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Learn French free, 40 words at a time

Instead of a course that starts with fruit and farm animals, LingoMatrix asks what you need French for — ordering in a café, a work trip to Paris, chatting with in-laws — and builds a 40-word matrix around it. Those 40 words recombine into roughly 10,000 sentences you would actually say.

Build my French matrix

How the French matrix works

  1. Say what you need French for, and pick your level.
  2. Get 10 pronouns, 10 verbs, 10 adjectives and 10 nouns in French, each with an English translation and phonetic spelling.
  3. Pick one word from each column — the grammar engine conjugates and agrees everything for you, then reads the sentence aloud.
  4. Hit the randomizer when you want a short surprise sentence to practise.

Useful French phrases

  • Hello, how are you?

    Bonjour, comment ça va ?

    bon-ZHOOR, koh-mahn sa VA

  • I'd like a coffee, please.

    Je voudrais un café, s'il vous plaît.

    zhuh voo-DREH uhn ka-FAY, seel voo PLEH

  • Where is the train station?

    Où est la gare ?

    oo eh la GAR

  • I don't understand.

    Je ne comprends pas.

    zhuh nuh kom-PRAHN pah

  • How much does it cost?

    Combien ça coûte ?

    kom-BYEN sa KOOT

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Counting 1–10 in French

un · deux · trois · quatre · cinq · six · sept · huit · neuf · dix

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