French Learning Articles

🧭 Start Here

New to French? Begin with articles that explain how to study French seriously, what to learn first, and how the SeriousFrench method works.

🧱 Beginner French

Essential guides for learners who are just starting.

Topics may include greetings, basic phrases, classroom French, numbers, dates, introductions, simple questions, and early sentence patterns.

🧩 French Grammar

Clear explanations of the structures that hold French together.

Topics may include articles, gender, plural nouns, subject pronouns, adjectives, negation, questions, prepositions, verb conjugation, tenses, object pronouns, and sentence structure.

🔊 French Pronunciation

Guides for understanding how French sounds.

Topics may include the alphabet, accents, nasal vowels, silent letters, liaison, elision, rhythm, stress, intonation, and why written French often looks different from spoken French.

🗣️ French Listening & Speaking

Practical help for understanding spoken French and producing it more naturally.

Topics may include listening practice, slow audio, shadowing, common spoken reductions, pronunciation habits, conversation patterns, and how to move from reading French to hearing French.

📚 French Vocabulary

Useful vocabulary guides with examples and context.

Topics may include common beginner words, everyday nouns, verbs, adjectives, food, time, school, travel, family, weather, emotions, and expressions that appear often in beginner French.

✍️ French Writing

Guides for writing clearer French sentences.

Topics may include word order, agreement, punctuation, accents, short paragraphs, common writing mistakes, and how to make beginner French sound more accurate and organized.

🧠 French Learning Strategy

Advice for learners who want real progression instead of random memorization.

Topics may include how to study grammar, how to review vocabulary, how to use audio, how to avoid burnout, how to build consistency, and why structured learning works better than scattered practice.

🎓 University French Help

Guides for students taking beginner university French courses.

Topics may include how to prepare for quizzes, how to study for oral exams, how to review textbook chapters, how to understand grammar tables, and how to survive the jump from beginner French to more complex structures.

🇫🇷 French Culture & Usage

Articles about how French is used in real social and cultural contexts.

Topics may include politeness, greetings, formality, tu vs vous, French-speaking regions, France vs Canada usage, classroom French, and expressions that do not translate directly into English.

🧪 Common French Mistakes

Focused explanations of mistakes learners often make.

Topics may include confusing être and avoir, using the wrong article, forgetting agreement, translating directly from English, mixing up tenses, mispronouncing silent letters, and misunderstanding common French words.

🧭 From Articles to the Course

These articles are useful when you have a specific French question.

But French is easier to learn when the pieces come in the right order. The full SeriousFrench course organizes grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, audio, and quizzes into a structured module path.

Start with the modules if you want to learn French step by step.