Learn French
by playing
French is easier to learn in small daily doses than in long sessions. Piquoli has you review the words you find hardest every day, with a recorded French voice for every word and every sentence.
Why learn French with Piquoli?
- ✓Spoken on five continents, and an official language of Belgium, Switzerland and Canada.
- ✓Every noun learnt with its article (le, la, l'), so gender is never a guess.
- ✓Everyday sentences for restaurants, hotels, shops and work.
- ✓Grammar explained in English, with an example after every answer.
- ✓More than 2,700 words and sentences from level A1 to A2, in 43 themes.
A few words to start with
| English | French |
|---|---|
| hello | bonjour |
| thank you | merci |
| dog | le chien |
| house | la maison |
| Where is the station? | Où est la gare ? |
What makes French hard, and how Piquoli helps
Every French noun is either masculine or feminine, and there is rarely a rule to tell which. Piquoli never shows a noun on its own: you always learn “le chien” or “la maison”, so the right article becomes a reflex.
Spelling and sound drift apart: silent letters, liaisons, and words like “eau” that sound nothing like they look. Every word is spoken by a recorded French voice that you can replay and slow down, and Dictation teaches you to write what you hear.
Finally, there are false friends: “librairie” is a bookshop, “actuellement” means currently. Piquoli puts these words into full sentences, so you remember their real meaning.
What you learn, level by level
Piquoli follows the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). You start with the essentials and move up at your own pace.
The basics: introducing yourself, greetings, numbers, colours, family, food, home.
Everyday life: shopping, travelling, health, work, weather, asking the way.
Levels B1, B2 and C1 are already written and arrive with the updates, at no extra cost.
Ten minutes a day, the right way
Learning a language is not an hour of revision on Sunday: it is a little every day. Piquoli is built for that. A game lasts a few minutes, the daily goal tells you when you have done enough, and your day streak makes you want to come back tomorrow.
Behind the games, spaced repetition decides what you review: a missed word comes back soon, a well-known word comes back less and less. You spend your time on what you do not know yet, not on what you already know.
Each word is practised in several ways: reading it, hearing it, recognising it, writing it, using it in a sentence. That variety is what makes it stick for good.
6 games to learn French
Flashcards
Spaced repetition: the words you find hard come back more often, the ones you know come back less.
Matching game
Match each word with its translation, as fast as you can.
Sentences
Build or write the translation of everyday sentences.
Listening
Hear a word and find it: to train your ear to the pronunciation.
Dictation
Listen to a sentence and write it without mistakes.
Memory
Find the word / translation pairs in as few moves as possible.
Questions about learning French
How long does it take to learn French with Piquoli?
With ten minutes a day, the essential words of level A1 stick quickly. Piquoli currently covers from level A1 to A2: enough to hold a simple everyday conversation.
Can I learn French for free?
Yes: the “Basics” and “Colours” themes are free forever, and the 7-day trial opens all of Piquoli, with no card needed. After that, the subscription starts at €2.99 a month.
Does Piquoli replace a French course?
Piquoli is ideal for vocabulary, listening and everyday sentences, and it works very well alongside a course or school: it makes you review every day what you would otherwise forget.
Start for free
The “Basics” and “Colours” themes are free forever, and the trial gives you 7 days of full access, with no card needed. On Mac, Windows, or straight in your browser.
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