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Live classes

You speak French every week, with a native teacher

You join whichever slot suits you, with nothing to book. The joining link arrives by email, and the session is recorded.

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  • 2 to 5 students per class, all at your level
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A family language

Reconnect with French

The language of your parents, your grandparents or your partner. The one you want to pass on to your children.

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Speaking the language of the country means reconnecting with its people.
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Now, at home, we speak French.
A young woman smiles on the phone
“Hi Mum, I speak French!”
A father and his daughter laughing in autumn
Children who speak French are the greatest cultural wealth you can bring to your family.
A grandmother and her granddaughter in the kitchen
Your grandparents’ French should not end with them.
  • Finally understand what is said at the table, and answer back.
  • Your in-laws speak French to you. Answer them in French.

A language is passed down from generation to generation. Now it is your turn.

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The platform

Progress in French between classes, at your own pace

Interactive lessons with native audio, vocabulary, dialogues and quizzes. Everything you need to reinforce your skills between live sessions.

The platform

Between classes, you move forward twenty minutes a day

Lessons follow one another in order, with no evening to set aside. Every word is recorded by a native speaker.

  • 249 lessons across 60 modules, from beginner to advanced
  • Native audio on every word, with a slow-down button
  • Your progress is kept, on phone and on computer alike
Audio

You hear the language as it is actually spoken

The recordings are made by native speakers, not by a synthetic voice. The slow-down button separates the sounds when it goes too fast.

  • Every sentence can be played and slowed down
  • The transcription and translation sit under the audio
  • You replay it as many times as you need, with no limit
Quizzes

Every module ends with a quiz, not with a ticked box

You are corrected on the spot, with the explanation. A failed quiz can be retaken, with no penalty and no record.

  • Immediate correction, with the right answer explained
  • An end-of-level test opens the next level
  • A level certificate at the end of the course
Level certificate

Your French level, certified in your name

  • Issued once you have passed every lesson of a level: beginner, intermediate or advanced
  • Downloadable as a PDF and shareable on LinkedIn
  • A unique number, verifiable online on targumi.com
  • Included in the plans with live classes, from the first payment: it is not issued during the trial
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Full program

Your French curriculum

Exactly what you'll find inside the platform: 60 modules, 249+ structured lessons, quizzes and exercises.

🇫🇷
Beginner French
🔤The alphabet and basic sounds
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👋French basics
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🔢Numbers and colors
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🎵Nasal sounds and accents
  • The Acute, Grave and Circumflex Accents: é, è, ê10 min
  • The Cédille, the Tréma and Other Marks: ç, ë, ï, ü10 min
  • Distinguishing close sounds: /e/ vs /ɛ/, /ɑ̃/ vs /ɔ̃/10 min
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🔗Liaison, elision and linking
  • Obligatory liaison: when to connect words10 min
  • Forbidden and Optional Liaison10 min
  • Elision: when vowels disappear10 min
  • Enchaînement and the Rhythm of French10 min
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🧩Pronouncing difficult letter groups
  • OU, AU, EAU: The Sounds /u/ and /o/10 min
  • OI, UI: The Sounds /wa/ and /ɥi/10 min
  • EU, ŒU: the sounds /ø/ and /œ/10 min
  • CH, GN, PH, QU , Consonant Digraphs10 min
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👋Formal and informal greetings
  • Bonjour and Au revoir , basic greetings10 min
  • Salut, Coucou , Informal French10 min
  • Nice to Meet You , Getting Acquainted10 min
  • Please and thank you: everyday politeness10 min
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🙋Introducing yourself
  • Je m'appelle... , giving your name10 min
  • J'ai vingt ans , talking about your age10 min
  • Je suis de Paris , talking about where you're from10 min
  • Introducing yourself in context , putting it all together10 min
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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Family
  • Father, mother, brother, sister: close family10 min
  • Grandparents and grandchildren10 min
  • Uncle, aunt, cousin , the extended family10 min
  • Talking about your family , to have, to be and possessive adjectives10 min
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🧑‍🤝‍🧑Describing people
  • Grand, petit, blond , physical adjectives10 min
  • Kind, Clever, Funny: Personality Adjectives10 min
  • What's he like? , asking questions about people10 min
  • Complete descriptions , physical and personality portraits10 min
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🔢Numbers and counting
  • Numbers from 0 to 2010 min
  • Tens from 20 to 10010 min
  • Counting in everyday life , prices, ages and quantities10 min
  • Numbers in Practical Situations10 min
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🕐Telling the time
  • What time is it? , full hours10 min
  • Minutes: et demie, et quart, moins le quart10 min
  • Talking about your schedule10 min
  • Punctuality and Time Expressions10 min
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📅Days, months, seasons and dates
  • Days of the Week10 min
  • The Months of the Year10 min
  • The Seasons and the Weather10 min
  • Dates and Public Holidays10 min
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🎨Colors and shapes
  • Basic Colours10 min
  • Special colours and shades10 min
  • Geometric shapes10 min
  • Describing Objects , Colours, Shapes and Sizes10 min
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🍽️Food and meals
  • Meals of the day , breakfast, lunch, dinner10 min
  • Foods: fruits, vegetables, meat and fish10 min
  • Ordering at a Restaurant: Essential Phrases10 min
  • Grocery Shopping: At the Market and the Supermarket10 min
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🏠The house and rooms
  • The Rooms of the House , salon, cuisine, chambre10 min
  • Furniture and Household Objects10 min
  • Prepositions of place: dans, sur, sous, devant, derrière10 min
  • Describing your home , il y a, c'est, j'habite10 min
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🚇Transport
  • Modes of transport , metro, bus, train, bike10 min
  • Buying a Ticket , at the Ticket Counter and the Machine10 min
  • Asking for and giving directions10 min
  • Getting around town , routes and timetables10 min
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💶Shopping and money
  • Money and Prices , Euros and Cents10 min
  • At the supermarket , aisles, products and checkout10 min
  • At the Market and in Small Shops10 min
  • Negotiating and Comparing Prices: Too Expensive, Cheaper, Sales10 min
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🍴At the restaurant
  • Booking a Table and Arriving at the Restaurant10 min
  • Ordering at a Restaurant , the Menu and Dishes10 min
  • Asking for the Bill and Paying10 min
  • Polite Phrases and Special Situations at the Restaurant10 min
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🏨At the hotel
  • Booking a Hotel Room10 min
  • Check-in and check-out10 min
  • Hotel problems and requests10 min
  • Breakfast and Hotel Services10 min
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🩺At the doctor's
  • Making an Appointment and Describing Your Symptoms10 min
  • Body parts and saying 'it hurts...'10 min
  • The consultation and the prescription10 min
  • At the pharmacy and taking care of yourself10 min
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🆘Emergencies and practical situations
  • Calling for Help , Emergency Numbers10 min
  • Being Lost , Asking for Directions10 min
  • Theft, loss and reporting to the police10 min
  • Everyday Practical Situations10 min
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Intermediate French
⏱️The present indicative
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⏪Perfect vs. imperfect tense
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🔮The simple future and the near future
  • The Near Future Tense: aller + Infinitive15 min
  • The simple future, regular formation15 min
  • The Future Simple: Essential Irregular Verbs15 min
  • Near future vs simple future , when to choose?15 min
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🔗Object personal pronouns
  • Direct object pronouns (COD) , me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les15 min
  • Indirect Object Pronouns , me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur15 min
  • The Pronouns Y and EN , Place, Thing, Quantity15 min
  • Pronoun order and double pronouns15 min
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💼The world of work
  • Talking About Your Job15 min
  • Writing a CV in French15 min
  • The Job Interview15 min
  • Everyday Professional Vocabulary15 min
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🎓Studies and training
  • The French school system15 min
  • University and Higher Education15 min
  • Degrees and Specialisations15 min
  • Enrolling and Managing Your Studies15 min
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✈️Travel
  • At the Airport15 min
  • Booking Accommodation15 min
  • Getting Around in France15 min
  • Talking about a trip in the past15 min
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🏛️French administration
  • The Town Hall and Public Services15 min
  • The prefecture and residence permits15 min
  • Identity Documents15 min
  • Filling Out an Administrative Form15 min
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💭Expressing your opinions
  • Expressing your opinion, the key phrases15 min
  • Expressing agreement and disagreement15 min
  • The subjunctive after verbs of opinion15 min
  • Debating and giving examples15 min
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❤️Emotions and feelings
  • Emotions Vocabulary15 min
  • Responding to other people's emotions15 min
  • Talking about your feelings in the past and future15 min
  • Expressing wishes and regrets15 min
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⚖️Arguing and convincing
  • Logical connectors , structuring an argument15 min
  • Concession with "bien que" + subjunctive15 min
  • Building an Argument , Cause, Consequence, Purpose15 min
  • Convincing and persuading: rhetorical techniques15 min
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😄Humour and idiomatic expressions
  • Everyday expressions , parts of the body15 min
  • Colourful Expressions , Animals and Food15 min
  • Everyday slang and informal French15 min
  • French humour , understanding and joining in15 min
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🏛️The history of France
  • Key dates in French history15 min
  • The French Revolution15 min
  • The Republic and its symbols15 min
  • Famous Historical Figures15 min
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🎉French traditions and celebrations
  • Holidays in the French Calendar15 min
  • Christmas and the end-of-year holidays15 min
  • Bastille Day and Civic Holidays15 min
  • La Chandeleur, Beaujolais nouveau and other traditions15 min
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📰Media and the press
  • Newspapers and the printed press15 min
  • French radio and television15 min
  • Social Media and Digital Media15 min
  • Media Vocabulary and Critical Thinking15 min
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🗳️French politics
  • The President and the Institutions15 min
  • The National Assembly and the Senate15 min
  • Elections and voting15 min
  • Left, right and French political parties15 min
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💼Work and professional life
  • Basic Vocabulary of the World of Work18 min
  • Responding to a job posting and introducing yourself18 min
  • The Job Interview: Codes and Strategies18 min
  • Writing a Professional Email18 min
  • Describing Your Job and Responsibilities18 min
  • + 5 more
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🏠Housing and daily life
  • Looking for Housing: Listings, Viewings, Lease18 min
  • Moving house and settling in: organisation, neighbours, services18 min
  • Maintaining and Repairing Your Home: Breakdowns, Tradespeople, DIY18 min
  • Everyday Home Life: Chores, Budget, Neighbours18 min
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🎭Language registers and style
  • Formal, standard and colloquial registers10 min
  • The Subjunctive: Advanced Uses8 min
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💬Idioms and fixed expressions
  • Advanced idiomatic expressions10 min
  • False friends and lexical traps8 min
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Advanced French
🎭Formal vs. informal French
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🔥French slang and verlan
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📜French proverbs and sayings
  • Everyday Proverbs: Origin and Usage20 min
  • Proverbs on Work, Money and Caution20 min
  • Proverbs About Human Relationships20 min
  • Twisted sayings and humorous proverbs20 min
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😏Irony, sarcasm and French humour
  • Litotes and Euphemism , Saying Less to Mean More20 min
  • French Irony: The Art of Second Degré20 min
  • Sarcasm and dark humour, French-style20 min
  • The Culture of Mockery , Understanding French Humour in Society20 min
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📚The great French authors
  • Molière , The master of classical comedy25 min
  • Victor Hugo , The Giant of Romanticism25 min
  • Balzac, The Architect of La Comédie humaine25 min
  • Flaubert, the quest for 'le mot juste'25 min
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🖋️French poetry
  • Baudelaire , Les Fleurs du mal and poetic modernity25 min
  • Rimbaud: The Child Prodigy and the Derangement of the Senses25 min
  • Prévert: The Poetry of Everyday Life and Popular Language25 min
  • Figures of speech , Metaphor, alliteration and the alexandrine25 min
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🎭French theatre
  • Classical Comedy: Molière and Laughter that Corrects25 min
  • Classical Tragedy , Racine and the Fatality of Passion25 min
  • Misunderstanding and Mix-Up: Dramatic Devices in Theatre25 min
  • Theatre of the Absurd , Ionesco and the Mockery of Language25 min
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🌍Contemporary literature
  • Camus , The Absurd and Revolt25 min
  • Sartre: Existentialism and Committed Literature25 min
  • Modiano: Memory and the Traces of the Past25 min
  • Annie Ernaux , Autofiction and the writing of real life25 min
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📧Writing a professional email
  • Opening and greeting formulas20 min
  • Closing phrases and politeness formulas20 min
  • Structuring the body of the message20 min
  • Case studies: typical emails from the professional world20 min
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🤝The work meeting
  • The Agenda and How to Prepare for It20 min
  • Speaking Up in Meetings20 min
  • Summarising and Synthesising Discussions20 min
  • Writing Meeting Minutes20 min
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⚖️Debate and controversy
  • Thesis, antithesis, synthesis: the structure of reasoning20 min
  • Conceding in order to convince20 min
  • Refuting and contradicting with elegance20 min
  • Nuance and Perspective: The Art of Subtlety20 min
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🤝Negotiation
  • Proposing and suggesting with diplomacy20 min
  • Accepting, Refusing and Stalling20 min
  • Finding Common Ground and Making Concessions20 min
  • Concluding an Agreement and Formalising the Commitment20 min
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🎤Oral presentation
  • Structuring a Presentation: Introduction and the Hook20 min
  • The Development: Arguing and Illustrating20 min
  • Concluding a talk and handling audience questions20 min
  • Advanced Public-Speaking Techniques20 min
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📜Legal French
  • The Contract: Clauses, Obligations and Amendments20 min
  • Formal notice and legal remedies20 min
  • Labour Law: Dismissal and Notice Period20 min
  • Administrative correspondence: registered letters and forms20 min
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📰Press, media and current affairs
  • Journalism Vocabulary18 min
  • The Print Press , Headlines and Sections18 min
  • Broadcasting: Radio and Television18 min
  • Digital Media and Social Networks18 min
  • Disinformation and Fake News18 min
  • + 5 more
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💼Work, business and negotiation
  • The Employment Contract: Clauses and Obligations18 min
  • Negotiating Your Salary: Strategies and Phrasing18 min
  • Leading and facilitating a professional meeting18 min
  • The professional email: formulas and register (C1/C2)18 min
  • Commercial negotiation: techniques and rhetoric18 min
  • + 5 more
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📈Economics, finance and commerce
  • The Great Economic Systems18 min
  • The stock market and financial markets18 min
  • Monetary policy and central banks18 min
  • International trade and exchange18 min
  • Taxation and the State Budget18 min
  • + 2 more
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✒️Literary style and eloquence
  • Advanced Figures of Speech12 min
  • Literary and Intellectual Vocabulary10 min
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The curriculum

What you'll learn in French

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  1. 01
    Academic French and DELF/DALF preparation (A1 to C2)
  2. 02
    Business French and professional communication
  3. 03
    Accent and pronunciation (liaison, nasal vowels, the French 'r')
  4. 04
    Verb conjugation and the subjunctive for natural expression
  5. 05
    Quebec, Belgian and African French: understanding the variants
  6. 06
    French culture: gastronomy, cinema and literature
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about learning French

For English speakers, French is considered 'moderately difficult' (category 2 of 5 according to the FSI), around 600 hours to reach B2 level. For Arabic speakers, French grammar is complex but the vocabulary shares numerous borrowings (couscous, algebra, magazine). Our teachers understand the specific difficulties tied to your native language and adapt their teaching accordingly.
Quebec French has preserved archaic forms from 17th-century French and has developed its own vocabulary ('char' for car, 'courriel' for email). The accent is immediately recognisable. In France, you will hear 'super', 'génial', 'c'est nul'; in Quebec, 'ben correct', 'ostie', 'câline'. We can train you in either variety according to your needs.
Yes, we have certified DELF/DALF examiner-trained teachers. These diplomas, recognised by the French Ministry of Education, are required for visas, studying in France and some employers. We offer practice across all four skills (speaking, writing, listening, reading), mock exams and personalised progress tracking from A1 to C2.
This is THE classic trap. The rule: verbs of movement and state (aller, venir, partir, naître, mourir…) take 'être' in compound tenses, all others take 'avoir'. Our teachers teach these rules through memory stories and natural conversation drills, you absorb the right reflexes without memorising a list.
With regular Targumi group sessions (with live classes) plus 30 minutes of personal practice each day (French films, podcasts like 'Français Authentique', reading), you can reach A2 in 3 months and B1 in 6 to 7 months. Consistency matters far more than intense bursts.
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100% online. When live classes are scheduled for this language, they take place in small groups via Google Meet; the schedule is in the platform. Interactive lessons stay accessible 24/7.
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