Updated December 22, 2025 — Lesson written by French teacher David Issokson for students who want to learn French online, with native audio by Marie Assel Cambier, a voice artist from France. The French Word of the Day is bon appétit, meaning “enjoy your meal”. It’s the quintessential expression that all French learners and travelers …
Today’s lesson covers the masculine noun roi, which means “king”. I’ve noticed many of my students have stumbled on this word. The pronunciation combines the tricky French R with oi (sounds like wah) to make: rwah or [ʀwa]. le roi king
👉 This lesson explains the related word aussitôt (immediately, right away) » Today we’ll look at the French expression tout de suite, meaning right away and immediately. Many students have a hard time with the pronunciation of this expression. Most commonly, the de is silent and the T on tout is pronounced. Hence, it sounds …
👉 Complete list of nationalities vocabulary in French » In today’s lesson we’ll focus on the pronunciation of américain and américaine, which are the masculine and feminine forms of “American” in French. américain, américaine American
See also:👉 French exclamations »👉 Flûte — shoot, darn »👉 Mince – shoot, darn » In today’s lesson we’ll look at a super useful and fun interjection: “Zut!”, which has many translations including “shoot!” and “darn!”. We’ll also cover two equivalent words “mince!” and “flûte! zut shoot, darn!
