get 29 off basic premium and premium plus with the power up sale unlock our entire language learning system right now welcome to le frenchpods101.com antoinette the fastest easiest and the most fun way to learn french hi i'm ingard nice to meet you in this series we are going to learn basic french expressions it's super easy and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to introduce yourself in french there are only two sentences you need to do it but first it is important to clarify that in french there is a difference between the formal and the informal language let's first see how french people introduce themselves in an informal situation ingrid hi i'm ingrid nice to meet you ingrid start by saying salut je m'appelle then say your name finally say enchanted country ingrid and now let's see the same sentence in formal speech bonjour je m'appelle ingredient chanted good morning i'm angry djibril nice to meet you so what has changed from the previous introduction let's take a closer look at this together cellu has been substituted with the formal greeting bonjour french for good day je m'appelle ingrid has not been changed je m'appelle stands in both case for i am however during a formal self-introduction we always say our last name so i said inhibit here you would say your full name finally pay attention to the ending we went from country to vu what is changing is the french word for you in a formal sentence we use the more polite word one more time the informal way to introduce yourself in french is salut je m'appelle ingrid enchante de terre country the formal way to introduce yourself is bonjour je m'appelle ingrid je suis enchante de now it's time for angry's insights when you introduce yourself it's a good habit to shake hands in france and if you are not sure whether to use enchanted de tour country or as i said at the beginning of this lesson if you use the correct sentence with french people they are definitely going to be impressed in the last lesson we learn how to introduce ourself in french today we are going to learn how to use good manners as we thank people are you ready hello so let's start there are several ways to thank someone let's start with the easiest it is just one word merci mer si merci means thank you when saying thank you very much you just need to add boku merci boku means a lot so merci beaucoup is like saying thank you very much during the last lesson we mentioned both the informal and the formal way of speaking french merci is the casual way to thank someone if you want to be more formal there is another phrase you should use je vous reue merci je vous let's break this phrase down je is i and vous is the formal word for you merci means give thanks i give thanks to you je vous re how do you answer it's easy there are basically two different ways to do it the first is durian literally means it's nothing but it is the equivalent of you are welcome the other way to say you are welcome is the expression literally this phrase means i beg you to do it or please do but it has become a common and polite way to respond to someone thanking you so when someone saying mercy to you we can simply reply with duryan or je vous zombre now it's time for ingrid's insights if you're not sure about whether to use merci or je vourro merci just keep it simple you don't have to worry about formal or informal situations merci can be used with just about anyone anywhere or at any time in the last lesson we learned how to be grateful to people by saying merci in this lesson we'll learn some of the other most common greetings used in france are you ready let's start the most used informal greeting is salu means hi hello or goodbye we use it when we meet but also when we leave we should only use this reading with friends and family and now let's continue by discussing the formal way to greet people the one you are probably used to hearing is bonjour literally bonjour means good day however we may also interpret it as good morning or good afternoon as a rule of thumb we can use bonjour only during the day time for morning until evening during the evening we say is french for evening so bonsoir means good evening bonjour and bonsoir are used when we meet someone but when we leave we don't say them again in this formal situation french people use au revoir means goodbye finally in french we have an expression meaning see you soon that can be considered both formal and informal absentee now you can greet people in many different ways in french let's review them all again when meeting someone informally we say when meeting someone formally we say bonjour or when living in a formal situation au revoir when living no matter whether it's formal or informal situation a bientot it's easy isn't it now it's time for ingrid's insights in formal situation french people commonly greet each other by shaking hands on the other hand if we meet someone we are really friend with we kiss each other on both cheeks don't be afraid to do it with your french friends it's normal in the last lesson we learned the most common forms of greetings in french do you remember them in this lesson we are going to learn a very useful phrase do you speak english if you find yourself in a situation where you need assistance in english this phrase can be a life saver and because you're asking it in french you can be sure that everyone will understand what you're saying even if their answer is no here's the informal way to say it in french verbs change depending on the pronoun that is used please notice the word to in the middle of the sentence remember that this is the informal way to say you the next word is the verb parli which means to speak because it's referring to two it's conjugated to tupal eske is an interrogative form to introduce the question it is similar to the english word do here and you probably recognize anglais that is english escuche parlangle to learn how to properly conjugate verbs like parley please look at the absolute beginning series on frenchpath101.com you can find very detailed grammar lessons and resources there we are now going to make this sentence formal first we need to use a formal version of you which is if we change the word to vu we will conjugate parli differently it becomes this but it's pronounced the same way esco parliangle adding excuse me excuse me the sentence becomes even more polite excuses the responses you will receive could be one of these three yes no i don't speak english since this last one is a negative statement we need to say no before the verb pal and par after it notice that the verb pal is slightly different from parley remember the verb changed depending on the pronoun used we are now talking about je french for i thus i don't speak is je now it's time for ingrid's insights for those of you who are not only english speakers you can obviously use this question with any other language you need french people study other european languages at school so maybe you will get lucky just substitute anglais with english italian for italian rus for russian espanol for spanish almond for german and any other languages in this lesson we mentioned the expression excuse moi but did you know that this could also be used as an apology in the next lesson we will learn this and other ways to apologize in french it's never too late to show your good manners with french people i'll see you in our next the francaise entre minute in the last lesson we learned the phrase excuse moi escovu parle anglais excuse me do you speak english we mentioned the word excuse moi which means excuse me in formal french in this lesson we are going to learn how to use excuse moi and other words when apologizing in french we should use excuse moi in formal situations such as when you are ordering something in bars or restaurants for example excuse me a cafe excuse me a coffee please excuse moi a cafe silva play we can also use it when asking a question excuse me well excuse me where is the eiffel tower excuse me fell sometimes we also hear people saying silvuple which means the same thing when you want to draw somebody's attention we always use this phrase in formal speech the informal way to say excuse me is excuse me excuse moi just like excuse me we can use excuse more when asking a question or when apologizing we can also use the word pardon you might hear this phrase translated as forgive me in english but it's not formal or strong at all french people use it in very casual situations all of these phrases can be used for either excuse me or i'm sorry but if you really want to apologize for something it might be better to use a different phrase that phrase is jesuit desolate it means i am sorry and can be used in both formal and informal situations je suis de zou li first we have the familiar je or i next we insert the french word for to be when this is conjugated for je in french it is sui finally we have the adjective desolee meaning now it's time for ingrid's insights please remember then in france if you accidentally bump into someone we don't say i'm sorry jesuit we say excuse me excuse me or pardon forgive me are you able to count in french in the next lesson we will learn the numbers in french from 1 to 10. i'll be waiting for you in the next lesson the francaise [Music] want to speak real french from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at frenchpod101.com [Music] hi everybody i'm ingrid welcome to frenchpath101.com le francaise the fastest easiest and the most fun way to learn french in the last lesson we learned some words used when apologizing in french including excuse moi and je sri desole in this lesson we are going to learn numbers in french yes numbers from one to ten and you are going to learn them in only three minutes trois minute are you ready let's start okay now repeat after me i'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one this great job so what is before do you know it's the same as in english but with a different pronunciation you don't have any more excuses you can give your friends your cell phone number in french let's try it together we'll use the phrase which means my number is can you read it by yourself now it's time for ingrid's insights when we go to the post office in france we sometimes have to stand in line with a number when it's your turn to check out they scream numerous and so on learn your numbers well so you can be ready in the last lesson we learned the numbers from one to ten have you forgotten here i'll tell you again with and now let's continue from 11. um okay now repeat after me i'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one says these numbers may seem harder to remember but you really just have to memorize ons but for this set desrit disney the numbers always start with this or 10. let's not stop at 20. counting from 10 to 100 is super easy now i'll give you the tense trent while you have to memorize a few of these numbers there are a couple of tricks that will make memorizing them incredibly easy notice that 60 is suicide and 70 is suicindis do you remember what this means of course it is a number for ten so seventy is simply sixty ten so this sua sant dis eighty is catreva can you break this down the first part which we learned in the previous lesson is four the second part we learned earlier in this lesson what does it mean that's right 20. so all together saying 80 is like saying 4 20s and 90 catre vandis is just like 70. add 10 to the number before 80 plus 10 is 90. the last thing to learn today is how to form compound numbers above 20. this is also super easy take the tens and simply add the numbers you learned in the previous lesson let's try it out how would you say 56 in french let's take it step by step 50 is seconds and then add cis 6 second sis it's done isn't that easy let's make another number for instance 98 take 90 katrivandis and add eight wit one last tricky part if you're trying to add the number um in the compound number for example 21 or 31 you need to add an e before a 21 is not it is after only two lessons you're not able to count to 100 in french in the next lesson we are going to put your nimble knowledge to use do you have the skills to go shopping in france if not i'll be waiting for you in the next lesson le francais auntra minutes in the last lesson we learned how to count in french i hope you spent some time practicing the numbers because they will come in handy today we are going to learn how to go shopping in france before we go you need to know how to say how much is it are you ready to go shopping in france let's go you see something you like and want to ask the shop clerk how much it costs the first thing to say to a shop clerk is excuse moi do you remember what that means excuse me excuse me if you want to be more specific when asking how much is it and refer to a certain type of object we first need to drop the word sa next we need to know if the object is a feminine or masculine object if it is masculine add sur when referring to it or sets for a feminine object and then say the noun for example hat is a masculine word chapu excuse me excuse me how much is that hat excuse me and skirt is a feminine noun excuse me excuse me how much is this card excuse me at this point the shop clerk can answer by saying i'm not telling you okay okay it's 39 it costs 39 euros now it's time for ingrid's insights a quicker way to ask how much is sec which literally means how much even when you ask for a coffee you can ask the cashier a cafe second silver play one espresso please how much is it at this point can you count euros in french we are going to learn how to do this and much more in the next lesson i'll be waiting for you in our next lesson le francais aunt minutes until april [Music] you