A1.7 Core Program · Beginner French
Le plus beau des appartements
The Best Apartment
From introducing your furniture and room layout to reading real estate ads and understanding rental rules, learn to describe where you live and how you live — then give a guided tour of your own apartment.
Who It's For
Who this course is made for
If any of these sound like you, this course is a great fit.
Learners who already know basic French sentence structure and verb conjugation
Anyone heading to a French-speaking country who wants to introduce their home
Anyone who wants to describe a lifestyle in French
Learners who want to master French pronouns
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, I can…
From describing your home to reading rental listings and understanding building rules, build the practical French you need to talk about your living space.
Describe the furniture and decorations in a room
Say where things are placed
Say my full address
Introduce the rooms in my house
Read and understand apartment ads, and check the condition of a rental
Understand building rules
Say what's forbidden and what must be done
Talk about pets
Describe my lifestyle
Give pros and cons of different ways of living
Course Content
Five units, from your furniture to a guided apartment tour
Each unit combines real-life housing situations, core vocabulary, essential grammar, and French pronunciation to build the A1 skills you need to describe your living space.
SOMMAIRE · Course OutlineComment c'est chez toi ?
What's Your Home Like?
Learn furniture vocabulary, and use direct object pronouns (le, la, l', les) to describe your home decor and layout
Où est la cuisine ?
Where's the Kitchen?
Learn vocabulary for rooms and rental conditions, and learn the pronoun y and where to place direct object pronouns
Interdiction d'entrer !
Do Not Enter!
Learn vocabulary for parts of a building and pets, and learn how to express prohibition and formal/informal obligation
Ville ou campagne ?
City or Countryside?
Compare city and country life, and learn intensifiers and how to make a complaint
Visite guidée d'appartement
Final Task
Learn vocabulary for apartment problems and repairs, and give a guided tour of your own apartment
Vocabulary
Les meubles
Furniture
Les pièces et l'état des lieux
Rooms, and the condition of a rental
Les parties d'un immeuble et les animaux de compagnie
Parts of a building, and pets
L'ambiance d'un lieu et la nature
The atmosphere of a place, and nature
Les problèmes en appartement et les réparations
Apartment problems and repairs
Grammar
Les pronoms COD : le, la, l', les et leur place
Direct object pronouns (le, la, l', les) and where to place them
La localisation et le pronom y
Location, and the pronoun y
L'interdiction
Prohibition
L'obligation à formelle et normale
Obligation (formal and informal ways)
L'intensité et se plaindre
Intensifiers, and making a complaint
Pronunciation
Les sons de base du français : ou - u
Basic French sounds: ou and u
Les sons de base du français : y
Basic French sounds: y
Tâche finale · Final Task
Visite guidée d'appartement.
Give a guided tour of an apartment.
From living room to kitchen — describe your dream home in French!
Book NowCourse Notes
※ Small Group Classes ◆ Minimum: 4 students to open a class ◆ Maximum: 8 students per class
※ Flexible Learning Options: Available both online and in-person.
✦ Course Materials ✦
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Living Audio-Scenes
- Comment tu t'appelles ? What's your name? (informal way)
- Comment vous vous appelez ? What's your name? (formal way)
- Je m'appelle___ My name is＿＿
Reading Exercise
Look at the four pictures below. Which greeting (Bonjour, Salut, Coucou, Bonsoir) best fits each situation? Please match them up.
