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
Tuesday Feb 25: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Tuesday Mar 04: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Tuesday Mar 11: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Tuesday Mar 18: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Tuesday Mar 25: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Tuesday Apr 01: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Tuesday Apr 08: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Tuesday Apr 15: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Tuesday Apr 22: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Tuesday Apr 29: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense