French A1 — Meet, Greet, and Get Around

About this course

French is the second business language across North Africa, Lebanon, and parts of the Gulf — and a credible job-search advantage in Europe. We start with no assumptions and build to A1 fluency: greetings, numbers, ordering food, asking directions, simple past, and the vocabulary that gets you through a Paris weekend or a Casablanca client meeting.

What you'll cover

• 1

  Sounds, alphabet, and your first 100 words

  French sounds without panic. The 100 words that cover 50% of conversation.

• 2

  Greetings, introductions, and politeness

  Bonjour, comment ça va. Tu vs vous. The phrases that signal respect.

• 3

  Numbers, time, and prices

  0-1000. Hours, days, weeks. Asking 'how much' without confusion.

• 4

  Restaurants and shops

  Ordering food, paying, asking for the bill. Polite refusal.

• 5

  Getting around

  Directions, transport, hotels. The phrases tourists actually need.

• 6

  Talking about yourself

  Family, work, hobbies. Simple present in 3 conjugations.

• 7

  Past actions — the simple past

  Passé composé. 'I went, I saw, I ate'. Enough to tell yesterday's story.

• 8

  A1 conversation challenge

  10-minute conversation with the instructor. You're A1.

Skills you'll build

• French
• CEFR A1
• spoken French
• travel French
• francophone
• passé composé
• language learning
• conversation