Pages from the Coucou Level 1 course book: Leçon 4, the verbs être and avoir
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LEVEL 1

GRAMMAR BOOTCAMP

Review all the grammar from our Débutant level: the building blocks of French, from present-tense verbs and articles to adjectives and the near future.

DATE:
OCT 12, 2026
TIME:
12:00PM - 2:00PM ( ET )
DURATION:
120 MINUTES
CAPACITY:
12
LEVEL :
DÉBUTANT
HOST:

Jérémy is a French-Italian actor, producer, writer, and teacher from Toulouse, France. He moved to Los Angeles in 2021, where he continued his career and found his life partner, and to NYC in 2025. A holder of an MFA in Acting (2022), BA in English World Studies, and BA in Cinema, Jérémy has taught French, Acting, and English in various colleges in France and England. He joined Coucou in 2023. Passionate about good food, drinks, and dark humor, Jérémy enjoys debates, politics, and 20th Century History. His favorite film is Marcel Pagnol’s “Marius,” and he’s a Star Wars enthusiast. In leisure, he plays video games or relaxes with friends over an apéro.

LOCATION:

253 Centre St, New York, NY 10013 (2nd & 3rd floor)

PRICE: PER PERSON
$59.00

ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

Feeling a little rusty on the basics? This 2-hour refresher brings the key grammar from Level 1 back together in one focused session.

Rather than relearning every lesson from scratch, you’ll revisit the core structures that everything else builds on and see how they work together in complete sentences. We’ll review present-tense verbs, articles, adjectives, adverbs, and your first way to talk about the future, with plenty of opportunities to put them back into practice.

Perfect if you’ve finished Level 1 but want to strengthen your foundation before moving on, or if you studied these concepts a while ago and could use a reset.

We’ll review:

  • Regular present-tense verbs
  • Essential irregular verbs: être, avoir, faire, and aller
  • Articles, noun gender, and plurals
  • Possessive and demonstrative determiners
  • Adjective agreement and placement
  • Adverbs
  • Prepositions
  • The near future (futur proche)

MEET YOUR HOST

Jeremy

Jeremy

ART LOVER, FOODIE, PLAYFUL, SUPPORTIVE

Jérémy is a French-Italian actor, producer, writer, and teacher from Toulouse, France. He moved to Los Angeles in 2021, where he continued his career and found his life partner, and to NYC in 2025. A holder of an MFA in Acting (2022), BA in English World Studies, and BA in Cinema, Jérémy has taught French, Acting, and English in various colleges in France and England. He joined Coucou in 2023. Passionate about good food, drinks, and dark humor, Jérémy enjoys debates, politics, and 20th Century History. His favorite film is Marcel Pagnol’s “Marius,” and he’s a Star Wars enthusiast. In leisure, he plays video games or relaxes with friends over an apéro.

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