Free basic French words

What's inside

• How French soundsFrench writes more than it says. One page covers the silent endings, é and è, ou and u, the three nasal vowels, ch, gn and the French r, with an example word for each.
• 214 words, colour-codedGreetings, question words, family, days, numbers (counting in twenties), food, places and verbs. Every noun has its article in a colour: le blue, la pink, and l' words marked (m) or (f).
• Show words and practiceReactions like Ah bon ? and Trop bien !, the rude words you'll hear on screen and shouldn't copy, the vanishing ne, then ten sentences to read before you check.

How to use it

1. Read the sounds page aloud once, then keep it next to you.
2. Learn five words a day, always with their le or la.
3. Cover the grey English on the last page and read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
4. Watch something in French with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. C'est, pas and on turn up in nearly every line.

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