language learning center · A1 · Lesson 3
Basic personal information
Practice this topic in French: Basic personal information.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Camille
Je m'appelle Lucie.
My name is Lucía.
Malik
J'ai vingt-huit ans.
I am twenty-eight years old.
Camille
J'habite à Paris.
I live in Madrid.
Malik
Je travaille dans une bibliothèque.
I work in a library.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
Je m'appelle Lucie.
My name is Lucía.
Je m'appelle Lucie.
J'ai vingt-huit ans.
I am twenty-eight years old.
J'ai vingt-huit ans.
J'habite à Paris.
I live in Madrid.
J'habite à Paris.
Je travaille dans une bibliothèque.
I work in a library.
Je travaille dans une bibliothèque.
Tu fais quoi dans la vie ?
What do you do?
Tu fais quoi dans la vie ?
Notice, try, and speak
Which French sentence has this meaning: “My name is Lucía.”
Make it yours
Say the five French turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this French in a real conversation
- 1. Je m'appelle Lucie.
- 2. J'ai vingt-huit ans.
- 3. J'habite à Paris.
- 4. Je travaille dans une bibliothèque.
- 5. Tu fais quoi dans la vie ?