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French Day One is a 20-episode beginner French podcast for absolute beginners who want to understand slow French news. No prior French is needed. Visit https://linguawire.com/dayone/french for all learning materials and homework to test your knowledge. --- In five minutes a day, learn the essential French words, verbs, phrases, grammar patterns, and listening skills you need to start listening to our main podcast - LinguaWire A1 French News. In that feed, we post a new episode every day discussing the latest real news stories in simple A1 French. -- This podcast is perfect for learners who are just beginning French, learning French for the first time, starting French A1, or looking for slow, basic French lessons. -- LinguaWire podcasts use AI support, including translations and multilingual recording, under native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Episode 1

    Episode 1 — The new president is 62 years old

    Day One French takes you from absolute zero to listening to news in simple French — including our A1 news podcast, LinguaWire A1 Daily French News — in four weeks. Twenty episodes, five minutes a day, with Louis and Claire. In episode one you learn the verb être (I am, he is, she is), the word le président, the official news formula for saying someone's age — and the first great French quirk: the silent letters French writes but refuses to say. By the end you'll understand and say a real French news sentence: Le nouveau président est âgé de soixante-deux ans. Your lesson sheet (full verb table, all pronouns, numbers 0–20) and the ten-minute interactive homework are at LinguaWire.com/DayOne — link below. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Episode 2

    Episode 2 — The prime minister has two children and lives in the capital

    Episode two of Day One French, with Louis and Claire. Today you learn the verb avoir (to have), the apostrophe that welds j'ai into a single sound, the family words, and yesterday's promised secret: French people don't say how old they are, they say how many years they have. J'ai trente ans, I have thirty years. Today's real news sentence: La Première ministre a deux enfants et habite dans la capitale.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/french/2🇫🇷 More free French lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/frenchLearn French for beginners · A1 French podcast · real French news made simple.#LearnFrench #FrenchForBeginners #A1French #FrenchPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode 2 — The prime minister has two children and lives in the capital

  3. Episode 3

    Episode 3 — The government, the police and the army are on the streets

    Episode three of Day One French, with Louis and Claire. The day every French learner remembers: the words for 'the'. You'll meet le, la and les, plus l', the apostrophe French uses to smash words together, complete the verb être, learn the word aujourd'hui, and discover why the moustache is feminine. Today's sentence: Le gouvernement, la police et l'armée sont aujourd'hui dans les rues.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/french/3🇫🇷 More free French lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/frenchLearn French for beginners · A1 French podcast · real French news made simple.#LearnFrench #FrenchForBeginners #A1French #FrenchPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode 3 — The government, the police and the army are on the streets

  4. Episode 4

    Episode 4 — More than ten thousand people are at the demonstration

    Episode four of Day One French, with Louis and Claire. News is obsessed with counting, today you unlock the big numbers: cent, mille, dix mille. And you meet the most gloriously mad thing in the French language: there is no word for eighty. The French say quatre-vingts, four twenties, and seventy is soixante-dix, sixty-ten. Plus the two words for people and the crowd vocabulary of every protest story. Today's sentence: Plus de dix mille personnes sont à la manifestation dans la capitale.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/french/4🇫🇷 More free French lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/frenchLearn French for beginners · A1 French podcast · real French news made simple.#LearnFrench #FrenchForBeginners #A1French #FrenchPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode 4 — More than ten thousand people are at the demonstration

  5. Episode 5

    Episode 5 — The doctors and the teachers are on strike today

    Episode five of Day One French, with Louis and Claire, the week-one finale. Today: fifteen professions, the silent plural (ten doctors sound exactly like one, the article does all the work), the most French phrase in all of news, and your first full regular verb: travailler. Today's sentence: Les médecins et les professeurs sont en grève aujourd'hui.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/french/5🇫🇷 More free French lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/frenchLearn French for beginners · A1 French podcast · real French news made simple.#LearnFrench #FrenchForBeginners #A1French #FrenchPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode 5 — The doctors and the teachers are on strike today

  6. Episode 6

    Episode 6 — The election is on Sunday and the polls are very close

    Episode six of Day One French, with Louis and Claire. Week two begins: one news domain a day, starting with the biggest, politics. Today: the election, the word-family trick (learn one root, unlock the whole family), the polls, and the day French refuses to say 'on'. Today's sentence: L'élection est dimanche et les sondages sont très serrés.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/french/6🇫🇷 More free French lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/frenchLearn French for beginners · A1 French podcast · real French news made simple.#LearnFrench #FrenchForBeginners #A1French #FrenchPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode 6 — The election is on Sunday and the polls are very close

  7. Episode 7

    Episode 7 — It is forty degrees in the south and there is no rain

    Episode seven of Day One French, with Louis and Claire. Every news broadcast on earth ends the same way, the weather. Today: it is forty degrees (French says 'it makes forty degrees'!), hot and cold, the four compass directions, and il y a, the three tiny words that mean 'there is' and unlock a thousand sentences. Today's sentence: Il fait quarante degrés dans le sud et il n'y a pas de pluie.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/french/7🇫🇷 More free French lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/frenchLearn French for beginners · A1 French podcast · real French news made simple.#LearnFrench #FrenchForBeginners #A1French #FrenchPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode 7 — It is forty degrees in the south and there is no rain

  8. Episode 8

    Episode 8 — The trains are full and the airport is closed

    Episode eight of Day One French, with Louis and Claire. Transport chaos is a news perennial, today you learn the trains, the station, the airport, open and closed, plus a name-check for the TGV. And the loveliest sound-trick in French: the liaison, when a silent letter suddenly wakes up to link two words. Today's sentence: Les trains sont pleins et l'aéroport est fermé.▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework:https://linguawire.com/dayone/french/8🇫🇷 More free French lessons and daily A1 news:https://linguawire.com/frenchLearn French for beginners · A1 French podcast · real French news made simple.#LearnFrench #FrenchForBeginners #A1French #FrenchPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode 8 — The trains are full and the airport is closed
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French Day One is a 20-episode beginner French podcast for absolute beginners who want to understand slow French news. No prior French is needed. Visit https://linguawire.com/dayone/french for all learning materials and homework to test your knowledge. --- In five minutes a day, learn the essential French words, verbs, phrases, grammar patterns, and listening skills you need to start listening to our main podcast - LinguaWire A1 French News. In that feed, we post a new episode every day discussing the latest real news stories in simple A1 French. -- This podcast is perfect for learners who are just beginning French, learning French for the first time, starting French A1, or looking for slow, basic French lessons. -- LinguaWire podcasts use AI support, including translations and multilingual recording, under native-speaker scripting and supervision. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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