French to get by

French to get by

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French to get by episodes

  • Episode 31: Nasal vowels

    Bonjour!

    In today's episode, we will go over Nasal vowels (for that quintessential French sound)

    We will be going over the following:
    - [ ɔ̃ ]   Written ON or OM (if preceding the letter B or P)
    - [ ɑ̃ ]   Written AN/EN or AM/EM (if preceding the letter B or P)
    - [ ɛ̃ ]    Written AIN/EIN/IN/UN or AIM/EIM/IM/UM (if preceding the letter B or P)

    Note: I did not go over the 4th nasal vowel [ œ̃ ] as its similarities with [ ɛ̃ ] require a whole other lesson.


    Allons-y!

    5 min
  • Episode 30: Classroom essentials

    Bonjour!

    Today we will go over some classroom essentials, which will help you understand what your teacher/tutor is asking of you:

    -Qu'est ce que ça veut dire?                              (what does this mean?)
    -On à compris / vous avez compris?              (Do you understand?)
    -Allez, on répète!                                                    (come on, let's repeat!)
    -Et maintenant, en français.                              (and now, in french)
    -épelez, s'il-vous-plait                                          (spell, please.)          

    Allons-y!

    4 min
  • Episode 29: What is your name?

    Bonjour!


    Today we learn how to ask people their name, going from less formal to more formal. They all translate to "what is your name?"

    Comment tu t'appelles?                           (informal)
    Comment t'appelles-tu?                          (slightly more formal)
    Comment vous appellez-vous?             (very formal)

    Allons-y!

    3 min
  • Episode 28: Seasons and weather

    Bonjour!

    Today we will learn the name of the seasons and how to talk about the weather.

    -Hiver                   (Winter)
    -Printemps         (Spring)
    -été                       (summer)
    -Automne           (Fall/autumn)

    -Il fait chaud        (it's hot)
    -Il fait froid           (It's cold)
    -Il pleut                  (it's raining)
    -Il neige                 (it's snowing)

    Allons-y!

    4 min
  • Episode 27: Tell the time

    Bonjour!

    In today's episode we learn how to tell the time using specific phrases like we do in English:

    - Et quart (quarter past)              2:15         Deux heures et quart
    -Et Demie (half past)                    2:30        Deux heures et demie
    -Moins vingt (twenty to)              2:40        Trois heures moins vingt
    -Moins le quart (quarter to)        2:45        Trois heures moins le quart
    -Moins dix (ten to)                         2:50        Trois heures moins dix
    -Moins cinq (five to)                      2:55        Trois heures moins cinq


    Allons-y!

    4 min
  • Episode 26: Counting from 100 to a billion

    Bonjour!

    In today's episode we learn to count from 100 to a 1000 000 000!

    100 Cent

    1000 Mille
    10 000 dix mille
    100 000 Cent Mille
    1000 000 un million
    10 000 000 dix millions
    100 000 000 Cent millions
    1000 000 000 Un milliard

    Allons-y!

    3 min
  • Episode 25: Counting from 20 to 69

    Bonjour!

    In today's episode we learn how to count from 20 to 69.

    20 vingt

    21 vingt-et-un
    22 vingt-deux
    30 trente
    31 trente-et-un
    32 trente-deux
    40 Quarante
    50 Cinquante
    60 soixante
    69 soixante-neuf

    Allons-y!

    4 min
  • Episode 22: Months of the year

    Bonjour!

    In this episode we go through the 12 months of the year, from January to December:

    -Janvier

    -Février
    -Mars
    -Avril
    -Mai
    -Juin
    -Juillet
    -Août
    -Septembre
    -Octobre
    -Novembre
    -Décembre


    Allons-y!


    3 min

About French to get by

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This podcast is brought to you by Kevin Cabrera, a French and English teacher in ME Education in Hong Kong. ME Education is an education center offering classes in many subjects like English, Math, French and Chinese in its Centers in Wan Chai, Kowloon city, Mongkok and online through all the major online platforms.