Speak French from day one — five-minute voice practice
Say Bonjour, a café order, and merci out loud. Five-minute sessions. The first two units are free.
- 5-min sessions
- Speak with Gu
- First two units free
Start French on the App Store or Google Play. The first two units are free.
Sound, vowels, and tu/vous — honest, then spoken.
What trips beginners up in French — and how you practice it out loud.
- Sound vs spelling
Silent finals and liaison make written French look longer than what you hear. Reading alone trains the wrong mouth shape.
- Vowel contrasts English blurs
ou versus u, rounded vowels, and nasals (an / on / un) need spoken loops, not silent flashcards.
- Gender, articles, and register
le / la / un / une and tu / vous have to land inside short polite exchanges, not only on a worksheet.
Say it out loud, then try the same French line again.
Say a French line out loud, and try it again.
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Say, retry
Gu turns a useful French line into a short speaking loop: sound contrast, greeting register, the name line, and polite phrase production.
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Real beginner situations
Greetings and introductions are practised out loud first. Café and directions arrive later in the structured path.
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Protect tomorrow’s five minutes
Use the daily-habit guidance linked on this page so the next five-minute session still happens.
Greetings and introductions — not a fluency promise.
Voice-first scenarios, not a time-to-fluency promise. Free week one is units 1–2 only. The meeting line is Enchanté. Café, the station, the bathroom, Bonsoir, and Pardon come later in the course.
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Greet
Bonjour. Salut. Bonsoir comes later in the course.
- 02
Goodbye and the polite cluster
Au revoir. S'il vous plaît. Merci. Excusez-moi. Pardon comes later in the course.
- 03
Soft formality
Bonjour, monsieur. Bonjour, mademoiselle. Formal versus informal: bonjour for a boss, salut for a friend.
- 04
Introduce yourself
Je m'appelle ___. Je suis ___. Enchanté.
Coming later in the course: café orders (Un café, s'il vous plaît · Je voudrais un café), the bathroom (Où sont les toilettes ?) and the station (Où est la gare ? · Pardon, où est la gare ?).
ou and u, one nasal, one liaison.
Quick mouth cues for saying each line out loud.
| Focus | French cue | Mouth note |
|---|---|---|
| ou vs u | vous / tu | ou like “oo”; u keeps the lips rounded with a tighter front vowel. |
| Nasal | bonjour / un | Air through the nose and the mouth. Don’t add an English “n” bang. |
| Liaison | vous êtes | The final consonant links to the next vowel — say the join. |
| Formality | Bonjour vs Salut · s'il vous plaît | Formal greeting versus a friend greeting; polite vous in please. |
Say these lines out loud.
Practice script — say these lines out loud. Café, station and bathroom lines come later in the course.
You: Bonjour ! / Salut !
Hello! / Hi!
You: Je m'appelle Alex. Enchanté.
My name is Alex. Nice to meet you.
You: Je suis étudiant. Je suis de France.
I’m a student. I’m from France.
You: S'il vous plaît. Merci. Excusez-moi.
Please. Thank you. Excuse me.
You: Bonjour, monsieur. / Bonjour, mademoiselle.
Hello, sir. / Hello, miss.
You: Au revoir.
Goodbye.
Three people who open French to speak, not to collect rules.
- English-speaking beginners
You want greetings and introductions aloud in week one.
- Returning learners
You can read some French but freeze when speaking.
- Travellers and newcomers
You want a small daily voice habit. Café and station lines come later in the course.
French next steps, sibling courses, and the habit pieces.
All languages
Browse every VoiGu course, including the other speaking pages.
German
Open the German course for short voice practice with Gu.
Spanish
Spanish speaking practice — café lines, directions, and ser versus estar.
A daily language habit
How to protect a five-minute session so tomorrow’s French still happens.
How speaking practice works
Say each line out loud, then try it again.
Get the app
Start speaking French free. The download links are on the get-app page.
See what Plus unlocks
Plus unlocks content beyond the first two free units.
Straight answers.
Do I need to know French spelling before I start speaking?
No. VoiGu starts with short spoken phrases; reading support can grow alongside speaking.
Does VoiGu teach France French, Canadian French, or both?
The French path is standard beginner French. There’s no separate France or Canada version.
How long until I can speak French?
Five-minute practice can build useful beginner phrases and a habit. It is not a fluency guarantee or a fixed-week clock.
Are the first French units free?
The first two units are free. They cover greetings and introducing yourself. Plus unlocks content beyond the first two free units; see /pricing. Start via /get-app.
Put a useful French greeting into your voice practice.
Say Bonjour… Je m'appelle… Enchanté out loud today — five minutes is enough to start.
The first two units are free.
Start French on the App Store or Google Play. The first two units are free.
Five minutes from now,
you'll know your first phrase.
Scan the QR code or grab the app — we'll see you on the path.
Start French on the App Store or Google Play. The first two units are free.