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Learn basic French, what you will need to survive on your first day abroad.

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DayOne French is a free online learning session combining video tutorials with an array of interactive exercises designed to teach users enough to communicate on the first day in Paris.

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welcome to day one in paris by fluence
am Sonia gill and the next few minutes
i'll explain how to form the key
expressions you'll need on your first
day in Paris or any French speaking
place
I'll cover the basics on how to
communicate with a cab driver
what to say to a waiter at a restaurant
or cafe
how to ask questions when pointing at a
map and a few other essential situations
faced by travelers after this video
you'll have interactive exercises to
practice with all right enough babbling
ready to get going here are the two
words that I learn first
when embarking on a new language so it's
really two words it means both this and
that practical home if you're going to
know very little bow cap this word is
ideal
I need this I want that how much is this
so repeat after me ha
open your mouth and exaggerated that
squiggle under the sea
a baby is what makes the sea sound
ha now the second word you'd be
better off with when getting to Paris is
seen you play
literally it means something like if you
please
or please you might have heard this
already a plus
I sound a so it's sea route
Billy the French use cwp all the time
and in every type of social interaction
so don't be afraid of being redundant or
over polite and please use it
now you can simply say sucks simply this
or that please
possibly the most useful phrase was
starting out
keep watching this because slowly i'll
show you how to form your own sentences
after years of work creating language
learning platforms we know that you
learn very fast
if our explanations have common sense if
we use relevant material that you
actually need and if we stay away from
those so-called immersion methods that
treat you like a child by forcing you to
match words and images over and over
again
instead we'll show you how the language
works
let's get back to Paris once you get to
the airport
you'll probably hop in a cab to go to
the hotel and then get something to eat
let's work on the basics at the
restaurant first then we'll work on the
cab
it's all connected la
means dish
open your mouth and pay attention to the
sounds
blah notice how
final T is not pronounced that's because
in French
generally if a word ends with a
consonant
it's silent just like see you play so
how do you say dish
blah now just
this or that dish you have to say
super so there's that
in a general way is some yet when
pointing at something precise that you
actually mention you use sir
soup la this that dish
here's a new one you can
this suit cafe easy
this or that coffee or just so simple a
good
now you can point at things and say I
want this dish or that dish
what we're missing is the I want easy
we know you well I is sure
watch out it's you sure
come on say it with me sure
and you who i want is you
good and you
the nation here E Plus you open your
mouth river and you want would be truly
again
at the final x and z are silent
let's put a phrase together
reversal blah I
this dish and what if you don't want the
dish then you'd say universal blur
I don't
this dish so for the negative form you
add know
and ba and each side of the verb and
that's it
another one universal cafe
good now your turn
I want that dish
go for it reversal player
hello see it wasn't that bad
let's throw in a please and voila see
you play
please
you supply to play now
how about
I want the menu please easy menu is got
the menu would be la got so you ever
like act simply one
here in front
nouns can be masculine or feminine like
people yes for masculine nouns you use
look look LA and for feminine ones
it's a lot like like at the same
same thing happens for this and that we
just saw that this that masculine is so
so blah
this dish when pointing at a feminine
thing
the word to use is set is that feminine
so you'd say set got this menu
you might wonder
and how do we know that something is
feminine or masculine
well many words ending with an e or
feminine but absolutely not all of them
so really practice is what will get you
to naturally use the feminine and
masculine
I know this is tough for us english
speakers because it's just not natural
so let's practice straight away with a
few more words stuff
is masculine look Fe that coffee
so cafe
that coffee and what about some water
oh haha
eat a you sounds
oh this one
permanent so we should say la o the
water yet since it be
ends with a vowel instead here we just
say no when you have two vowel sounds in
a row the first one disappears and is
replaced by an apostrophe
so for any word beginning with a vow
that is just L ' know the water
sit down that water
ok back to our sentences
let's say I want a coffee please
you ruined a fee simply m
another new article um is a masculine on
caffee and
what if you want water I want a water
please
driven or people play
so the feminine r is moon moon
oh awesome
now to finish
with the restaurant basics let's ask for
the bill
ready
No
bloody storm
TI
so it comes out of your nose
let's assume think of to add in English
the bill adds up how much you all right
and like water this one is feminine
so I want the bill please
is go for it Julie still simply or
perhaps you just say that this you'll
see you play
great let's recap what we learned
thus far we know these masculine words
look puffy and when we're missing the
start it's easy look they storm silent
and two R's in this word the French I
can be tricky
it comes from the back of your mouth and
it's a bit as if you were scratching
your throat look play store and we said
a dishes blah
ok
oh please storm
and what about this or that dish then
it's super LA to cafe
so they storm ok
for the feminine we have like a soft
miss you
in car
you know
ooh nice
finish off set gap said to me
soon so look at these braces
universal your Vista
I don't want this I want that or you can
say zoopla you know I want that dish and
the water
a is and one last place and cafe in
addition simply a coffee
and the bill please
good I think
you can survive at a restaurant at least
you can point to things that you like
and explain
I want this or that better than pure
hand signals right
ok let's jump over to the second topic
the cab you land grab your suitcase and
hop on a cab in French I'm sexy and
you'll probably want to say something
along the lines of I want to go to the
hotel paris
let's say you already know I want the
river
I want to go is surely to the hotel
paris a little body