A2 Vocabulary

Low-Intermediate French Lessons

Vocabulary Lists

Approximate Numbers

Approximate French numbers
Approximate numbers are very useful for talking about generalities, making estimates, and just flat-out guessing. English only has one approximate number, content to use "about" in front of cardinal numbers any time a guess is required. In contrast, French has about a dozen approximate numbers.
Travel and Culture

Beach and Pool

Beach and pool - French vocabulary
There's nothing like a big body of water to escape hot weather. Learn all the French vocabulary you'll need to enjoy a beach or pool.
Vocabulary Lists

Chores

French chores
No one likes to do them, but everyone has to. Learn how to talk about common household chores in French.
Holidays and Celebrations

Easter

French Easter vocubulary
Easter occurs every year somewhere between 22 March and 25 April, and the week immediately preceding it (Sunday to Saturday) is called Holy Week. Here's all the French vocabulary you need to celebrate this Christian period of renewal.
Grammar Lessons

Feminine Nouns

Feminine French nouns
There's no simple trick to knowing the gender of every single French noun (other than looking in a dictionary), but there are several categories of words that are always or usually feminine.
Listening Practice

French Fluency Club

French fluency club From Yabla, with their huge selection of authentic videos, comes a terrific new daily study feature called Fluency Club. Every day, you listen to a short video clip and then do a set of exercises, including a dictation and speaking.
Grammar Lessons

Habiter vs Vivre

Habiter vs vivreBelieve it or not, life in France is so great that one verb just isn't enough: "to live" may be equivalent to habiter or vivre, depending on what exactly you want to say.
Listening Practice

LingQ

LingQ
Learn and practice French vocabulary and listening at any level with LingQ, an online learning system and language community.
Vocabulary Lists

Love Language

French love language
Love is in the air, and there's no better way to express it than in French, the language of love. Learn how to talk about love and friendship in French.
Grammar Lessons

Masculine Nouns

French gender
There's no simple trick to knowing the gender of every single French noun (other than looking in a dictionary), but there are several categories of words that are always or usually masculine.
Products and Reviews

MiVoca – Vocabulary App

MiVoca
Discovering, organizing, and remembering vocabulary is one of the foundations of language learning, yet it can be utterly overwhelming. You're constantly exposed to new words in lessons, conversations ... how can you possibly keep track of them all - not to mention remember them? Introducing MiVoca, an online app that tracks and tests all your words in a single location.

Mot du jour

Mot du jour - French word of the day
Lawless French offers an intermediate/advanced mot du jour which consists of a detailed lesson and requires a nominal monthly fee.
Vocabulary Lists

Ordinal Numbers

French ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers are essential for lists: they denote the rank, position, or order of items in a group, whether that group is made up of people, objects, or things to do.
Vocabulary Lists

Renting a Car

Renting a car in France
Traveling in France often means driving, which can be a puzzling mix of unfamiliar signs and unfathomable rules of the road. But before you even get to that, you have to actually rent the car, so here are some useful phrases to help you get the car you want.
Vocabulary Lists

Spelling Equivalents

French English spelling equivalents
Thanks to extensive Latin and French influence on English, French and English have many corresponding spelling patterns. These come in handy when learning French, as it means there lots of cognates that you'll easily recognize and understand at first sight.

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