What are you learning French for?
Having a goal in mind keeps you going for longer. Here are 7 fields where French is needed — with sentences of our own to say aloud, notes on when to say what, and the way into the grammar and word lists that go with them. All optional: the learning path stays the same.
French for travellingHotel, station, café and the way to the chemist’s: French that helps at once on the road.33 sentences · 19 wordsFrench for food and cookingOrdering, cooking, praising: the language around food, from the recipe to the bill.32 sentences · 20 wordsFrench for workIntroductions, meetings, emails and phone calls: French for colleagues, clients and job applications.31 sentences · 18 wordsFrench for studying and exchangesEnrolment, lectures, exams and flatshares: French for a term or a year at a university.30 sentences · 17 wordsFrench on the ground: housing, bank and paperworkTenancy agreement, bank account, town hall and post office: French for anyone moving to a French-speaking country.31 sentences · 19 wordsFrench for culture: film, books and musicTalking about films, novels, concerts and exhibitions: opinions, recommendations and the words you need.31 sentences · 18 wordsEveryday French: friends and plansMaking plans, chatting, inviting and apologising: the French you use with friends, neighbours and family.32 sentences · 18 words
Every sentence on this page was written for EveryLingua. There are no quotations from films, series, books or songs here, and no titles or names of artists — the page shows how people talk in this field, not what somebody once said.