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Parlo! Français
Start speaking French in minutes! Pick a scene. Snap together a phrase, a few glue words and a noun — then say it out loud. Voilà!
Levels A0 → B1Start from zero. A0 has 4 sections, A1 has 10.→Au Café
At the café
0/10 phrases
Au Bistro
At the restaurant
0/10 phrases
À la Gare
At the train station
0/10 phrases
Je me présente
Introducing myself
0/10 phrases
Structural sheets
The words French runs on — with pronunciation and meaning, ready to flip and hear.
50 most used verbs
The engines of French
50 words
100 most used nouns
With their articles
100 words
50 glue words
The little words that join
50 words
French grammar rules
The rules
Basic
- Article before noun
le / la / un / une always come first.
- Article matches the noun
Masculine: le / un. Feminine: la / une.
- l’ before a vowel
le / la shrink to l’ before a vowel or silent h.
- Nouns need an article
English drops it; French almost never does.
- Start with the I-phrase
je voudrais, je suis, je vais… comes first.
- One I-phrase per idea
Join two with “et”, don't stack them.
- à vs de
à = to / in; de = from.
- à + le = au
à le → au; à la stays.
- No article for nationality
je suis américain — no “un”.
- Polite words at the edges
bonjour first, s'il vous plaît / merci last.
Complex
- ne … pas wraps the verb
je ne veux pas — two pieces around the verb.
- du / de la for “some”
je bois du vin, de l'eau.
- Adjectives usually go after
un vin rouge, not un rouge vin.
- tu vs vous
vous for strangers, tu for friends.
How to build a sentence
1. Greeting
bonjour
(bohn-zhoor)
= hello
2. I-phrase
je voudrais
(zhuh voo-dreh)
= I would like
3. Article + noun
un café
(uhn kah-fay)
= a coffee
4. Glue / time
avec le sucre
(ah-vek luh sewkr)
= with sugar
5. Wrap-up
s'il vous plaît
(seel voo pleh)
= please
Common mistakes from English
✗ je voudrais café
✓ je voudrais un café
(zhuh voo-dreh uhn kah-fay)
= I'd like a coffee
English drops the article; French keeps it.
Rule: Nouns need an article →✗ je suis un américain
✓ je suis américain
(zhuh swee ah-may-ree-kan)
= I am American
No article before nationality.
Rule: No article for nationality →✗ je vais à le café
✓ je vais au café
(zhuh veh oh kah-fay)
= I go to the café
à + le merges to au.
Rule: à + le = au →✗ j'habite de Paris
✓ j'habite à Paris
(zhah-beet ah pah-ree)
= I live in Paris
Living in = à; coming from = de.
Rule: à vs de →