Exercise Your French: Recent Episodes
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This podcast is aimed at beginner and intermediate students to help you overcome difficulties in learning French and improve your listening comprehension.
More texts accompanied by audio are available through the website https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com.
Join Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout on their voyage around the world. The text is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
Philippe receives a note that says "I know your little secret"...
This story is aimed at intermediate students to help you deepen your knowledge of French. The sentences are simple, using everyday vocabulary.
The story is written in past tense, helping you practice the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait in an easy way. You will also practice conditional and subjunctive forms, as well as direct and indirect objects, agreement of the past participle with a preceding direct object, indirect speech, and the relative pronouns that link complex sentences.
The entire text, including the complete English translation, is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/secreti
In this episode, we explain the difference between two French adjectives that both translate to English as "new".
The transcript for today's episode is available on my blog at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com
In this episode, I read a vignette, a short form that captures a moment, a feeling, a person, or an object.
For a transcript of this episode, visit my blog at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com.
Let's put the theory about liaison from the episodes Liaison 4 into practice. Can you recognize all the examples of liaison and why they happened?
The text for today's episode is available on my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Learn about mandatory French liaison between an adjective and a noun.
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
In this episode, we meet a beloved fictional character in French literature: le Petit Nicolas.
The text for today's episode is available on my blog at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com.
In this episode, we will be practicing the irregular forms of the verb être with two short texts, one in the present tense and the other in the passé composé.
Both today's texts and the conjugations of the verb être in the present tense and the passé composé are available on my blog at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/verbs.
If you wish to deepen your knowledge of French grammar, the passé composé is explained in detail in my grammar workbook, available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/grammar.
To fully benefit from today's episode, you need to participate not just by listening, but also by forming your own answers and writing a few sentences.
For a free transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Learn five words that are all pronounced [vɛr], but have different meaning and spelling. A short text is included to help you distinguish between these five words.
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Philippe receives a package with a note that says "I know your little secret"...
A story for beginner and low intermediate students written in present tense, with glossary and English translation.
The story is available at https://exerciseyourfrench.com/secretb
In this episode, I read a vignette, a short form that captures a moment, a feeling, a person, or an object.
For a free transcript, visit my blog at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com.
In this episode, you will learn how to distinguish between the two meanings of the verb sortir, and how to choose the correct auxiliary verb in the compound tenses.
For a free transcript, visit my blog at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com.
If you wish to deepen your knowledge of French grammar, my grammar workbook is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/grammar
To fully benefit from today's episode, you need to participate not just by listening, but also by forming your own answers and writing a few sentences.
For a free transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Learn what homonyms are. A short text is included to help you distinguish between the three nouns that are all pronounced the same way, but have different meaning and spelling.
For a free transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Juliette and Martin leave Paris to spend Christmas holidays in California.
A sample to help you follow this episode as well as the entire text are available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/noel
The entire text includes glossary and complete English translation.
Practice recognizing mandatory French liaison between a number and a noun.
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Learn about mandatory French liaison between a number and a noun.
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Let's put the theory about liaison from the episodes Liaison 1 and Liaison 2 into practice. Can you recognize all the examples of liaison and why they happened?
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Guy de Maupassant was a 19th century French writer, a master of the short story form.
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Learn about mandatory French liaison between a noun and its determinants.
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Lucas notices an unknown woman following him. Who is she and what does she want?
A sample to help you follow this episode as well as the entire text are available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/midi
The entire text includes complete English translation and a link to audio files.
Learn about French liaison and when it occurs.
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Learn about the difference between "tard" and "retard".
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a French Impressionist painter.
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A surprise in the house.
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Learn about the letter "s" and the liaison.
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Today we are looking at three words can be translated into English as "time": le temps, la fois, and l'heure.
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Molière was a 17th century French dramatist.
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Learn the difference between entendre (to hear) and écouter (to listen).
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Do you know when to use one or the other and what their function is in a sentence? This is just one of examples why it's important to learn grammar.
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Do you know when to use the verbs savoir and connaître, both translated as to know?
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A short vignette to help you improve your listening comprehension.
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Learn how to form a negative sentence and how to sound more like French when speaking.
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Learners of French often mix up the forms of the verbs "pleuvoir" (to rain) and "pleurer" (to cry) because they sound very similar.
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Today we are looking at the following verbs: rentrer, retourner, revenir, rendre, and rapporter that can all be translated as "to return".
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Alfred de Musset was a 19th-century French poet, novelist, and playwrite.
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Today we are going to look at two verbs
- AMENER (to bring someone somewhere, to arrive with someone somewhere)
and
- EMMENER (to take someone with you)
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Learn about the following verbs that learners tend to use interchangeably:
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PORTER (to carry)
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APPORTER (to bring)
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EMPORTER (to take with you)
For a transcript of today's episode, visit my blog at https://exerciseyourfrench.com.
Juliette and Martin just moved into their new house and discovered that somebody is digging a hole in the neighbors' backyard.
"Le nouveau voisin" is a story for beginner and low intermediate students of French.
It includes glossary, complete English translation and a link to audio files.
The complete text is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/voisin
Juliette and Martin discover a backpack full of money on the train.
"Le sac à dos oublié" is a story for beginner and low intermediate students of French. It includes glossary, complete English translation and a link to audio files.
The complete text is available at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/sac
When do you pronounce the final "s" of the word "tous"?
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At the farmers market.
All 50 texts are available in the book "Exercise Your French: Read and Listen" at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/ral
English translation and a link to all 50 audio files included.
Meet Sophie.
All 50 texts are available in the book "Exercise Your French: Read and Listen" at https://www.exerciseyourfrench.com/ral
English translation and a link to all 50 audio files included.