Mathilde Kien

French Made Easy

Bite-sized and easy-to-follow French lessons for beginners. Join Mathilde as she teaches you the basics you need to know to kickstart your French learning journey, and ultimately speak French clearly and confidently. Each episode covers topics related to French grammar, French pronunciation, and French vocabulary. At the end of each episode, you can download the lesson's exercises – so you can start practicing what you've learned right away. Head to https://www.mathildekien.com/subscribe-library to subscribe to the free FME (French Made Easy) Exercise Library. 🗝

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Mathilde Kien

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Education

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Latest episode

Oct 20, 2026

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Episodes

164 - French Dictation #6 [Describing People] 04.12.2024

In this episode, you'll practice your French listening and writing skills with a beginner dictation practice themed around describing people. 🤍 Download the Dictation Workbook, and choose from two levels: Level 1 for beginners with some gaps to fill, and Level 2 for a bigger challenge. 🎧✏️ 📝 Dictation Workbook: Click here to download the workbook for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of...

163 - How to Conjugate “Avoir” (To Have) in French (Imperfect Tense) 27.11.2024

In this episode, I’ll break down the imperfect tense conjugation of ‘avoir’ (to have). 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. It's free!  🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy podcast lessons to help you practice and improve your French s...

162 - How to Conjugate “To Be” (Être) in French (Imperfect Tense) 20.11.2024

In this episode, I’ll break down the imperfect tense conjugation of ‘être’ (to be). 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. It's free!  🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy podcast lessons to help you practice and improve your French skil...

161 - 5 Common Reflexive Verbs (Present Tense) 11.11.2024

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use 5 common reflexive verbs in French, all in the present tense. 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy podcast lessons to help you practice and improve your French ski...

160 - French Dictation Practice for Beginners #5 [Family Members] 01.11.2024

In this episode, you'll practice your French listening and writing skills with a beginner dictation practice themed around family members. 🤍 Download the Dictation Workbook, and choose from two levels: Level 1 for beginners with some gaps to fill, and Level 2 for a bigger challenge. 🎧✏️ 📝 Dictation Workbook: Click here to download the workbook for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of kno...

159 - 25 School Words in French 28.10.2024

In this lesson, you’ll learn 25 school words in French. 📚✏️ 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy podcast lessons to help you practice and improve your French skills! Click here to access the FREE Librar...

158 - French Listening Comprehension Story for Beginners #5 📖✨ [Theme: Halloween] 22.10.2024

Practice your French listening skills with this Halloween-themed story: Élise et La Quête d'Halloween 🧙‍♀️✨ Click here   to download all the resources (free) for this episode. 📚 Story Transcript (French), English Translations, and Comprehension Questions & Answers Perfect for beginners and kids! Chapter markers: 00:02:56 💌 Chapitre 1: L'invitation 00:03:43 🌟 Chapitre 2: La reche...

157 - How to Say 'Hello' in French 15.10.2024

In this episode, you’ll learn how to say 'Hello,' 'Good morning,' 'Hi,' 'Good evening,' and even 'Bye' in French. 😊 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy...

156 - French Dictation Practice for Beginners #4 [Halloween] 08.10.2024

In this episode, you'll practice your French listening and writing skills with a beginner dictation practice themed around Halloween. 🕷🕸 Download the Dictation Workbook, and choose from two levels: Level 1 for beginners with some gaps to fill, and Level 2 for a bigger challenge. 🎧✏️ 📝 Dictation Workbook: Click here to download the workbook for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of know Fre...

155 - How to Say 'Do You Speak English?' in French 25.09.2024

In this episode, you’ll learn how to ask ‘Do you speak English?’ in French. 😊 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of know French, but can’t actually speak it? Get The French Fluency Gap Guide — your roadmap to the 5 fluency pillars every learner needs. See where you’re on track, where you’re stuck, and what...

154 - French Listening Comprehension Story for Beginners #4 📖✨ [Theme: Celebrations] 17.09.2024

Practice your French listening skills with this celebration-themed story: Une Invitation de Mariage 🏰 Click here   to download all the resources (free) for this episode. 📚 Story Transcript (French), English Translations, and Comprehension Questions & Answers Perfect for beginners and kids! 🪄 Feel like you kind of know French, but can’t actually speak it? Get The French Fluency Gap Guide — y...

153 - How to Say ‘Thank You’ in French 10.09.2024

In this episode, you’ll learn 3 ways to say ‘thank you’ in French. 😊 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of know French, but can’t actually speak it? Get The French Fluency Gap Guide — your roadmap to the 5 fluency pillars every learner needs. See where you’re on track, where you’re stuck, and what to focus...

152 - 25 Must-Know French Verbs for Beginners 01.09.2024

In this episode, you'll learn 25 essential French verbs that every beginner needs to know. 📝 Transcript: Click here   📓⚡️ Click here to download the comprehensive (and free) cheat sheet 25 Essential French Verbs for Beginners 📓⚡️. This cheat sheet includes conjugation tables for all these 25 verbs, for all beginners tenses and moods—present, past, future, subjunctive, conditional, and im...

151 - How to Say ‘You're Welcome’ in French 26.08.2024

In this episode, you’ll learn 4 ways to say ‘you’re welcome’ in French, both formal and informal. 😊👌  📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of know French, but can’t actually speak it? Get The French Fluency Gap Guide — your roadmap to the 5 fluency pillars every learner needs. See where you’re on track, whe...

150 - French Dictation Practice for Beginners #3 [Colors] 25.08.2024

In this episode, you'll practice your French listening and writing skills with a beginner dictation exercise themed around 'Colors'. Choose from two levels: Level 1 for beginners with some gaps to fill, and Level 2 for a bigger challenge. 🎧✏️ 📝 Workbook & Transcript: Click here to download the workbook and transcript for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of know French, but...

149 - How to Pronounce 8 French Pastries 16.08.2024

In this episode, you'll learn the name of 8 French pastries. 🍰🥐✨ 📝 Transcript: Click here 🪄 Feel like you kind of know French, but can’t actually speak it? Get The French Fluency Gap Guide — your roadmap to the 5 fluency pillars every learner needs. See where you’re on track, where you’re stuck, and what to focus on next. Click here to download it for free! 🤍 My 28-Day Grammar Challenge...

How to Pronounce 'Au Revoir' (Goodbye) in French 10.08.2024

In this episode, you’ll learn how to pronounce the French expression ‘au revoir’ (goodbye) 👋 📝 Transcript: Click here + French Sounds Cheat Sheet: click here 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy podcast lessons to help you practice and improve your French skills! Click here to access the FREE Library! 🔓...

148 - 10 Adverbs of Manner in French 06.08.2024

In this episode, you'll learn 10 common French adverbs of manner to help you express how actions are performed, e.g., 'Elle parle doucement' (She speaks softly) 🗣️ 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the Fren...

147 - French Dictation Practice for Beginners #2 [Numbers] 29.07.2024

In this episode, you'll practice your French listening and writing skills with a beginner dictation exercise themed around 'Numbers'. Choose from two levels: Level 1 for beginners with some gaps to fill, and Level 2 for a bigger challenge. 🎧✏️ 📝 Workbook & Transcript: Click here to download the workbook and transcript for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of know French, but...

146 - How to Build Negative Sentences [Part 2] 23.07.2024

In this lesson, you’ll learn new ways to make negative sentences in French. Please listen to Part I here first! 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy podcast lessons to help you practice and improve your...

145 - 15 French Words for Using Public Transportation 27.06.2024

In this lesson, you’ll learn 15 words for using public transportation. 🚌🚇 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy podcast lessons to help you practice and improve your French skills! Click here to access...

144 - 20 Airport Words in French 17.06.2024

In this lesson, you’ll learn 20 essential airport words in French. 🛫✨ 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises from the French Made Easy podcast lessons to help you practice and improve your French skills! Click here to access the...

143 - How to Use Contracted Articles in French (Au, Aux, Du, Des) 11.06.2024

In today’s lesson, you’ll learn how to use French contractions between the prepositions 'à' and 'de' and definite articles. For example, 'Je vais (à+le) marché' (I’m going to the market) contracts to 'Je vais au marché.' (These contractions are not optional!) 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this epis...

142 - French Dictation Practice for Beginners #1 [Introductions] 05.06.2024

In this episode, you'll practice your French listening and writing skills with a beginner dictation exercise, themed 'Introductions and Greetings'. Choose from two levels: Level 1 for beginners with some gaps to fill, and Level 2 for a bigger challenge. 🎧✏️ 📝 Workbook & Transcript: Click here to download the workbook and transcript for this episode. 🪄 Feel like you kind of kn...

141 - 10 Adverbs of Frequency in French 28.05.2024

In this episode, you'll learn 10 common French adverbs of frequency to help you express how often you do things, e.g., 'Je vais souvent au cinéma' (I often go to the cinema) 🎬 📝 Cheat Sheet & Transcript: Click here to download the cheat sheet and transcript for this episode. 🗝✨  FME Exercise Library:  Unlock your free Exercise Library and get 100+ beginner-friendly exercises...

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