Talking about the family | Learn French Easily with Podcast | episode 5 | Easy French

Hello everyone and welcome to our podcast I'm Victor Today We're going to talk about a subject at the heart of our lives a universal one Hello Victor Hello everyone A universal topic—let me guess We're going to talk about food No Amélie not food today Almost as important Today We're going to talk about family Ah family That's an excellent idea It's the most Important Yes In this lengthy lesson we will learn how to introduce team members about his family how to describe them and how to recount a small memory It's a lesso Extremely thorough for A2 level Take your time listen carefully and don't hesitate to repeat with us So Amélie let's start with your immediate family Your close family Okay Close family means father mother brothers and sisters Exactly Let's begin with The vocabulary Father is the father father Mother is the mother mother Together These are the parents Repeat after me: the father the mother the parents Very good And there is also The brother and the sister the sister Perfect Now a po a very important grammar point when talking about one's family is possessive adjectives To say In French we use "mon " "ma " or "mes " We use "mon" for masculine nouns for example "père " And masculine whose father I speak of We use ma for a feminine word such as mother and feminine That's what my mother says And we use "mes" for plural words like "parents" in plural I won't tell my parents Okay my father my mother my parents That makes sense Now o you How do you say "my brother " "frère " and masculine Yes we say "my brother " And how about you say my sister sœur and feminine We say my sister Well done So Amélie let's talk about my family to practice Can you ask me questions about my parents To ask you Father you say your father Okay Victor what's your father's name My father's name is Jean He is 60 years old What does he do for a living He is an engineer He is now retired Retired As a person he is very calm and very intelligent He enjoys reading Okay Your er name is Marie She is calm and intelligent And your mother what's your mother's name My mother is Marie Her name is Claire She is 58 years old She is a music teacher She is not calm Just like my father She's very energetic and very kind Okay Your mother's name is Claire She is energetic and kind Is your father energetic No my father isn't energetic He is calm It's my mother who is energetic It's a good exercise Think about your How are your parents Calm energetic Now it's your turn Amélie Tell me of your family Do you have any brothers or sisters Yes I have an older brother My brother s name is Léo He is 30 years old He is not an engineer He is still a student He is studying e story Okay So you have a brother you don't have a sister How old is your brother My brother a 30 years old And how is he What is his personality Léo is very funny He tells always making jokes He's also very athletic He loves playing football So your brother Léo It's fun and energetic—different from my parents who are calm and lively It's Interesting Victor can I share a little family memory to practice the past tense past tense Ah the passé composé That's a great idea It's a very important tense At the A2 level This is used to talk about a completed action in the past Yes Amélie tell us about your memory Last weekend I visited my parents and my brother we ate together in the garden because the weather was nice My mother made a large chocolate cake It was delicious While The meal my brother Léo told a very funny joke We laughed a lot It was a truly Have a wonderful day This is a wonderful keepsake Amélie You've used the past perfect tense very well So What did you do last weekend We had dinner together What about your mother She prepared She made a chocolate cake And what did your brother do He told a story A joke And the final question: did they cry No they laughed It's the opposite bravo After the immediate family comes the extended family the extended family that is the grandparents uncles aunts cousins Yes the vocabulary is simple Grandfather That's the grandfather Grandmother is the grandmother Uncle is the uncle Aunt is the aunt Aunt And cousin— for a boy it's cousin for a girl Perfect And the It can also describe them not just their personality but also their physical appearance For example hair or eye color You can say "he has hair" or "she has" eyes For hair you can say brown blond black or white You can also say long or short For eyes we can say blue green or brown Okay That's very useful for describing people family photos Exactly Look I have a photo here It's a picture of me with my Grandfather Let me describe him for you My grandfather's name is Paul He's fairly tall He has short white hair and blue eyes Okay Your grandfather is tall Does he have black hair No he doesn't have black hair He has white hair And his eyes Does he have brown eyes No he doesn't have brown eyes He has blue eyes My our Look here's a photo of my favorite cousin Her name is Chloé My cousin Chloé is quite small She has long brown hair and very beautiful green eyes Great So your cousine is small What about her hair She has long brown hair Does she have Short and blonde No it's the opposite She has long dark hair Now it's your turn Think of a person in your family—your father your mother your sister Try to describe them air and eyes For instance my mother has blonde hair and green eyes A brief pause And now Amélie it's time for the mega recap We're going to use everything we've learned we learned to make complete descriptions of our family It's an excellent exercise for our listeners I'm ready Shall I start or will you I'll start I'll describe it to you completely my mother Hélène Listen carefully My mother's name is Hélène She is 58 years old She is music teacher As a person she is very kind and very energetic Physically She is of medium height She has short brown hair and brown eyes The Finally she baked a delicious cake That's a very thorough description Okay I'm going to ask you some questions How old is your mother She is 58 years old Is she calm No She isn't calm—she's energetic What about her hair She has brown hair Perfect courts And what did she do last weekend She baked a cake I understand everything Now I'm going to describe my brother Léo in full Are you ready I am loan I'm listening My brother's name is Léo He's 30 years old He's studying history Like He is very funny and very athletic Physically he is tall with blond hair He's tall and has blue eyes Last weekend he told a very funny joke Very Well that's very clear So what does your brother do for work He doesn't have a job He's a student Is he short No he isn't short He's tall Does he have long hair and Bruns No he has short blond hair And what did he do last weekend He told me a joke Excellent You see by putting all this information together we can really present a person And now it's your turn It's your grand finale Choose a person your family Your father Your mother Your brother Your sister Your cousin And try out loud elegant provide a full description State her name State her age Describe her personality Detail Your hair and your eyes Don't be afraid to make mistakes What matters is trying I'll leave you now a little time Yes well done to everyone It was a very long lesson but I hope it was useful To conclude the final mission In the comments you are not asked for a description complete just one or two sentences Introduce a family member to us For example my sister Her name is Léa she is petite and has long hair Or my father is an engineer he is very Intelligent Yes we're eager to virtually meet your families—it's a wonderful way to practice Thank you so much for your attention and patience Thank you all Keep practicing That's the key to success Goodbye everyone And the podcast ends with the same Soft a cappella melody that had begun a few minutes earlier