Salut! Today you're learning how to form the passé composé with avoir — the most common way to talk about the past in French! Video below J'ai mangé — I ate Tu as parlé — You spoke Il / Elle / On a fini — He / She / We finished Nous avons travaillé — We worked Vous avez regardé — You watched (formal / plural) Ils / Elles ont joué — They played The formula is simple: avoir (conjugated) + past participle. You already know all the avoir forms — now you just need to learn the past participle of each verb. -er verbs → swap -er for -é (parler → parlé) -ir verbs → swap -ir for -i (finir → fini) -re verbs → swap -re for -u (vendre → vendu) Can you make a few sentences using today's words? Write them in the comments below!

Salut! Today you're learning one of the most important grammar concepts in French — two past tenses that are often confused, but each one has a very clear job! Video below Le passé composé — for completed actions and specific events J'ai mangé à 8 heures Elle est arrivée hier soir Nous avons pris le bus Il a cassé son téléphone Ils sont entrés dans le bâtiment L'imparfait — for habits and ongoing situations Je mangeais souvent ici Il faisait froid Elle était fatiguée Nous attendions le bus Ils habitaient à Montréal The key rule to remember: imparfait = vague, ongoing, repetitive. Passé composé = precise, finished, one specific moment. If you can replace it with "used to" or "was doing" in English, it's imparfait. If it happened once and it's done, it's passé composé! Can you make a few sentences using today's words? Write them in the comments below!

Salut! Today you're learning two of the most essential verbs in French — and together they'll unlock a whole new range of things you can say. Video below Vouloir — To want Je veux — I want Tu veux — You want Il / Elle / On veut — He / She / We wants Nous voulons — We want Vous voulez — You want (formal / plural) Ils / Elles veulent — They want Pouvoir — To can / To be able to Je peux — I can Tu peux — You can Il / Elle / On peut — He / She / We can Nous pouvons — We can Vous pouvez — You can (formal / plural) Ils / Elles peuvent — They can These two verbs are almost always followed by another verb — je veux manger (I want to eat), je peux venir (I can come). Learn them together and you'll use them every single day! Can you make a few sentences using today's words? Write them in the comments below!

Salut! Today you're learning how to make sentences negative in French — and there are more ways to do it than just ne pas! Video below Ne ... pas — Not Ne ... jamais — Never Ne ... plus — No longer / Not anymore Rien — Nothing Ne ... personne — Nobody Aucun(e) — No / None Ni… ni… — Neither… nor… Sans — Without Ne… que — Only One important note: in casual spoken French, the ne is very often dropped — so you'll hear je suis pas fatigué just as much as je ne suis pas fatigué. Both are correct depending on the context! Can you make a few sentences using today's words? Write them in the comments below!

The U vs OU Sound Salut! Today you're tackling one of the most important pronunciation distinctions in French — and one of the hardest for English speakers to hear at first. Video below Le son U — lips rounded, tongue forward near your teeth Think of the English "ee" sound but with your mouth shaped like an O tu, vu, une, sur, lune Le son OU — lips rounded, tongue deeper inside the mouth Think of the English "oo" in food tout, vous, roue, soupe, bouche The best practice sentence — Tu vois tout ? Tu = U sound / tout = OU sound — both in the same sentence! Minimal pairs — say these slowly and exaggerate the difference tu — tout vu — vous sur — sourd rue — roue lu — loup bu — bout jus — joue nu — nous mur — mou These two sounds can completely change a word's meaning, so it's worth drilling them until the difference feels automatic! Can you make a few sentences using today's words? Write them in the comments below!