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French Language Lessons
by Wikibooks
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Introduction to Studying French
2. Reading French - Lire le français
Lessons
1. Leçon 1 : Se présenter
Lesson 1: Introducing Yourself
2. Leçon 2 : Grammaire de base
Lesson 2: Basic Grammar
3. Leçon 3 : Voyager
Lesson 3: Travelling
4. Leçon 4 : Verbes
Lesson 4: Verbs
5. Leçon 5 : Récréation
Lesson 5: Recreation
6. Leçon 6 : Le passé
Lesson 6: Past Tense
7. Leçon 7 : La famille
Lesson 7: Family
8. Leçon 8 : L'école
Lesson 8: School
9. Leçon 9 : La nourriture et les boissons
Lesson 9: Food and Drink
10.Leçon 10 : Faire des courses
Lesson 10: Shopping
11.Leçon 11 : La maison
Lesson 11: The House
12.Leçon 12 : Le corps
Lesson 12: The Body
13.Leçon 13 : La culture
Lesson 13: Culture
Introduction to Studying French
About French
French is a Romance language, descended from Latin and closely related to Portuguese, Spanish,
Italian, and Romanian. It is the native tongue of over 77 million people and has an additional 68 million
non-native speakers. In medieval times and until the 19th century, it was often the language used in
diplomacy, culture, administration, royal courts across Europe and also in trade, thus appropriately
becoming the lingua franca of its time.
In modern terms, it is still significantly used as a diplomatic language, being an official language of the
United Nations, the Olympic Games, and the European Union. It is spoken in France, Belgium,
Switzerland, Luxemburg, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Haiti, the Ivory Coast, Madagascar, the Congo,
Algeria, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Gabon, the Seychelles, Burundi, Chad, Rwanda, Djibouti,
Cameroon, Mauritius, and Canada (mostly in the province of Québec, where it is the primary language,
but it is also used in other parts of the country - notably New Brunswick, which is the only bilingual
province. All consumer product packages in Canada are required by law to have both English and...