Complete A1 to B1.2 Curriculum
French is spoken on 5 continents and is the official language of 29 countries. Known as the language of love, diplomacy and culture, French opens doors to art, fashion, cuisine and international careers.
French present tense covers three main verb groups (-er, -ir, -re) plus key irregular verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire, vouloir, pouvoir.
Je parle français. / Elle a deux chats. / Nous allons au marché ce matin.
The most common past tense — formed with avoir or être + past participle. Used for completed actions.
J'ai mangé une crêpe. / Elle est allée à Paris. / Nous avons vu un beau film.
Used for background descriptions, habits in the past and ongoing states. Contrast with passé composé for rich storytelling.
Quand j'étais enfant, je jouais au foot. / Il faisait beau et les oiseaux chantaient.
All French nouns have a gender (masculine or feminine). Articles change accordingly: le/la/les and un/une/des.
Le café est chaud. / La boulangerie est fermée. / Des amis m'attendent.
The future tense is formed by adding endings to the infinitive. Key irregular futures: être → ser-, avoir → aur-, aller → ir-.
Je partirai demain matin. / Elle sera médecin. / Nous aurons du temps libre.
French pronoun system covers subject, object (direct and indirect) and reflexive forms. Essential for natural speech.
Je le vois tous les jours. / Elle lui a parlé hier. / Ils se lèvent tôt.
Have you ever visited Paris? — Passé composé for experience.
Yes! I went there last summer. It was magnificent. — Passé composé + imparfait.
What did you like most? — Passé composé question.
I loved walking along the Seine in the morning. I'd like to go back soon.
French shares thousands of words with English due to their shared Norman history — you already know more French than you think. The main challenges are pronunciation, gendered nouns and verb conjugations.
French is spoken by over 300 million people across 5 continents and is an official language of the UN, EU, NATO and many international organisations. It's the second most studied language in the world.
Most learners struggle with gendered nouns, silent letters, liaison (linking sounds between words) and the difference between passé composé and imparfait. LingoNibble dedicates full units to each.
LingoNibble teaches standard European French, which is understood everywhere. Pronunciation differences with Québécois French are minimal at the B1 level.
The French curriculum currently covers A1 level (10 units) with A2 and B1 content expanding regularly. Stories and survival tips are available for all levels.
Good morning / Hello
Bonjour
Hi (informal)
Salut
Good evening
Bonsoir
Goodbye
Au revoir
Basic greetings, introductions, and the verb 'être' (to be).
Numbers 1-10, basic everyday nouns, and definite/indefinite articles.
Family members vocabulary and the verb 'avoir' (to have).
Regular -ER verbs, conjugation patterns, and describing daily actions.
Food and drink vocabulary, and how to order politely in a cafe.
Telling time, days of the week, weather expressions, and the irregular verb 'faire'.
City places, prepositions of place, contractions, and the irregular verb 'aller'.
Colors, descriptive adjectives, clothes, and the irregular verb 'prendre'.
Body parts vocabulary, expressing physical pain using 'avoir mal à', and basic wellness verbs.
Review and test everything you have learned in this level.
Talking about completed past actions using the passé composé with 'avoir'.
Movement and change of state in the past using the passé composé with 'être'.
Forming the imperfect tense, and contrasting it with the passé composé for stories.
Expressing upcoming plans using futur proche and futur simple with regular/irregular verbs.
Describing house layouts, furniture, reflexive verbs, and prepositions of location inside a house.
Vacation bookings, transportation, geographical prepositions, and pronouns 'y' and 'en'.
Workplace communication, job titles, office tasks, and direct/indirect object pronouns (le, la, les, lui, leur).
Recipes, kitchen utensils, preparation verbs, expressions of quantity (beaucoup de, un peu de), and partitive pronoun 'en'.
Polite invitation formulas, accepting/declining invitations, relative pronouns (qui, que), and comparisons of adjectives.
Review and test everything you have learned in this level.
Expressing hypothetical situations, advice, and polite requests using the conditional present and simple 'si' clauses.
Expressing necessity, emotions, doubts, and wishes using subjonctif présent with regular and irregular verbs.
Discussing news, articles, passive voice, and reported speech in the present.
Addressing climate change, renewable energy, and mastering double pronoun placement (e.g. le lui, y en).
Describing movies, books, museums, and mastering relative pronouns 'dont' (of which/whose) and 'où' (where/when).
Discussing travel mishaps, flight cancellations, delays, and sequencing past events using plus-que-parfait and infinitif passé.
Discussing healthy lifestyles, fitness, and modal verbs 'devoir/pouvoir' in past tenses (aurait dû, a pu) and 'permettre de'.
Debating community and social issues using structures of concession (bien que, malgré, pourtant).
Describing life events, trajectories, milestones, and prepositions of duration (depuis, pendant, il y a, en, dans).
Review and test everything you have learned in this level.
Express regrets, hypothetical past events, and alternative choices using the conditional past and third conditional 'si' clauses.
Master using the subjunctive after complex conjunctions (pour que, sans que, avant que, bien que, à condition que) and expressing uncertainty or doubts.
Formulate formal cover letters, professional emails, and applications. Master the gerund (en + present participle) to express simultaneity, cause, or manner.
Structure complex opinions and arguments. Master using logical connectors (puisque, étant donné que, par conséquent, de sorte que) to link cause and consequence.
Express wishes, regrets, and projected deadlines. Master expressions of wish (pourvu que + subjunctive, si seulement + imperfect) and the future perfect (futur antérieur).
Discuss scientific progress, artificial intelligence, and digital devices. Master using the pronominal passive (se vendre, se faire + infinitive).
Understand popular French idioms, pronominal verbs with idiomatic meanings, and shift between formal and informal registers (argot/familiar vs. formal language).
Discuss justice, moral values, and corporate social responsibility. Master complex relative pronouns (lequel, auquel, duquel and their variations).
Discuss boundaries, active listening, and compromises. Master reported speech in the past, including tense backshifting rules (present -> imparfait, futur -> conditionnel).
Review and test everything you have learned in this level.