You're Grand Débutant, if...
You can introduce yourself in French, talk about your job and hobbies – even if you sometimes have to rely on the kindness (and patience) of strangers to make yourself understood.
You can conjugate regular verbs in the present tense. You can also conjugate common irregular verbs, such as être, avoir, faire and aller.
You know how to get articles and adjectives to agree with their nouns (for the most part).
You know how to construct a basic sentence in French (subject, verb, object, etc).
THE CURRICULUM
Thursday Feb 06: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Thursday Feb 13: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Thursday Feb 20: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Thursday Feb 27: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Thursday Mar 06: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Thursday Mar 13: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Thursday Mar 20: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Thursday Mar 27: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Thursday Apr 03: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Thursday Apr 10: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense