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Coffee Break French

Learn French in coffee-break lessons from the Radio Lingua Network. In each lesson we'll focus on the language you need to know and before long you'll be making yourself understood with native French ... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

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CBF 2:22 | Introducing the imperfect tense

CBF 2:22 | Introducing the imperfect tense

In this week’s lesson we look at another tense used to talk about the past: the imperfect tense. We learn how to constru... Read more

1 Aug 2009

22mins

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CBF 2:04 | Using the present tense to make arrangements

CBF 2:04 | Using the present tense to make arrangements

In this week’s lesson, Mark and Anna talk about making arrangements. By looking more closely at the grammar behind the F... Read more

7 Feb 2009

19mins

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CBF 2:07 | A review of regular and irregular verbs

CBF 2:07 | A review of regular and irregular verbs

In this week’s lesson, Mark puts Anna and our listeners to the test on the verbs we have been looking at in the past few... Read more

7 Mar 2009

20mins

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The CBF Verb Fix 108 – Vouloir

The CBF Verb Fix 108 – Vouloir

In this lesson we’re looking at the irregular verb vouloir meaning “to want”. Vouloir is another irregular verb so we ne... Read more

9 Jul 2013

15mins

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CBF 1:01 | How are you?

CBF 1:01 | How are you?

Welcome to the very first episode of Coffee Break French! To kick start the series we're starting with the basics as we'... Read more

26 Sep 2007

16mins

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CBF-ER 1.01 | En Route pour la Côte d'Azur

CBF-ER 1.01 | En Route pour la Côte d'Azur

In episode 1, Mark sets off en route for the south of France and arrives in Nice. On the way he explains the objectives ... Read more

29 Nov 2017

14mins

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CBF Mag 1.10 | La Tour Eiffel

CBF Mag 1.10 | La Tour Eiffel

It's the most visited monument in the world and at the time of its construction it was the tallest building in the world... Read more

28 Oct 2019

30mins

Ranked #8

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Season 1 – Lesson 36 – Coffee Break French

Season 1 – Lesson 36 – Coffee Break French

Coming up in this lesson:In this week’s show, we are continuing our series of dialogues recorded in Pornic and Sainte-Ma... Read more

10 Sep 2008

22mins

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C'est parti ! Coffee Break French Travel Diaries Episode 1

C'est parti ! Coffee Break French Travel Diaries Episode 1

Welcome to this brand new series from Coffee Break French for intermediate learners. While it's not so easy to travel ri... Read more

4 Jun 2020

24mins

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CBF 4:40 | C'est or il est?

CBF 4:40 | C'est or il est?

In the final episode of the series we join Matthieu who is replying to Gabrielle’s email – for the last time! As ever Ma... Read more

27 Jul 2015

31mins

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CBF Mag 1.01 | La Raclette

CBF Mag 1.01 | La Raclette

The Coffee Break French team is back with a new series, the Coffee Break French Magazine. In each episode of this 10-les... Read more

13 May 2019

26mins

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CBF 3:40 | Translation exercises and dictation exercise

CBF 3:40 | Translation exercises and dictation exercise

This episode marks the end of an era! It’s the final lesson of Season 3 of Coffee Break French. We first met Alf, Katie ... Read more

20 Mar 2012

13mins

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CBF 3:30 | Idiomatic expressions and grammar review

CBF 3:30 | Idiomatic expressions and grammar review

It’s time for another lesson of Coffee Break French and this week we join Alf in his final text. He has been writing a d... Read more

15 Oct 2011

13mins

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CBF Mag 1.06 | Le Neuvième Art

CBF Mag 1.06 | Le Neuvième Art

In this episode of the Coffee Break French Magazine we're talking "bande dessinées", comic books. The French-speaking wo... Read more

2 Sep 2019

37mins

Ranked #15

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CBF 4:02 | Métro-boulot-dodo

CBF 4:02 | Métro-boulot-dodo

In this lesson our new series, we’ll be listening to Sylvie’s reply to Monique’s email from last week. The lesson is pre... Read more

4 Nov 2013

15mins

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The CBF Verb Fix 101 – PARLER

The CBF Verb Fix 101 – PARLER

In this lesson we’re looking at the verb parler meaning “to speak” or “to talk”. Parler is an example of a regular -er v... Read more

25 Apr 2013

16mins

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CBF 1:22 | Checking in to a hotel

CBF 1:22 | Checking in to a hotel

In this episode, you’ll learn how to book into a hotel in France – something which is likely to be very useful when on h... Read more

23 May 2008

16mins

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CBF 2:34 | Grammar review "we're going to make some progress"

CBF 2:34 | Grammar review "we're going to make some progress"

In this week's episode of Coffee Break French David and Christina decide to join Jean-Jacques and Sophie for dinner in t... Read more

4 Feb 2010

26mins

Ranked #19

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CBF Mag 1.09 | Non, rien de rien ...

CBF Mag 1.09 | Non, rien de rien ...

An extraordinary voice and life story filled with success and tragedy in almost equal measure, the "Little Sparrow" is t... Read more

14 Oct 2019

34mins

Ranked #20

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CBF 2:27 | After having done something

CBF 2:27 | After having done something

In this week's lesson we’re building on the verbal constructions we’ve been learning over the past few weeks and introdu... Read more

30 Sep 2009

20mins

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