Personal information: name, age, family, where you live
Your own life, in French. Everything this week should be true about you.
About you and your family
- Je m'appelle…My name is…Je m'appelle David.My name is David.
- J'habite à / en…I live in…J'habite à Wateringbury.I live in Wateringbury.
à before a town, en before many countries — en France.
- J'ai … ans.I am … years old.J'ai soixante ans.I am sixty years old.
Literally: I have sixty years.
- un filsa sonJ'ai un fils.I have a son.
say: fiss — the l is silent
- une fillea daughter / a girlJ'ai deux filles.I have two daughters.
- un maria husbandMon mari s'appelle…My husband is called…
- une femmea wife / a woman
One word does both jobs — context decides.
- un petit-filsa grandson
un petit-enfant is a grandchild of either sort.
- une petite-fillea granddaughter
- la famillethe familyMa famille…My family…
Feminine — la, and ma rather than mon.
- un ami / une amiea friend (m / f)C'est un ami.That's a friend.
Add -e for a female friend. It sounds the same.
- le travailwork / jobJe travaille à la maison.I work at home.
- à la retraiteretiredJe suis à la retraite.I am retired.
Worth having ready — it comes up constantly.
What the colours above mean
6 of 10 colours so farA thing, a person or a place.
An action or a state — what is happening.
Stands in for a noun — I, you, he, it.
the / a / some — and possessives like mon, ma.
Links words together — to, in, of, for.
Learn it whole. Do not take it apart.
Articles join as grey, carrying gender through bold and slanted. Conjunctions like et arrive in Week 4 and stay plain for now.
Sentence frames
- 1
Je m'appelle name, j'habite à place.
I'm ___, I live in ___.
- 2
J'ai number ans et je suis à la retraite.
I'm ___ and I'm retired.
- 3
J'ai un fils / deux filles et number petits-enfants.
I have ___ and ___ grandchildren.
Daily mini-tasks
Listening this week
Learn French with Alexa — introducing yourself
YouTube
Clear, warm, repeat-after-me pacing. Well suited if you want thinking time between phrases.
The gear icon in the player sets the speed — 0.75× is the one to start with. Nothing from YouTube loads until you press play.
What stuck?
Check it before you close the page.
Up to 10 of this week's words and frames. Say each one out loud before you look, and say whether you think you have it. Guessing first and then checking is what makes it stick — reading the answer feels better and does less.