Try a French Story
Here is a taste of what learning French with MeloLingua feels like. This is an excerpt from one of our beginner-level stories. Notice how natural vocabulary and grammar flow within the narrative, making everything easier to remember than isolated word lists ever could.
Le soleil se leve doucement sur les toits de Paris. Marie ouvre la fenetre de son petit appartement dans le Marais. L'air frais du matin porte l'odeur des croissants de la boulangerie d'en bas.
The sun rises gently over the rooftops of Paris. Marie opens the window of her small apartment in the Marais. The fresh morning air carries the smell of croissants from the bakery below.
"Bonjour!" crie le boulanger quand elle entre dans la boutique. "Comme d'habitude, Marie?" Elle sourit et hoche la tete. Un cafe creme et un pain au chocolat. C'est son petit rituel du matin, et elle ne le changerait pour rien au monde.
"Good morning!" the baker calls out when she enters the shop. "The usual, Marie?" She smiles and nods. A coffee with cream and a chocolate croissant. It is her little morning ritual, and she would not change it for anything in the world.
Assise pres de la fenetre, elle regarde les gens passer dans la rue. Un homme promene son chien. Deux enfants courent vers l'ecole, leurs sacs a dos rebondissant a chaque pas. Une vieille dame arrose ses fleurs sur le balcon d'en face. La vie parisienne, simple et belle.
Seated near the window, she watches people pass by in the street. A man walks his dog. Two children run toward school, their backpacks bouncing with each step. An old lady waters her flowers on the balcony across the way. Parisian life, simple and beautiful.
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