CBF 2:29 | Hiring a car
This week’s Coffee Break French deals with hiring a car in a French-speaking area. Like our last episode, this lesson focuses on using the language we’ve been working on recently in a practical contex...
27 Okt 200923min
CBF 2:28 | Getting a taxi
It’s time to put the language we’ve been learning into practice and return to some transactional situations, this time equipped with a thorough understanding of how the language works. In this week’s ...
16 Okt 200919min
CBF 2:27 | After having done something
In this week's lesson we’re building on the verbal constructions we’ve been learning over the past few weeks and introducing the phrase après avoir fait quelque chose. This lesson also explains what h...
30 Sep 200920min
CBF 2:26 | Avant de and venir de
In this lesson we’re covering two constructions which will help to increase your range of expression: venir de faire quelque chose (to have just done something) and avant de faire quelque chose (befor...
12 Sep 200917min
CBF 2:25 | Relative pronouns qui and que
In this lesson you’ll solve the mystery of qui or que. Please note that lesson 25 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 65 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as...
26 Aug 200926min
CBF 2:24 | Uses of the imperfect tense
In this lesson you’ll find out exactly why Prince Philip changes his wig frequently… or at least when the imperfect tense is used in French! Please note that lesson 24 of Season 2 was originally known...
16 Aug 200924min
CBF 2:23 | More on the imperfect tense
In this lesson we take a further look at the imperfect tense, this time looking at the formation of -re and -ir verbs. We also consider some verbs with slightly different patterns and the only verb wi...
8 Aug 200920min
CBF 2:22 | Introducing the imperfect tense
In this week’s lesson we look at another tense used to talk about the past: the imperfect tense. We learn how to construct it and look at one of the situations in which the imperfect is used. Please n...
1 Aug 200922min
