# First steps: Where I'm from

**Language:** French  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Listen in as Amélie and Jérémie talk about where they come from in real, everyday French. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** A bus stop on a busy street in Hochelaga in Montréal on a weekday morning. Amélie waits here every day, and today Jérémie starts talking to her. They are on tu with each other.

## Lessons

### 1. Saying where you're from

Amélie and Jérémie get talking at the bus stop and find out they are from different countries.

### 2. Saying which city you're from

Amélie and Jérémie name the cities they grew up in.

### 3. Saying where you live now

Amélie and Jérémie discover they both live in the same neighbourhood.

### 4. Saying which street you live on

Jérémie and Amélie work out that they live a couple of streets apart.

### 5. Saying which languages you speak

Jérémie and Amélie compare the languages they each speak.

### 6. Talking about countries you know

Jérémie asks Amélie whether she knows Haiti, and she says she does not.

### 7. Saying where your family lives

Jérémie and Amélie say where their families are.