ParisByPod
Learn French, live from Paris ! Free daily French lessons by podcast, with dictations, exercises, tests. And that\'s all about PARIS !
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Weekly French Language Test N??6
Sundays Lesson:Tests & Exercices This week, test your French level and increase it working on the following points : 1. Present and Futur tenses 2. Use of pronouns 3. Gerondif 4. Negative forms of verbs 5. Using Y and EN 6. Written expression Read, Write & …
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Real-Life Situation: “Making a mistake over the phone”
Saturdays lesson: Real Life Situation Learning French is one thing, managing it for phone conversation is another one, especially if you make a mistake over the phone. Can you get through it ? Listen & Write : click here to listen this audio file and check your understan …
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Pronunciation : French verb “construire”
Fridays lets focus on the verb:construire, 3rd group, and the tenses present, past, future Example: tu construis, nous construisions, vous construirez you construct, we constructed, you will construct Listen & Speak : click here to listen this French verb read by a French teacher ( …
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Photo-Reportage: ???la Grande Biblioth??que???
Thursdays lesson:Reportage-Photo This week, some snapshots in the 13th district, near the Grande Biblioth??que Fran??ois Mitterrand. The BnF is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. Listen & Read : click here to listen this audio file and learn Fre …
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Dictation : “Le Ventre de Paris” (2)
Wednesdays lesson:Dictation Second part of that Zola???s (1840-1902 ) Belly of Paris. That novel keeps conveying a powerful atmosphere both of life in the great market halls and of working class suffering in general. Just click below to listen to the dictation in French, and try to type …
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General French: the French vowels (2)
Tuesdays lesson:General French Today, the second part of French vowels. This three part lesson will give you examples of French words using those sounds. Lets keep on with the in sound : singer, fin, brin, main, pain, pin, intestin, aucun, incertain Listen & Repeat : click her …
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Paris Life & Culture : “Tour Eiffel depuis les Invalides”
Mondays lesson:Paris Life Culture The hottest spot of Paris and maybe of the world ? The Eiffel Tower of course ! You are a few clicks away to learn about it while training yourself in French. Connaissez-vous la Tour Eiffel ? S??rement ! Elle a ??t?? construite en 1889 ?? loccasion de …
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Weekly French Language Test N??5
Sundays Lesson:Tests & Exercices This week, test your French level and increase it working on the following points : 1. Present and Futur tenses 2. Use of pronouns 3. Gerondif 4. Negative forms of verbs 5. Using Y and EN 6. Written expression Read, Write & …
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Real-Life Situation: “Calling the local City Hall”
Saturdays lesson: Real Life Situation Ever tried to call your local City Hall in your country ? Was is it easy ? difficult ? This time, let???s see how to do it in French language. Can you get through it ? Listen & Write : click here to listen this audio file and check …
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Pronunciation: “connu”
Fridays let???s focus on the word :connu and the sounds co, nu Example: Je lai connue l???ann??e derni??re. I met her last year. Listen & Speak : click here to listen this audio file and repeat French words made up of those sounds (more)
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Photo-Reportage: ???le train du coaching???
Thursdays lesson:Reportage-Photo This week, we went into a train to learn more about coaching. You will be surprised by what can be found inside those wagons ! Listen & Read : click here to listen this audio file and learn French words related to those photos c …
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Dictation : “Le Ventre de Paris” (1)
Wednesdays lesson:Dictation Have you ever heard about ???the belly of Paris??? ? It is a famous novel written by Emile Zola (1840-1902) in 1873. he action takes place in Les Halles, the enormous, busy central marketplace of 19th Century Paris. It is also Zola???s first novel centred ent …
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General French: ???Quelle heure est-il ? de 21h ?? 22h??????
Time >> full text transcript in French Today, lets focus on telling time in French, every 5 minutes from 9PM to 10PM. Click on the podcast below to listen all variations: you will hear that there are many different ways to say 9:40 PM ! (more)
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Paris Life & Culture : “Canon des Invalides”
Mondays lesson:Paris Life Culture ParisbyPod takes you to the Invalides, an historical place where is Napoleons coffin. Nowadays, it is also the place for the Museum of the Armies. A place that louis XIV and Napoleon liked ! You can not miss it ! Ce canon semble mena??ant, mais rassur …
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Weekly French Language Test N??4
Sundays Lesson:Tests & Exercices This week, test your French level and increase it working on the following points : 1. Present and Futur tenses 2. Use of pronouns 3. Gerondif 4. Negative forms of verbs 5. Using Y and EN 6. Written expression Read, Write & …
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Real-Life Situation: “Calling a bank agency”
Saturdays lesson: Real Life Situation Im sure you will agree it is very important to have good relations with your bank Lets see what happens in French language when calling a bank. Can you get through it ? Listen & Write : click here to listen this audio file and chec …
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Pronunciation: “personnage”
Fridays let???s focus on the word :personnage and the sounds per, so, na, ge Example: Napol??on est un personnage de l fran??aise. Napol??on is a character of the French history. Listen & Speak : click here to listen this audio file and repeat French words made up of those sounds ( …
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Photo-Reportage: ???visite chez le Pr??sident???
Thursdays lesson:Reportage-Photo This week, we take you directly to the French President office ! yes, the photos were made in Nicolas Sarkozys residence, the Elys??e, during the Journ??es du Patrimoine, a tearly event where all public domains are opened to general public. Listen …
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Dictation : “Le Rouge et le Noir”
Wednesdays lesson:Dictation Today, a dictation taken from the famous novelist Stendhal : ???le Rouge et le Noir???. Stendhal is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de …
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General French: the French vowels (1)
Tuesdays lesson:General French Today, let???s hear the sounds of French vowels. This three part lesson will give you examples of French words using those sounds. Lets start with the a sound : avancer, date, sac, marque, avocat, p??te, attention, blatte, mille-pattes Listen & R …

