START TO UNDERSTAND French with a Simple Story (A1-A2)

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[@didabella6831]

Bien pour réviser deux langues à la fois, merci

[@ΑθανάσιοςΝτερβισης]

He is not old. I am 54 and i am trying to learn french just for fun. Thanks for the easy lessons.

[@푸른하늘-c9j6q]

I'm also 54 years old. I learn and study English. I try to advance my level.

[@lukesters7234]

Yeah…can I join the 54 club, im 53 now but give it a couple of months and I’ll fit right in. Also learning French for fun and thought the lesson was great.

[@valentinanadirova2647]

J'ai aussi juste commencé de apprendre la langue française, et pour moi cette vidéo est très bonne! Merci!

[@jucarelo2049]

Me too

[@borough69]

Me too 54 and trying to learn French

[@bonion10]

Jamais trop tard! J'ai 94 et j'apprends francais pour passer le temps!

[@patriciaeisert8483]

Me too. Good for us!

[@Ọlájùmọ̀kẹ́mi5]

C'est impressionnant

[@Zahraa-kw3lp]

Great man, I like your passion, keep going ♡

[@Shantaya]

Bon courage!! 👏

[@UsmanBubaUsman]

Ce génial, j'aime beaucoup ton idée mon grand chef

[@RealLifeEnglish20]

For those who need the sentences one each 1. Alex est un homme plus âgé. 2. Il a soxiante(60) ans. 3. Un jour, il a décidé de se mettre à la course. 4. Il n'avait jamais couru auparavant. 5. Il a décidé de le faire parce qu'il voulait se sentir en meilleure santé. 6. Il a commencé à courir lentement, juste un peu au début. 7. Alex courait dans le parc près de chez lui. 8. Les gens l'encourageaient lorsqu'il passait. 9. Au début, il se fatiguait rapidement. 10. Mais chaque jour, il courait un peu plus. 11. Après quelques semaines, Alex se sentait plus fort. 12. Il courait pendant des périodes plus longues et avec plus d'énergie. 13. Il se sentait bien et heureux. 14. Un jour il a décidé de participer à un semi-marathon. 15. Il a parlé de son idée à son bon ami. 16. Cependant, son ami n'a pas soutenu l'idée. 17. Il a dit qu'Alex n'était plus jeune. 18. Il n'avait pas besoin de perdre du temps et de l'énergie pour ça. 19. Après un certain temps, il a vu à quell point Alex était sérieux à ce sujet. 20. Il a décidé qu'il devait soutenir son ami. 21. Alex s'entraînait tous les jours et courait de longues distances. 22. Il mangeait sainement et se reposait suffisamment pour rester en forme. 23. Il s'est beaucoup préparé. 24. Le jour de la course est enfin arrivé. 25. Alex était excité et nerveux. 26. Il enfilait son maillot de course et des baskets confortables. 27. Quand la course a commencé, Alex était lent au début. 28. Mais ensuite, il a trouvé son rythme et a couru avec détermination et joie. 29. Son ami était là, au premier rang, l'attendant avec une pancarte encourageante. 30. Tout au long du marathon un ami encourageait Alex. 31. Alex est resté fort et régulier. 32. Malgré la fatigue, il n'a pas abandonné. 33. Il continuait à courir. 34. Il est arrivé à la dernière partie de la course. 35. Il a poussé fort et se rapprochait de la ligne d'arrivée. 36. Son ami l'encourageait plus fort que jamais. 37. Alex ressentait un regain supplémentaire. 38. Avec toute sa force, Il a franchi la ligne d'arrivée. 39. Il avait réussi à terminer le semi-marathon. 40. Il était épuisé mais aussi très heureux. 41. Son ami était fier et excité pour lui. 42. Il le félicita pour sa victoire personnelle. 43. Alex a fait un travail incroyable. 44. Depuis ce jour-là, deux amis partagent des souvenirs inoubliable de ce marathon. 45. Alex continue de faire ce qu'il aime. 46. Il court régulièrement et se sent plus fort que jamais. 47. Alex a décidé d'encourager son ami à courir aussi. 48. Il lui a dit à quel point il se sentait bien après chaque séance d'entraînement. 49. Au début, son ami était indécis, mais il a décidé de tenter sa chance. 50. Ils ont commencé à courir ensemble le week-end. 51. Il se lever tôt le matin et se dirigeait vers le parc. 52. Il couraient ensemble en profitant de l'air frais et du soleil. 53. En plus de courir, ils ont commencé à vivre une vie plus saine. 54. Ils ont commencé à manger plus de fruits et de legumes. 55. Il buvait beaucoup d'eau. 56. Ils ont aussi essayé de se reposer suffisamment. 57. L'histoire d'Alex montre qu'il n'est jamais trop tard pour commencer à courir et viser un objectif. 58. Il est devenu un exemple pour beaucoup. 59. Cette histoire montre qu'il n'est jamais trop tard pour commencer. 60. Vous devriez toujours vous efforcer d'atteindre votre objectif. 61. Alex était un exemple pour beaucoup.

[@X.Enhypen.X]

Wow

[@afrilifewealth8743]

​@@X.Enhypen.X Me too😲

[@kaisushi2763]

Merci

[@marthatomkiel7219]

It's a great history of an old man trying to improve his life. But he is not old. I am 62. I feel great with a lot of energy to do exercise. I do yoga, I play tennis, plus I am learning French

[@natayakhan3929]

Absolutely, I’m 62 too, I do Pilates, walking and biking and a little swim in summer!

[@lolal2502]

Still, running in this age is bad for your knees. 😂😂😂😂😂 Especially marathons, even if it is half marathon.

[@emcarver8983]

I am 76 and learning French because I moved to France for an adventure. 54 is NOT old.

[@hikibiris90]

Hier soir, j'ai décidé d'apprendre le français à mes 30 ans et voilà!! ce matin j'ai pu regarder cette vidéo qui me confirme que je ne suis jamais en retard pour atteindre mes objectifs ! Merci beaucoup. Vos vidéos aident beaucoup de gens comme moi. J'adore votre chaîne du Sri Lanka.❤

[@JoeyEssays]

no way your learnt all that in a day lol

[@hikibiris90]

@@JoeyEssays lol no no I used the “google translate” for that🤪

[@sarawjeetsarv]

I can relate so much to this story. Am 68. Learning french n ran my first ever marathon few weeks bk. True it's never too late😊

[@andjelkamarinkovic7132]

Congratulations! That is an amazing thing to accomplish!

[@sarawjeetsarv]

@@andjelkamarinkovic7132 thk u

[@lisaahmari7199]

THANK YOU for finding this wonderful woman to narrate!! Her voice is so soothing and her enunciation is so easy to understand! Bravo!!

[@edthenomadtrucker8321]

Bravo! J'adore vraiment cette histoire. J'ai soixante-deux ans aussi, mais je me sens pas vieille mais jeune. Merci beaucoup pour cette histoire facile.

[@hyelanlee3644]

1. Il voulait se sentire en meilleure santé. 2. Il a dit qu'Alex n'était plus jeune et n'avait pas besoin de perdre du temps et de l'énergie pour ça. 3. Il était épuisé mais aussi très heureux. 4. Merci~

[@S.S.KALHARA]

Je suis heureux parce que je peux comprendre beaucoup cette histoire.😊

[@dragosdariusdanila627]

Merci beaucoup! Great exercise and lesson as a beginner. Thank you!

[@Frenchlearner888]

This is wonderful way to learn French...thank you for the effort you put in this video!

[@catherinelevison3310]

Perfect for me. I’m on my way to A2 and I love the calm voices.

[@snesst]

I'm a Hongkonger. I like the speaking tone. It's so calm.

[@amialal4510]

I'm watching this after my French private teacher of 3 years, just humiliated me to the ground. She has NEVER taught me listening, never allowed me to speak. She said that I'm not at the level to speak/listen. I cried for an hour, then took matters in my own hand. I will succeed despite her spite.

[@ambpetertobio6168]

Sorry abt that but dont give up

[@clickablemaps9282]

First step is find another teacher. There are tons, don’t settle. You deserve better!

[@amialal4510]

@@ambpetertobio6168 Thank you so much for your sympathy! ❤

[@amialal4510]

@@clickablemaps9282 Thank you so much! I ended my course with her, and have been looking for instructors. As we speak, no luck.

[@MonaMonatte]

I would demand a refund. She must be a lousy teacher and, human being

[@nostalgicmuslimah]

This is actually a good way of learning. But the dictionary at the end doesn't cover most unfamiliar words mentioned in the story like "viser" "se soint" etc the dictionary covers the basic words we already know the meaning to. But overall it's a nice format of learning , infact the best so far. Easy to understand.

[@writegirl2937]

I absolutely LOVE this story because it encourages me to keep trying to learn French. I like this format of learning because it gets me wrapped up in beautiful stories while learning! So glad I found your channel. If I keep studying and practicing, one day, I will be able to type my comments in perfect French! But for now, I will say, MERCI BEAUCOUP!!😊🇺🇸

[@serena9643]

Great way to learn French! Thank you!

[@MapleLeaves1111]

wow,here so many people are over 60 yrs and started learning French and have many more upcoming plans ❤ and I am , the early 30, thinks life is almost over, cannot do anything new 😮 you people have motivated me 😊 thank you. It's never too late to start anything new ❤

[@cheminnonpris]

Et je suis 73 et presque 3 mois. Sport pour toujours. Merci beaucoupxxx

[@lauriepane8508]

Excellent story, beautiful video, voice easy to listen to. A few suggestions from a person who began studying French a year ago, having had one year of high school French and one year in college - fifty years ago. The second time through we are told to repeat the sentence. We are not given enough time to do so. Also I would like to have the sentence read again after I have repeated it so I can tell if I said it correctly. I also would like more time to give me a chance to make sure I understood the sentence in French before have it repeated in English. I would prefer to have the vocabulary given at the beginning of the lesson, and then repeated the second time at the end of the lesson. The vocabulary words were often the ones most of us would know and need to be specific ones in the story that are not used as often. I am so glad I found this resource and plan to add it to my daily practice routine. Very thankful for all the material available. My pronunciation has improved so much.

[@julieD5508]

Totally agree with all of this

[@astridkahlke-may4980]

I am very glad to find these stories. So I learn English and French together. 😊❤

[@sharonrainey2320]

He's not old I'm 78 and still want to learn to speak French. This is fun!

[@ONANDON-u4z]

As someone learning French, I encounter difficulties, but your advice is motivating. I recently learned about Immersive Translate and intend to give it a try to improve my progress.

[@katpleiadean7525]

Thank you, I really enjoyed this. I'm 65 and trying to get to B1-B2 this year.

[@bettyduignan1118]

Alex a decidé de faire la course parce qu'il il a voulait de sentir en meilleure santé. Une bonné idée...moi aussi. J'ai commencé quand j'avais soixante ans aussi!! Mais maintenant j'ai presque soixante dix ans et je fais des grasses matinées!!😂 Mais j'ai encore apprends la Francais ....lentement!😊

[@danidoowisdom8192]

I just love these stories but gotta say that this guy looks more like 80 than 60! Mais jamais trop tard quand meme😘😘

[@IngaOxo]

This is a nice story of support and friendship... you are NEVER too old to learn or do something new!

[@fatimaborgol7947]

La réponse de deuxième ou troisième question : un ami d’Alex a lui dit : tu n’étais pas à l’âge de jeunesse il ne faut pas perdre le temps et l’énergie…. You are not a young man you should don’t lose your time and energy… Thanks a lot your method very effective Mercis beaucoup votre méthode très efficace ❤

[@pradeepnair6436]

Thanks for the posting.

[@latanyagreen6559]

Some of the English texts is incorrect. Particularly the part in the story when the friends start running together. It's should be "ils" instead of "il." Never the less, this is a great resource.

[@MANBEHINDCONTROL]

Hi I am looking for someone with whom I can practice with..

[@sagayasharmila3197]

What a wonderful resource to french aspirants. I was little hopeless and skeptic about my french journey till yesterday. Now i am seeing the light at the end of my tunnel. Please keep up ur best work by uploading more videos like this. Much grateful to ur work🎉

[@petethefeet5281]

This is a great way of learning thanks!

[@winsley7254]

Selon moi, je crois que c'est une bonne méthode d'appendre le français et d'obtenir nouvelle vocabulaire. Je vais suivre cette programme.

[@justemoi5722]

un nouveau*. Je vais suivre ce* programme. Sorry little correction here. Keep it up 👍

[@tina-jg4de]

Jaime ton pfp

[@todivetoday]

Awesome story and presentation, merci beaucoup. I also like that the first read was without the translation. This way, one can try to understand the story on its own. Then it is nice to listen to the story with translation, and finally again without. And thank you very much for making chapters, it's easy to go exactly to the point one wants to listen to. Cheers

[@plume-5671]

Il a decider commencer courir pour sentait bon lui sante, il amis dite il etait na pas plus jeune, il etaite epusie mais heureux, thank you for posting this and making this channel :))) happy to found this!!

[@artgirlparis]

I love these videos. Is it possible to offer more time during section 2 where we repeat the pronunciation? There’s isn’t enough time to repeat the phrase before the translated sentence begins. Thank you very much! ❤

[@encsay2885]

Learning French is a great challenge to so many of us, but I believe with determination and dedication, I can you can we can 😊 let's not give up. It only takes a little more time to get through it 🎉

[@kauyejokauyejo8691]

This is helpful, especially the words at the end.

[@olikaenyichisom8000]

I really love this... Good teaching method.

[@SJHenley]

Tres Bien, une bonne hostoire. Merci beaucoup.

[@StevenSeidenfeld]

J'adore cette méthode d'apprentissage parce qu'elle est très soutenant et encourageant pour les débutants comme moi.

[@arendon3577]

Thanks for helping me to further my knowledge in French. Love your system!!!

[@JulyvilleA]

I love this not just a story to learn french but a motivation for me" NEVER TOO LATE TO START NOW" . Merci beaucoup ❤

[@igorvkalinin]

Wonderful! Thanks a lot!

[@sourinejad6013]

Thanks for such beautiful voices to understand better

[@Leeboa31]

J’adore ça ❤merci pour vous

[@adamman8874]

This might be the best method I've used so far. Thanks a lot.

[@gladisglz8176]

Merci beaucoup!

[@Shantaya]

1. Il voulait sentir en meilleur santé. 2. Son ami a dis q'Alex n'étais plus jeune. 3. Son ami étais fier et éxcité pour lui. Il l'a félicitable pour sa victoire personelle. 🇫🇷 Merçi pour cette leçon.

[@sourire-8922]

Who are you people, this is amazing 👏 thank you, big thank you

[@emanalmejalli3453]

LOOOOOOOOOVE . THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@arielmcknight3792]

Merci

[@AryFR33]

Just started my journey for learning French. This video was very useful. It really helped highlight word origins that are common to both English and French which gives a passive understanding of what is being said, even if I can't understand the exact dialogue yet.

[@jiladomako4308]

Thank you! Very helpful

[@BenjaminDupont-q9l]

Beautiful story thank you very much

[@CômeLuc]

I really love and like your Channel for those who studying French language . It's really supportives.

[@BenjaminPMark]

Nice and interactive lesson

[@anaussie8830]

Wonderful resource! Thank you for this!

[@rusunungukomatavire4461]

Thank you. This is a great way to learn french.

[@aisyahazman2226]

Thank you for posting

[@baligo3760]

The content is very good and is presented in very easy way. Thank you! I have two suggestions for improvement: 1. When showing the translation in English, don't add the English audio, only add the subs. Because this jumping from one language to another has negative effect and is even annoying . Just leave only French audio so we can get into French language flow and whoever needs help with translation can just look at the subs. 2. Keep the questions at the end for a bit longer and why not adding the answers after few seconds.

[@worldofsarthak1628]

Merci beaucoup. I love this format... 1) to feel healthier , 2) that alex was too old to run 3) exhausted but happy

[@BaranMemo-cs9ty]

Je vous remercie c,est très utile

[@nefeli61e]

Thank you for the beautiful videos....

[@ameliasuarez1235]

Merci beaucoup pour l'histoire.😊

[@harmonieconstance6940]

Bonjour ! Je suis française. En mettant les sous-titrage en anglais c'est pas mal aussi !pour apprendre .

[@thekingbortor5048]

1 Il voulait se sentir meilleure santé. 2 Il a dit qu'Alex n'était plus jeune. 3 Il était épuisé mais aussi très heureux.

[@SurendraPanta]

This is best way to improve language!

[@dani.d.d.f]

Thank you ❤

[@deena487]

Thank you so much❤

[@bassdayesammydass-rice9430]

Merci beaucoup pour le vedio.

[@pierremiriam]

Merci pour le vidéo

[@caspermirniy]

merci bcp c'est un idèe très belle je voudrai les videos comme ça pour le niveau B1 merci bcp!

[@AF-hh7br]

Really enjoying working through these. Lovely images and narration and helps the learning a great deal. Thank you

[@patsy6439]

Lovely story. Merci

[@namunapaudel7634]

Merci

[@azureblue9399]

The patronizing tone! The graphics! Sure, I'd like to learn French but I'm 66 and while listening I keep wondering if i should check myself into the nearest hospital and start planning my funeral.

[@goonzalezful]

So, I’m a year older than you and retired last August 2024. I love learning and speak English and Spanish and decided to learn French and have been doing Duolingo since August. Found the video very entertaining and surprisingly understood most of it. So give it a go, time will pass regardless, become a life long learner and you won’t regret it. All the best😅😅😅😅😅

[@Sagardhar-zn1ed]

Cette vidéo aider moi beaucoup. Je aime toujours apprendre en Francis. Je sais notré longue c'est trop difficult. Mais apprendre Cette longue bien auprés cette lounge trop facile.❤

[@katiekk]

Excellent. I’m learning French!

[@soniaduffy51]

C'est une excellente méthode d'apprentissage ! J'ai bien aimé.

[@walkawayheatherene341]

Love this!

[@paulreid1711]

What a beautiful voice! Hopefully I'll be abre to translate this comment into French before too long.🎵

[@roullavaggas7493]

Beautiful story thank you very much 🌺

[@bradmorgan60]

Love this. Thank you for the video

[@GillCapocciama-uj3su]

This is a great way to learn. Although I’m struggling, I want to stick with it. Wish I’d had this when I was at school

[@jotaylor1684]

A lovely story. I am 69 and have been running for 40 years, but i think a 5km race would be a better starting point for Alex😂 however.....lots of super useful vocab to help me talk about my 10km race this weekend. Thank you.

[@jimporter7209]

Really great method. So glad I found you

[@tenzinlhanzom2556]

Thank u for posting this video

[@BlueBoyInDark070]

thank you

[@sayedfathi2074]

Super! ❤

[@lauryb-46108]

I found this format very helpful and have subscribed! Thanks so much.

[@albertluvtechy]

good🤟🤟🤟

[@farishtarezahi5669]

Thanks

[@esubitosera]

merci beaucoup❣️💛♥️🩵💙🩷💜💚🧡❤️

[@LaDebs-p7p]

This was expecting me to come over french but because of this i was able to get it ❤❤❤

[@WW-ig8yj]

Mercci!

[@minakarimian4824]

Thats perfect Thank you so much