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A complete CEFR A1–A2 French course — 🇫🇷 France and 🇨🇦 Canada side by side

🌟 What This Course Covers

Twenty-eight lessons take you from your first bonjour to the end of A2: you will be able to handle everyday situations, describe your life, ask and answer questions, and talk about the past and the future. Topic lessons give you the words; the Grammar Essentials lessons woven between them give you the machinery to build your own sentences instead of reciting phrases.

Every lesson compares 🇫🇷 France and 🇨🇦 Canadian usage, because the French you meet in Montréal is not the French you meet in Marseille — and both are worth having.

Built in: audio on every word · a spaced-repetition review deck · flashcards · self-check quizzes · written exercises · a learning journal · progress tracking.

🟢 A1 — Foundations

Lessons 1–15. By the end you can introduce yourself, ask and answer simple questions, handle shops, cafés and your own daily routine, and build basic sentences of your own.

1 A1 The French Alphabet & Pronunciation Master French letters, accent marks, nasal vowels, and the sounds that make French unique. 📍 Alphabet · Accents (é è ê ë ç) · Nasal vowels · Liaison · Silent letters 2 A1 Greetings & Essential Phrases Greet people, introduce yourself, and use the politeness formulas French runs on. 📍 Bonjour · Tu vs vous · Introductions · Merci / pardon · 🇫🇷/🇨🇦 variations 3 A1 France vs Canadian French Understand the differences between European and Québécois French before you meet them in every lesson. 📍 Pronunciation shifts · Vocabulary · Joual · Anglicisms · History 4 A1 Nouns, Gender & Articles The article system: gender, le/la/les, un/une/des, and the partitive that has no English equivalent. 📍 Gender · Definite & indefinite · Partitive du/de la · de after negation · Plurals 5 A1 Être, Avoir & the Essential Verbs The four verbs that carry most of everyday French, plus c'est vs il est and il y a. 📍 Subject pronouns · être · avoir · aller · faire · avoir faim · il y a 6 A1 Numbers, Time & Dates Count, tell time, and discuss dates — including the base-20 numbers and the Belgian/Swiss alternatives. 📍 0–1000+ · Clock time · Days · Months · Dates · septante/huitante 7 A1 The Present Tense Conjugate -er, -ir and -re verbs, handle the key irregulars, and put two verbs together. 📍 -er / -ir / -re · Spelling changes · vouloir, pouvoir, devoir · savoir vs connaître 8 A1 Family & Personal Descriptions Talk about family members and describe people's appearance and personality. 📍 Family terms · Adjective agreement · Physical traits · Personality 9 A1 Adjectives, Adverbs & Comparisons Make adjectives agree, place them correctly, build adverbs, and compare things. 📍 Agreement · BANGS placement · -ment adverbs · bon vs bien · plus/moins que 10 A1 Negation & Asking Questions Negate anything with the ne…pas sandwich and ask questions three different ways. 📍 ne…pas/jamais/rien/personne · est-ce que · Inversion · Question words · si 11 A1 Food & Dining Order food, discuss cuisine, and navigate restaurants from bistros to cabanes à sucre. 📍 French cuisine · Québécois dishes · Ordering · Café culture · L'addition 12 A1 Possessives, Demonstratives & Quantities Say what belongs to whom, point things out, and express how much of something there is. 📍 mon/ma/mes · ce/cette/ces · beaucoup de · Containers & measures 13 A1 Shopping & Money Shop confidently with pricing, sizes, and transaction vocabulary. 📍 Euro vs CAD · Prices · Markets · Sizes · Payment · Dépanneur 14 A1 Home, Household & Daily Routines Describe where you live, the rooms in it, the chores you do, and how your day runs. 📍 Housing · Rooms · Furniture · Chores with faire · Renting 🇫🇷/🇨🇦 15 A1 Reflexive Verbs, Commands & Polite Requests Daily-routine verbs, the imperative, and the conditional forms that make you sound polite. 📍 se lever · se coucher · Imperative · Lève-toi vs ne te lève pas · je voudrais

🔵 A2 — Building Fluency

Lessons 16–28. By the end you can talk about the past and the future, give directions, describe your work, your health and your feelings, replace nouns with pronouns, and link your ideas into connected speech.

16 A2 Directions & Transportation Ask for directions and navigate public transit in France and Canada. 📍 Métro · TGV · Bus · Taxi · Location words · STM · Landmarks 17 A2 Talking About the Future Two futures, when to use each, and how to say what you've just done. 📍 aller + infinitif · Futur simple · Irregular stems · venir de · quand + futur 18 A2 Hobbies & Daily Life Talk about hobbies, routines, and leisure activities. 📍 Sports · Cinema · Music · jouer à / jouer de · Invitations 19 A2 The Passé Composé The everyday past tense: two auxiliaries, the participles, and the agreement rule. 📍 avoir vs être · Past participles · Agreement · Negation in the past 20 A2 Health & the Body Describe symptoms, visit the doctor, and handle an emergency. 📍 Body parts · avoir mal à · Pharmacy · Emergencies · Health systems 21 A2 The Imparfait & Past-Tense Choice The background tense — and the decision every learner has to make between the two pasts. 📍 Imparfait forms · Habits & description · PC vs imparfait · Telling a story 22 A2 Weather & Seasons Discuss weather, seasons, and seasonal activities across two very different climates. 📍 Il fait… · Temperature · Four seasons · Canadian winter · Verglas 23 A2 Object Pronouns & Linking Ideas Stop repeating nouns: pronouns, y and en, and the words that join your sentences up. 📍 le/la/les · lui/leur · y · en · Stressed pronouns · qui/que/où · Connectors 24 A2 Work & Education Discuss jobs, school life, and workplace culture in France and Québec. 📍 Job titles · Office vocab · University · CÉGEP · Grandes écoles 25 A2 Technology & Communication Navigate digital life, texting abbreviations, and internet culture. 📍 Courriel vs e-mail · Texting slang · Social media · Wi-Fi · Devices 26 A2 Emotions & Relationships Express feelings, discuss relationships, and understand social norms. 📍 Emotions · La bise · Dating · Life events · chum / blonde 27 A2 Travel & Culture: France Plan trips across France, explore customs, holidays, and regional culture. 📍 Hotels · SNCF · Regions · Holidays · Etiquette · Museums 28 A2 Travel & Culture: Québec & Francophone Canada Explore Québec, Acadian culture, and the Francophone Canadian experience. 📍 Montréal · Québec City · Carnaval · St-Jean-Baptiste · Acadia · Loi 101

🧰 Practice Tools

Reference and practice that runs across the whole course.

🎓 Finished A2? Continue to B1–B2

The intermediate course picks up exactly where this one stops: the subjunctive, the conditional, the compound tenses, dont and lequel, participle agreement, reported speech — then register, idiom, the literary passé simple, formal writing, authentic media, a Québécois deep dive and DELF strategy.