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- Andy Burnham presents his plans to the House of Commons | Beginner French class Nº050
Today's story: Andy Burnham presents his plans to the House of Commons. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Andy Burnham présente ses plans à la Chambre des communes
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:34) Three more stories today
(01:43) Today's headline, slowly
(02:31) Rencontrer: present tense
(03:11) Sentence 2: arrivée
(03:51) Sentence 4: accord
(04:24) Today's grammar point
(04:57) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-02
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Andy Burnham présente ses plans à la Chambre des communes
Andy Burnham fait sa première déclaration à la Chambre des communes.
Cela se passe six semaines après son arrivée au pouvoir.
Il veut donner plus de pouvoir aux régions.
Il parle aussi de Cornouailles et d’un accord sur plus de pouvoir local.
Il dit qu’il va rencontrer des responsables en Écosse, au pays de Galles et en Irlande du Nord.
ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE
L’armée américaine frappe l’Iran après de nouveaux tirs
Andy Burnham, premier ministre du Royaume-Uni, voit les coûts d’emprunt du Royaume-Uni à un plus haut depuis 28 ans
Pyka teste un avion sans pilote aux États-Unis
WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (rencontrer)
- vocabulary (fait)
- vocabulary (arrivée)
- connector words (veut)
- vocabulary (accord)
New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.
Not sure this is your level? Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:
https://linguawire.com/assessment
Grammar explained in plain English:
https://linguawire.com/guide
If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other French learners find us.
Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7 min - Saka scores the only goal and Arsenal win | Beginner French class Nº049
Today's story: Saka scores the only goal and Arsenal win. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Saka marque le seul but et Arsenal gagne
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:35) Three more stories today
(02:00) Today's headline, slowly
(02:47) Marquer: present tense
(03:31) Sentence 2: parce que
(04:12) Sentence 4-5: sans and peu de
(05:06) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-01
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Saka marque le seul but et Arsenal gagne
Bukayo Saka marque le seul but pour Arsenal.
Arsenal gagne parce que Saka marque après environ une heure de jeu.
Le match est contre Aston Villa en Angleterre.
Aston Villa perd ses deux premiers matchs sans marquer.
David Raya a peu de travail dans le but d’Arsenal.
ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE
Mortgage News Daily : le taux sur 30 ans monte à son plus haut depuis juin 2025
La FTC et 22 États accusent Amazon d’un supplément caché
En Écosse, John Swinney, premier ministre, est sous pression pour abandonner un plafond sur les prix des aliments
WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (marquer)
- vocabulary (marquer)
- vocabulary (parce que)
- vocabulary (contre)
- vocabulary (sans)
New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.
Not sure this is your level? Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:
https://linguawire.com/assessment
Grammar explained in plain English:
https://linguawire.com/guide
If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other French learners find us.
Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7 min - Doug Ford shows a sign to defend the name of Lake Ontario | Beginner French class Nº048
Today's story: Doug Ford shows a sign to defend the name of Lake Ontario. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Doug Ford montre une affiche pour le nom du lac Ontario
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:34) Three more stories today
(01:49) Today's headline, slowly
(02:43) Montrer: present tense
(03:22) Sentence 2: place words
(04:00) Today's grammar point
(04:32) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-08-31
WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (montrer)
- vocabulary (est)
- vocabulary (sur)
- vocabulary (défend)
- vocabulary (message)
New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.
Not sure this is your level? Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:
https://linguawire.com/assessment
Grammar explained in plain English:
https://linguawire.com/guide
If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other French learners find us.
Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7 min - The Austrian police are looking for the suspects in a necklace theft… | Beginner French class Nº047
Today's story: The Austrian police are looking for the suspects in a necklace theft in Vienna. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: La police autrichienne cherche les suspects d’un vol de collier à Vienne
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:36) Three more stories today
(02:00) Today's headline, slowly
(02:55) Le verbe chercher
(03:29) Les photos viennent des caméras de
(04:02) Le collier est en platine
(04:51) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-08-30
WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (chercher)
- vocabulary (a montré)
- vocabulary (viennent)
- vocabulary (n’avaient pas)
- vocabulary (est)
New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.
Not sure this is your level? Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:
https://linguawire.com/assessment
Grammar explained in plain English:
https://linguawire.com/guide
If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other French learners find us.
Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7 min
About Learn French for Beginners A0-A1 | Daily News Class in Simple French, Explained in English
From the publisher's feed
Learn French with real news, every morning. Daily episodes in slow, simple French at A1, with a free full transcript and English translation for every line.
Read today's…
transcript:
https://linguawire.com/learn/french
WHAT YOU GET
A new episode every morning. Two real stories from the day's news, spoken slowly and clearly enough for a beginner to follow.
Every episode has its own page with the full French transcript, the English translation beside it, the day's vocabulary, one grammar point and a short quiz.
If you have been looking for a French podcast for beginners built on real material rather than scripted dialogues, this is it.
NEW TO FRENCH?
Start with the daily A0 class, where every line is explained in English:
https://linguawire.com/class/french
Or take Day One, which goes from zero to your first news bulletin in four weeks:
https://linguawire.com/dayone/french
NOT SURE THIS IS YOUR LEVEL?
Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills, so you know what to work on next:
https://linguawire.com/assessment
WHEN A1 STARTS TO FEEL SLOW
The same stories are published at A2 and B1+ the same morning. Search LINGUAWIRE French A2.
MORE FROM LINGUAWIRE
The language guide: https://linguawire.com/guide
Every language and level: https://linguawire.com/podcasts
Also in Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese and English.
If today's episode helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other French learners find us.
Note: LINGUAWIRE podcasts use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision.
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