Monthly Archives: October 2009

Learn French Music

Learn French fast and fun by listening to your favorite French music for free and our best ways to learn French: take for example the French music from Aicha.

 

Learn French music vocabulary

 

  • When it comes to learning French or any language for that matter, you know that the more you repeat the words, the more you will remember them.
     
  • You also know that some songs just stick into your memory and can go on and on when you wish they wouldn’t…

 

Combine these 2 learning methods and you have just found yourself the best way to learn French but…

 

Don’t go learning the French songs by hearth: just listen to your favorite French music and pay special attention to words and expressions you can use every day when you travel to France.

 

Learn where to find French music for free

 

Just go to Youtube and look for French Music or French Songs and add the words lyrics if you prefer as some videos will even display the vocabulary of the French music you want to learn from, like the learn French music video we made for you below:

 

 

Now don’t break your head in memorizing all the French words in a French song, but do concentrate on French vocabulary that you could use every day. In the above video "Aicha" from Cheb Khaled, very common French expressions and words are:

 

  • Comme ci, comme ça: soso
  • à côté de: next to
  • moi: me
  • sans: without 
  • j’ai: I have
  • prends: take
  • tout est pour toi: all is for you
  • voici: take (when you hand something to somebody)
  • les bijoux: jewels (not to confuse with bisous: kisses!)
  • aussi:also
  • miel: honey
  • si tu m’aimes: if you love me
  • où: where
  • dans:in, inside
  • rien: nothing
  • beau / belle : beautiful
  • écoute-moi: listen to me
  • t’en vas pas: do not go
  • regarde moi: look at me
  • reponds-moi: answer me
  • ciel: sky
  • les rayons du soleil: the rays of the sun,
  • tes yeux: your eyes
  • je vaux mieux que tout ça: I am worth more than that
  • Je veux: I want
  • droit: right
  • chaque jour: each day,
  • je ne veux que l’amour: I want only love "

 

That’s about 60 common French words you will learn by just listening to this French music. Of course in order to learn French even faster, you need to learn from the French music you love the most, so do browse around in your record shop or online at Youtube.

How to count in French

How to count in French 

Speak French fluently: free and fun way to learn how to count in French. Look, listen and repeat to learn French numbers pronunciation.

 

Numbers 1 to 10 in French

 

Learn French numbers from 0 to 10 in the video below.

 

 

French numbers up to 100

 

The best way to learn French is only learning the numbers from 0 to 10 in one day or week if you only have little time daily to learn French at home.

 

Learning French numbers should be done in stages, as counting in French is a bit odd.

 

French language schools will give you a list of all French number to memorize. Unfortunately, your memory will get stuck pretty fast when you need to learn French words without any context. Praise yourself once your learned how to count in French from 0 to 10 and stop there!

 

If you want to say and speak French numbers to 100 or to any amount, just read each French number separately. That explains why we added 0 to the list of French numbers 1 to 10.

 

Learning French numbers : Words sound different than how they are written

 

You will notice that only now we will show you the French spelling of the French numbers. This is because you will notice that not all written letters in the French language are pronounced:

 

How to count in French from 0 to 10 :

 

    • zéro = 0
       
    • un = 1
       
    • deux = 2
       
    • trois = 3
       
    • quatre = 4
       
    • cinq = 5
       
    • six = 6
       
    • sept = 7
       
    • huit = 8
       
    • neuf = 9
       
    • dix = 10
       

 

Written letters you don’t pronounce:

 

  • de ‘x’ in the number dix is pronounced as an ‘s’ and you won’t hear it at all in the French number deux
     
  • you don’t hear the ‘p’ in the French number sept
     
  • you don’t pronounce the ‘s’ in the French number trois

 

Why do the French write letters they don’t pronounce?

 

Because French spelling still looks like how it was around the 1600’s. However French pronunciation has evolved since, especially more letters have been "swallowed" but still need to be written.

 

That’s why you best learn how to speak French by first listening and repeating the French words, before you go into the spelling. This method will ensure you to learn French quickly, more quickly than starting to learn French based on a textbook.

 

That’s why we recommend you to learn French by listening to the 31 French audio tutorials (for less than $100 with money back guarantee!). With these French audio tutorials, you can learn French easily by listening and learn French in your car or sofa.

 

How to count to 10 in French

 

Today in your online French course you learned how to count to 10 in French. You will learn all French numbers in our future free French courses.

 

People will always write down French numbers on your bill, on a price tag, so we cover more French numbers in our future French language lessons about going to the restaurant and going shopping.

How to say how are you in French

How to say how are you in French

Listen to the most common ways how to say how are you in French: part of our free French language lessons online: French greetings.

 

Listen how to say how are you in French

 

Download and listen to the French audio how to say how are you in French (mp3, 4KB)

 

  • Polite: Bonjour. Comment allez-vous? Goodday/hello, how are you?
     
  • Casual: Salut. Comment vas-tu? Hi, how are you?
     
  • Pas mal. Not bad.

 

Learn how to speak French by simply listening and repeating the above French words as good as you can.

 

Casual hi, how are you in French.

 

In this online French class you will learn the difference between the formal and casual French language.

 

When talking to friends or family, the French say: Comment vas-tu? These French words literary translate to English as:

 

  • comment : how
     
  • vas : you go (casual)
     
  • tu : you (casual)

 

When the French become more formal and start talking to people they respect or meet for the first time, the French say Comment allez-vous? These French words literary translate to English as:

 

When talking to friends or family, the French say: Comment vas-tu? These French words literary translate to English as:

 

  • comment : how
     
  • allez : you go (formal)
     
  • vous : you formal)

 

Casual ‘tu’ – formal ‘vous’

 

The French have 2 ways of translating the word "you":

 

  • When talking to friends, they will use tu when they want to point to one person.
     
  • When talking to people they never saw before or in any case they want to point to more than one person, they will use vous.

 

French language courses will give you an extensive list when to use ‘tu
or ‘vous‘ but:

 

Rule of thumb: always use vous!

 

The first time you meet a French person, he will address you with "vous". When you get to know each other better (after a few bottles of French wine or after a few days interacting with each other on a more personal level), suddenly the French person will start using "tu".

 

Once that happens, you can safely start using "tu" as well. As usual follow the golden rules:

 

  • be a parrot: always repeat what you hear
     
  • in France, do what the French do

 

Hello, how are you in French – Not bad.

 

Listen again to the French audio how to say how are you in French and notice the last sentence:

 

  • Pas mal : Not bad

 

For now just notice that when you see the word "pas" in a French sentence, the French are expressing "not …":

 

  • pas bien : not good
     
  • pas mal : not bad

 

How to say how are you in French summary

 

This French lesson seems short but you learned 2 very important things in the French language:

 

  • the difference between formal and casual French
     
  • an introduction how the French say ‘not’

 

Read our previous post to learn more ways how to say how are you in French.