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Welcome to the Comme une Française French Summer Camp!
In just 4 weeks you’ll be on your way to speaking better French. You’ll learn modern spoken French vocabulary, become more confident with your French, and learn exactly how to avoid classic faux-pas.
Today, we’ll start with the basics.
Let's dive in!
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ABOUT GÉRALDINE
Hi! I’m Géraldine Lepère, the founder of Comme une Française (= “Like a French woman”) and your new French best friend. :)
Each Tuesday, I share a fun, fresh and bite-sized lesson on French language and French culture-from embarrassing mistakes to avoid to pop-cultural references to “get” !
For over five years now, with millions of views and students in over 56 countries, I’ve been helping people just like you gain the confidence to really talk in French. And better than the “textbook” French from high school!
Qu’est-ce que tu as appris aujourd’hui ?
Comme une Française que t'est pas du tout mal en short
Comme une Française merci pour la leçon !
J'ai appris que tes jambes semblent énorme quand tu t'assois.
Merci beaucoup pour le video 📹
Merci, Geraldine. Votre études sont plus utile. J‘ai pas parlé Français depuis plus de vingt ans et j’ai maintenant besoin d’un rafraîchissement pour mon travail. Principalement pour les appels téléphoniques.
I learned that you can't say bonjour twice to a person. That seems very good to know. Merci beaucoup Geraldine.
I like to see outdoor videos while learning french. Thank you.
Geraldine, you blend in so naturally with the rest of the flowers 🌺
F*cking simp
These expressions were so helpful. as ways to keep the conversation going. Your costumes are so entertaining, too!
Such a cute idea to do a "summer camp" theme. I love the setting with the flowers and the birds chirping. I like the tout a faite, as something to add in my conversations when others are speaking.
Always full of amazing nuggets.🙏
Coucou Géraldine! Je viens d'apprendre à dire: "Pardon, j'ai pas compris, ça veut dire quoi" J'aime vraiment ces réponses. Je penser que cette vidéo était nouvelle!
The lady owner of our local restaurant now greets my wife and myself with « Coucou » I’m glad you told us this phrase 👍 merci Géraldine !
Where are you? It is so beautiful. I’m studying French because we’re planning an extended trip in France.
I was gonna cheat and thank you in french. but instead I will keep it real and follow your course and videos at my pace. this is such a fantastic idea and you are so calm when teaching. thank you again.
I really love how you set up this ‘summer camp’, c’est vraiment chouette!!! My favorite part of this lesson was learning how to ask people to slow down when they speak. It’s difficult to understand because it come natural to them, but some words aren’t clear when I try to hear them.
Nice outfit Geraldine! You look awesome 😊 thanks for the outdoors class was refreshing 👏
Merci beaucoup, Géraldine ! Maintenant j'apprends le français très intensivement pour étudier le droit à l'Université de Nice (il y a 8 mois j'ai commencé). Vos vidéos sont très utiles☀️❤️ Et vous êtes si gentille 😌
dropping the „ne“ is such a huge thing! I heard the t‘inquiete a lot and from just hearing, I thought it means don‘t worry but I wasn‘t sure because I allways thought it needs a „ne“ because u say „don‘t“ and not do worry :,D When I askd someone french what it means I even pronounced it wrong like taquete - so this person first said this word doesn‘t exist! such things are kinda depressing - happy that I found this channel! thank you :-)
i learnt a lot. now i can greet someone goodnight and good evening differently
Le plus important chose que j'ai appris aujourd'hui, c'est tout a fait. Merci pour vos vidéos.
Le chapeau est très très chic!🙂
I have just started to learn, as I want to relocate to France from Germany soon, and your energy and easy to follow videos make it so much more exciting to learn my 4th language!! Thank you so much to make the pronunciation so easy! I speak english, german and czech, which are quite "harsh" languages to speak when it comes to pronunciation, maybe english is softer, but all three languages pronounce exactly as it is written - french is like quicksilver, so fluid, playful and fun in comparison 💕
J'aime vos suggestions en prévention de changer la conversation à anglais- merci Géraldine!
I Love Normandy . Your lessons are great!
Coucou, Géraldine. This is a wonderful first lesson, merci. My take away is the cultural rules. I often stumble on these when in France. It is so good to know now.
Love, love, love your channel.
I only kind of understood bon journee and bonne soiree before, but the way you explained it today made more sense. I feel I have a grasp on it now. Merci Geraldine!
Fantastic news, Yari!
Cette lecon est formidable et tres utile. Of particular help for me was things to say to extend a conversation with French-speaking people. Most of my neighbors and friends are primarily french speaking Franco-Americans. Many of these gens typically switch from French to English when the conversation is joined by an Anglophone, most of whom are monolingual. I'm frequently trying to convince people that it's very helpful if they continue conversing en francais .
The scene is lovely and your lessons here were wonderful.
J'ai beaucoup aimé cette vidéo, merci!
This was really helpful - mainly the second part but it taught me words I did not know already! Merci! :)
I love your videos and want to speak French with the fluency with which you speak English....Would love to have a video on how to pronounce place names in Paris... not just the tourist places....But other places as well....
J'aime tu videos Geraldine. Merci beaucoup!
Oui, j'ai beaucoup appris. Merci!!!
Coucou, Géraldine !! Je kiffe tes vidéos et les trouve très utiles pour améliorer mon français. Merci pour les conseils. Amuse-toi bien !!
I am going to attend a french seminar in 2 weeks so your videos are the best way to catch up on my french!
Tout a fait was a very useful phrase and a nice alternative to exactement, which I repeat a lot.
Merci beaucoup Géraldine
Je vous remercie beaucoup d'avoir pris le temps pour faire une magnifique vidéo! j aime ta chaine!!
Merci pour vos vidéos, ça me aide beaucoup j'ai commencé à apprendre le français depuis je pense 6 o 7 mois mais vos vidéos sont super bonnes merci encore une fois.
My problem in France was that I said a simple sentence like Excusez-moi, ou-est la rue de poste? And the person kept talking in French for 2 minutes and I was like "ähhhh". Then I said goodbye very formally and walked in the wrong direction :)
Merci beaucoup
I never knew about the phrases C'est tout à fait vrai or tout à fait, which is surprising to me but very helpful!
Thank you for this summer camp. By the way, do you speak any other languages besides French and English?
Knowing my luck, I would tell someone that I don't speak English, just Croatian, and end up talking with the only person in a 100 mile radius who is fluent in Croatian. 😂
Merci. Always like your videos. If I can, I suggest you to have a longer video of 30 minutes with bit more of lessons , tips and practice.
She does. You can join her courses. See her website.
Hi Alexa I love your videos
Merci pour votre guide. With parting company I’ve used “ à demain ” and “à la prochâine” a lot in the past depending on the situation. I apologise if the spelling is incorrect. Are these still relevant in day to day conversation today? Salut. Gareth
Coucou prof...vous etes belle. Merci beaucoup
i usually use ''je vous en prie'' as opposed to ''de rein''
Hello. Very helpful series but I can’t find week four.
Je disais “absolument” mais maintenant je dirai “tout à fait”!
Merci boucoup.
Aujourd'hui, j'ai appris à éviter de parler anglais. Merci, Geraldine!
Haha! Good trick
6:23
You look good in shorts 😍
À très vite! I get tired of just saying A bientôt over and over
On peut dire "Exact' en place de "D'accord', non?
T'as oublié le mot emprunté de l'Italie - «ciao», qui veut dire ou salut ou au revoir, utilisé partout dans le midi et souvent à Paris.
haa i already learned from you
What does "vous vous" mean?
Salut Géraldine, si tu décides à apprendre le croate dans un avenir très proche, y'a une Croate qui apprend le français avec toi et pourrait t'aider :) Merci pour les conseils !
👏👏👏👏👍🌞
I learned not to say bonne nuit to strangers 😌
hmm look what i stumbled upon wow your fast and smart wide awake i see i wonder if maybe you can make sense of whats stopping me from being able to speak french i am nearly there very close in mountains in ITALY these funky dialecs messsed me up plus i suspect theres german in it half the time i was ruined by and old guy who for some reason never went back to france plus im not the smartest fella low education so i am trying to get a job at a french bistro in NYC area so S.O.S
Je suis croate, vous pouvez pratiquer le croate avec moi :-)
السلام عليكم
I'll teach you Croatian :) You teach me French
Hahah Sehr lustig.
thicc
How can you say thighs in French?
I am living in France and unfortunately nobody here has a minimum of pacient to even try to understand you. 😔 I just see noses being twisted when I don't know how to express myself correctly. Very difficult even to get information or buy something ... 😔
Welcome to the real world, but don't be afraid and never, never give up, just keep on practicing.
J'ai appris qu'on dit "bonne nuit" seulement aux personnes qui partagent la meme maison.
The best way to prevent the conversation from switching to English: pretend that you're a native Spanish speaker and don't speak any English. "Yo no hablo íngles."
Mes élèves ont remarqué qu'on ne dit 'Bonjour' qu'une fois.
Who can I practice with if I live in a place where nobody speaks French. A HA.
Excuse moi, i'm only want give You a sugerence,why not use more french in your class instead of almost only speak English,You are a good teacher but we need to practice every lesson please .
J'ai apprendre ne dire pas bonjour twice
S'il vous plait, please stand up. I want to see your legs. Yes, this is probably sexist, but you are a pretty woman, and showing your entire body is not a crime. Meanwhile, I LOVE your French lessons.