French Lesson Week 1- Leçon 1 [French Personal Pronouns)

[DeSanctist]

i have a question about the "TU" . you said that if the subject is tu always add "s" to the verb . but the I Like You = Je T'aime . the aime here doesn't have an "s" . haha ! this is what i always see . so , the rule here is that , when tu is contacted to a verb starting with a vowel , we will disregard the adding of S ? is that correct ?!

[Amy112084]

this is the best class i have seen so far!!

[consuelo1962]

Muchas Grasias por estas lessiones estan fantasticas!!!

Consuelo desde Escocia!

[kfjsjkf1]

se escucha muy bajito, pero esta buena la explicación, merci beacoup!

[taneda971]

mange du fromage ^^



[jairovj]

Es excelente la verdad.... No importa que esté en inglés, francés y español..... se aprende demasiado...!

[Momislov]

Excelente vídeo ... pero tengo una pregunta ...

¿Qué pasa con EL NEUTRO en francés (ello o it)?

¿El francés no tiene NEUTRO?

Por ejemplo, para decir:

- (ello) Está lloviendo (It is rainning)

- (ello) Está nevando (It is snowing)

etc.

¡Gracias! - Merci!

[CodeItForum]

pourquoi les gens parlent espagnol?

[mandocastro]

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR EL VIDEO. ME ES DE MUCHA AYUDA CON MIS LECCIONES DE FRANCES! =)

[MEpianist]

You're the master, thanks for this video!

[Elindress]

thank you =)))

merci beaucoup!

[LovindarkAngel]

Bueno, a mi me gusta cómo usas diferentes idiomas para explicar ¡solo uno! Digamos que es mejor para quienes ya saben (o sabemos) más idiomas. Solo un detalle, cuando dices VOUS en español serían: USTED (para una sola persona) y/o USTEDES ( para un grupo de personas) - es ambos puesto que en francés tiene dos significados ;)

[simpleadd]

mmm muy confusa la clase habla en ingles o habla en frances, .....

[FrenchTastic1]

@simpleadd: francés y inglés, naturalmente, pero podré hacerlo totalment en español, también...:-)

No, serio, lo siento mucho, pero esto es principalmente un tutorial de francés para principiantes, por eso trato de utilizar otro idiomas (ingles, a veces, español,) par dar mis explicaciones sobre conceptos de grammatica un poco dificil.

Herman

[Amy112084]

@FrenchTastic1 Eres la persona q mejor ha sabido explicarlo, me voy a quedar viendo tus videos.

[karenalves87]

OMG! You are amazing!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[rutherfly]

thank you!!! U are better than my teacher!! :p I live in France since 6 months ago and I dont speak good yet, with your lessons it will be easier now!

[tonymoey]

thank you very much, this is the best online french video on Youtube!!! I even bought a book but this is even better!

[TwilightLurveVid]

This is definitely the clearest, most helpful lesson series I have found online. Comparing things to spanish really helps! :)

[mickey14mike14]

do this really work

[VicenteIbanez2620]

Also, contrary to English-who loves passiv form- French loves active formes

ex: I was told/ On ma dit

A francophone would never say "j'ai été dit" exept if he is drunk of course

[VicenteIbanez2620]

For someone who speak spanish myself I would like to precise some things

Vous can mean "usted", ustedes" and "vosotros". It depends on the context

And "ON" in spanish can be translated as

cuando uno hace algo.../ When one does something.. (generality but implication of myself)

Cuando hacemos algo/ When we do.. (idea of a group)

En Francia se bebe vino/ in france we drink wine ( generality and habit)

[ANACATALINA16]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! i want to learn french but at my country courses are pretty expensive so it is pretty usselfull! thanks! the spanish part were pretty handle!

[highflier88]

I speak spanish and english and references like the ones he gave made easier to me to understand somethings.. and I think it can be very useful for other people that doesn't speak spanish, if they want to learn spanish in the future...

[TheBookArchive]

i dont know spanish, nor do i want to-- what a waste.

[dpthroat69]

@TheBookArchive

These racist overtones are not necessary....is spanish too below you to thumb your nose at?

[ankakusu4]

Dude! Stop referencing a language other than English or French. You are supposed to teach French, not Spanish. :)

[rmr2705]

HI ankakusu4, if he is speaking in Spanish is not because he wanted to give Spanish classes. Is because he is teaching French to people who speak Spanish and don't undertand English.

That's why he explains in English and Spanish CU

[fracholatino]

Hey, i speak spanish, and that reference was very usefull

[ShadoLegend]

french sucks

[Vader993]

merci

[speeddemon790255]

Some second person singular conjugated verbs don't end in an S (tu veuX, tu peuX).

[dumazdolma]

salut...

je suis duma(dolma)....I am a Tibetan ...

thanks for ur teaching......merci beacup....

[dafeac]

its very harsh to learn this way, there are better ways, look for "french in action" on the web, i have the introduction video on mi channel

[templje]

very nice, your english is very understandable. I like your aproach

[dangerousbollards]

Good lesson. I like your approach, I am starting my own series to supplement my one on one teaching. Would welcome your comments!

[seleloupxxx]

jaja tu ne peux pas parler espagnol XD.... suena raro jaja mais tu peux parler trés bien le France et L'anglais aussi.... you're good ....

[shequtia]

i just love french its awsome my french teacher told me bout this so know my french is much better

[Wipperevipp]

i love french language! sounds so cool

[a11229]

I love listening to french language and always wish to be able to speak it one day. Thanks very much for putting your time into making these lessons.

Great job!

[cazto]

Once a french girl wrote on my notebook something like: Baiser avec moi.

What does it meannn?

[bignd15]

duuuuuuuuuuuude I speak french .. your so lucky man... I bet she was hot... anyways she "Kiss me" thats what she said in your notebook

[alpacks]

no, it's not kiss me

she says "fuck me"

if she says kiss me : embrasses moi

if she says fuck me : baises moi !

if she says fuck with me : baiser avec moi

she really says :" fuck me ", to cazto

i'm french

"baiser " in French uses in its form of courtesy only for kiss hand, or then for A kiss !

quite other form of word to "baiser" will want to tell: fuck

I hope to have been clear for the word "baiser"

[heathcliffheli]

this is like the method that uses the deustche welle for german courses?

[luhvanny]

Very nice! Thanks a lot!

[Kalindraveah]

Thank you a lot. I was looking for this....

[jamairan]

Moi je pense que plus de gens devrais parler français ... surtout les célébrité americaine ...entk bonne continuiation

[inkstersco]

easy to remember

tu = thou

[manava5210]

Cool l'accent français, tu parles bien :). C'est vrai que le français n'est pas simple ... (j'habite près de Paris) Bonne continuation.

[awsomebandchick]

this helped me alot.i been trying to learn!

[sergelicious17]

oh god...this is sooo dificult... :-(

[Dojan5]

Hmm, French seems to have some rules that are very similar to German. For instance, you can say "Du" to someone you feel comfortable with or can call by first name. And "Sie" to a person you may not call by first name, and then also "sie" to a group of people, Note the capitals on Sie and sie, plus sie also means she.

[julienlepilote]

c'est un bon début, le français est une super langue, pas facile mais trés sympa (je suis français)

[Oakrraegi]

this helps me a major amount. thank you!

[egosgt]

Thank you very much for this video. I speak both English and Spanish and the fact of you explaining analogies in Spanish/French and English/French help me to clarify several things.

The "on" pronombre can be understood in Spanish like when we say "Se habla español" or "Se hacen copias", etc. That's so easy to understand.

Thanks again!

[twilightlover126]

Muy buen trabajo!!!

Este es creo el mejor curso de frances online que he encontrado hasta ahora.

I speak both, english and spanish, and i always wanted to learn french!

YAY!!

Thanks a lot 4 this!

[Fragem420]

Yea french ppl suck. They laid down their weapons during WWII and let europe get over run.

[KillerMayhem]

That, sir, is complete and utter tripe.

[toncuz]

You mean like during World War One, when the French fought the Germans alone and lost ONE MILLION men while the USA held France's coat? You mean like when France declared war on Germany for invading Poland in 1939 while the USA sat quiet and waited for the French to fight Germany alone...AGAIN...you mean like that? Idiot.

[FrenchTastic1]

Haha, some of my own students may not agree with your statement. But thanks so much. I'm very honored and humbled, too.

Herman

[Amy112084]

@FrenchTastic1 its true u have been the best so far the ppl that get confuse must be cause they dont understand english that well.

[luiscitoviolin]

You speak a lot in english!!, Be more practical.

[juciyfruit101]

excellent you discribed the whole thing

[saujy]

Hi thanks for ur effort in teaching french. I just joined the group but I am having problems figuring out which lesson comes first. I just want to start from the beginning, and progress along, but it is hard for me to follow bcos I dont kn which coomes first.

[gualataco1982]

Muchas gracias, esto me fue de mucha ayuda....

Muchísimas gracias...

[FrenchTastic1]

Bonjour Peter,

I cannot promise you anything, but I'll make sure to include this lesson to the list of things to do this fall. Could you please tell which type of conjunctions you'd like me to cover? The coordinating ones (mais-ou-et-donc-or-ni-car) or the subordinating ones (bien que - parce que - pour que, etc)?

[FritsPeter]

Dear Professor, I allready sent you an email on this. Perhaps I may repeat, that one cannot construct sentences without the conjunctions, as you ofcourse know. Hence, the coordinating + subordinating are required to know. However, I find the subordinating more complicated. Hence, I would prefer to start there.

[FritsPeter]

Dear Professor,

may I ask you to add a lesson on the french conjunctions? That would be of great help.

[jigsawpandas]

thank you!

[Fcarvach0]

GREAT

EXCELENTE!!

[gamilgamil]

u r amazing teacher!

[oOSweetbabyOo]

lol that's funny man

[lauralove432]

Thanks you so much!

[TSBoncompte]

You rule, man... givin away knowledge is like THE ultimate gift to mankind...

[jigsawpandas]

i agree! if you know something and you don't teach it, then you know nothing :)

[MusicandLife07]

this is very cool

[ASHLEyTISDALe0101]

tu j'aime la france!  tres bon!

[hhilary]

Thank you very much! I just start to learn French, and this is soooo helpful to remind me the correct pronounciation! Many many thanks!

[chocmandecosta]

thanks! taa buena la clase... pa ser la primera

[gorktis]

thank you! this is soo helpful, and we french learners always need more and more! keep teaching us, please ! =D

[chocotofu3]

this is very helpful.

[FrenchTastic1]

Glad you like it. Have fun!

[sraelisk]

good lesson, keep on with the 'bon travail'(?):)

[reco0o]

thanks you helped me alot

[FrenchTastic1]

Simple past of être (to be):

"Je fus, tu fus, il fut, nous fûmes, vous fûtes, ils furent."

So u see that when using NOUS the "ONS" ending did not apply in the simple past. It is an exception. In the present tense, too, "Nous sommes" (we are), the ONS ending doesn't apply.

[f1ddlest1x]

is the word doc still available?

[teddyluv24]

yup. its stilll there. =]

[direkxun]

could you give examples in each pronouns where the verbs are in the simple past or in the verb to-be form?

so I could understand?

please and thanks..

[iamayoub]

now i see that you have started making numbers for the lessons from now, :)

[yo1o2eggs]

First, thanks for posting these lessons.

But I want to ask about "On" doesn't that mean we also? like "on s'attache"

Remerci!

[FrenchTastic1]

"On" is an impersonal subject and can have various meanings such as "we" as in "on doit changer le cours de notre destin" = "we must change the course of our fate" or it can also mean "people" in an unspecified manner, e.g. "On dit en général que..."= "People say in general that..." Often, too, "on" can be replaced by "you" as in proverb "on ne sait jamais" = "you never know". I hope it helps a little :-)Feel free to google it. I'm sure you'll come up with plenty of entries on the subject.

[giulsy35]

Thank you very much for your lessons.

[Mariajesui]

Merci bien!

[FrenchTastic1]

de rien :-)