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Learn the French natives use.
Written lessons built on what natives really say in daily life. Start at bonjour. Get to a conversation you can hold on your own.
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- 144 lessons
- Starter to A2
- A new story every week
Ça va ?How are you?
Everyday use
Textbooks teach Comment allez-vous ? You will almost never hear it between friends.
You run into a friend. Which one do you say?
Learn it. Use it. Remember it.
- 1Understand the phraseÇa va ?
Meaning: How are you?
Use it casually with people you know. - 2See how people say it
— Ça va ?
— Ça va, merci ! Et toi ?
- 3Practice it once
Starter to A2, in order.
Five levels, from before A1 to holding your own in a real conversation. Every one is written and ready to work through.
StarterPre-A1
First words · At the café · Around town · Everyday shopping · First conversations
26lessons
Level 1A1
Daily life · Home and people
24lessons
Level 2A1
Food and plans · The working week · Getting around
33lessons
Level 3A2
What happened · Choices and opinions
31lessons
Level 4A2
Travel and stays · Health and services · More independence
30lessons
Still growing
A new story every week, and new lessons and levels as they are written. Join the waitlist to hear when membership opens.
144lessons today
Salut, moi c’est Chloé.
I’m a native speaker, and I built French at the Counter because textbooks kept teaching a version of French I never hear native speakers use.
I want to teach the language and the culture around it: how people really order, complain, joke and say no. Not the literal translation, but what a French person would really say.
Every lesson tells you what sounds natural, what sounds formal, and what you will hear in real life.
Three ways to start today.
The five free lessons, a free story, or targeted practice on the things you got wrong. A new story lands every week, with new lessons and levels as they are written.
Free Pre-A1 story
Au café
Follow Maya and learn how to order at a café in French using je voudrais, express simple preferences and ask how much something costs.Read the story
Practice
Review what you got wrong
Retry your mistakes, or work through one module at a time.Open practiceGet the guide and request the waitlist.
Download the free Café Cheat Sheet now. Confirm the link we email to activate a one-email membership-opening waitlist. A natural café conversation from bonjour to the bill.
