan l'Avion on vourye au paris mentenant. Purquor?" . Thats my off head understanding of your first sentence. Try and correct me pls. Thats my own way of learning french one step at a time. Merci

Je vais à Paris utilisant l'avion toute maintenant/ de suite pourquoi ?

Ou
je voyage à Paris dans un avion maintenant , pourquoi?

Je suis dans un avion à Paris maintenant. Pourquoi? Je vais au bureau pour "le français des affairs" pour leur dis qu'ils doive libèrent votre resultat avant la fin de cette semaine.

_{Je pense}...

rs172:




Je vais à Paris utilisant l'avion toute maintenant/ de suite pourquoi ?

Ou
je voyage à Paris dans un avion maintenant , pourquoi?

Merci beaucoup mon frere. Je suis tres determine a apprendre le francais. J'ecoute la radio francais depuis heur. My tongue is quickly getting used to this french language o. Wow. The whole of 2019 will be dedicated to intensive learning and speaking by god's grace cuz i want Ace that TEF test with fluency on my tongue

cronsberg:
Merci beaucoup mon frere. Je suis tres determine a apprendre le francais. J'ecoute la radio francais depuis heur. My tongue is quickly getting used to this french language o. Wow. The whole of 2019 will be dedicated to intensive learning and speaking by god's grace cuz i want Ace that TEF test with fluency on my tongue

I struggled so hard to understand you.
Thank you very much my brother. I'm very determined to learn French. I listen to French radio.......

That's where my secondary school French can take me. I'm starting lessons next month

Greetings Francophiles,

Great job you're all doing!

The best way to learn French gender is to learn it together with the word. E.g. la table. Don't let this slow you down however. Starting with grammar isn't the best way to begin your French journey. Even native speakers get these wrong!

Beginning by learning grammar rules and conjugation tables may end up frustrating you. If you're interested in self study, start with Michel Thomas French and be amazed how much French you learn in days/weeks. IMHO, the Michel Thomas method is the best way to introduce yourself to a language. Try it and see.

Bellerin:
Greetings Francophiles,

Great job you're all doing!

The best way to learn French gender is to learn it together with the word. E.g. la table. Don't let this slow you down however. Starting with grammar isn't the best way to begin your French journey. Even native speakers get these wrong!

Beginning by learning grammar rules and conjugation tables may end up frustrating you. If you're interested in self study, start with Michel Thomas French and be amazed how much French you learn in days/weeks. IMHO, the Michel Thomas method is the best way to introduce yourself to a language. Try it and see.

Hi, I have seen quite a few posts about Michel Thimas, how do I gain access to his resource?

Bhussola:
Hi, I have seen quite a few posts about Michel Thimas, how do I gain access to his resource?

Well, if you can afford it, visit his website and make a purchase or

Erm...

https://www.4shared.com/folder/qaJ-IDel/Michel_Thomas_-_French__Deluxe.html

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Bellerin:


Well, if you can afford it, visit his website and make a purchase or

Erm...

https://www.4shared.com/folder/qaJ-IDel/Michel_Thomas_-_French__Deluxe.html

Thank you so much, I will take the "Erm" option

Hello njzjdjsjsosidjdndb . Can we have a WhatsApp group for this please? I think it will help a lot.

njbybrthnly:
You're right...I for one would be willing to help but I wouldn't know where (or even how) to start. First off, I'm not very confident of my French outside the scope of the exam. Again, I also feel many of us are still learning French from scratch, to get a general understanding of the language, hence, don't yet know the specific areas to focus more attention on.

I agree though that the task of passing this exam is not as daunting as it appears so I'm game if you are _{as you senior me for this French waka}

rs172:


If you don't mind, you can go to Cotonou to learn it, it will be better that way, i also went there although i finished at the A2 level, because i have to do my mandatory 1yr Nysc which I'm doing now, the name of the school is CEBELAE .

I hope it helps?

Hi, I sent you a mail. I'd like to get some details about CEBELAE as I am interested in going there. Thank you in anticipation of a swift response.

victor247:



Hi, I sent you a mail. I'd like to get some details about CEBELAE as I am interested in going there. Thank you in anticipation of a swift response.

Ok no probs

Bellerin:


Well, if you can afford it, visit his website and make a purchase or

Erm...

https://www.4shared.com/folder/qaJ-IDel/Michel_Thomas_-_French__Deluxe.html

Hi Bellerin, so I downloaded disc 1-9 from the first page but the rest if the pages are empty. Pls help verify. Thank you. Merry Christmas guys

Bhussola:
Hi Bellerin, so I downloaded disc 1-9 from the first page but the rest if the pages are empty. Pls help verify. Thank you. Merry Christmas guys

Merry Christmas! I found that link off a Google search send me a PM so we can find some other way.

Merry Christmas everyone

Joyeux Noël à tous

I no know wetin i do to this mod or anti bot system, dem don block me for 3 straight days now, abii nairaland don dey jealous say we dey learn french nii.

https://mega.nz/#F!U1kgwbiA!zoaZaGWvfcCGhehg4VPgwg!Y9tjEYzb

Link to Michel Thomas French audio files; open on a computer and unzip.

You would need to:

Create a Mega account (free, limited)
Copy the files to your system
Download 7-zip file manager (free)
Open 7-zip and extract the files
Listen and learn

Keep going everyone, and thanks to all who so selflessly make this forum so useful.