Learn French in Punjabi — all the way to TEF & TCF Canada.
Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening — ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਬੋਲੀ ਵਿੱਚ।
Free, clearly explained French lessons for Punjabi speakers — from your first words to TEF & TCF Canada level. No English in between.
ਆਮ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਇਸਤਰੀਲਿੰਗ (la/une): -tion, -sion, -ence, -ance, -ure, -ie, -té — la nation, la décision, la patience, la voiture, la réalité।
Usually feminine (la/une): -tion, -sion, -ence, -ance, -ure, -ie, -té — la nation, la décision, la patience, la voiture, la réalité.
Punjabi and Hindi use no article before a noun like "car" — French always needs one. Je vois voiture is wrong; it has to be Je vois la voiture.
Where should I start?
Pick the one that sounds like you — each door gives you an ordered plan, not a list of links.
Canada runs French-language category draws whose cutoffs have repeatedly landed far below the general rounds. Convert a practice score and see the points it earns.
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All 94 lessons →Start here
Follow the full A1 path →- French Alphabet & Sounds — for Punjabi SpeakersA1
- Everyday Greetings and Phrases for Punjabi SpeakersA1
- French Numbers, Dates and Time for TEF CanadaA2
- Être and Avoir Present Tense for Punjabi SpeakersA1
- Present Tense -ER Verbs: The Foundation of French GrammarA1
- French Articles: le, la, les, un, une, des ExplainedA1
Recently added
- DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP: The 16 Être Verbs for Punjabi SpeakersA2
- French Banking and Personal Finance Vocabulary for Punjabi SpeakersA2
- French Childcare and School Enrollment Vocabulary for ParentsA2
- French Healthcare System Vocabulary: Appointments, Pharmacy and InsuranceA2
- French Legal and Administrative Vocabulary for Punjabi SpeakersA2
- Conditionnel: Polite Requests, Hypotheticals, and CounterfactualsB1
Reading a rule isn't using it
Spaced repetition in your own browser. Weakest words come round the most.
le ou la
Pick the right article for common nouns, with the ending rules that predict it.
144 items
Verb conjugation
Fill the gap in a real sentence across five tenses.
486 items
Minimal pairs
Hear the difference between tu and tout, and the three nasal vowels.
35 items
Punjabi-speaker mistakes
The sentences Punjabi speakers get wrong most often, and why.
15 items
What this site is
FrenchPunjabi teaches French through Punjabi. Almost every French course available to a Punjabi speaker teaches through English, which puts a second language between you and the grammar — you end up translating twice, and the explanation is the part that gets lost. Here the explanation is in Punjabi, the examples are in French, and there is nothing in between.
Every lesson is a written page, not a video: French vocabulary with its gender marked, a Gurmukhi respelling so you can say the word before you can read it, the rule stated plainly, and the mistake a Punjabi speaker is most likely to make with it. Nothing is behind a signup, an app, or a paywall, and no lesson is hidden until you finish another one. There are around eighty lessons, and the same material is available in English and Hindi if you would rather read it that way.
How it is organised
Lessons are grouped two ways — by topic (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, exam strategy) and by CEFR level from A1 to B2 — because the two questions people actually arrive with are "where do I start?" and "how do I say this?". If you want the whole thing sequenced for you, the A1 and A2 pathways put the lessons and the practice in teaching order and remember where you stopped.
Reading a rule is not the same as being able to use it, so most lessons have a matching drill under Games. The drills are spaced repetition: a word you get wrong comes back sooner, a word you know comes back rarely, and your progress is stored in your own browser rather than on an account. They also work with JavaScript switched off — every drill sits above the full reference table it draws from, so the page is useful either way. The practice dashboard collects it into one view of what you actually know.
If you are learning French for immigration
French is one of the highest-leverage things you can do for an Express Entry profile. Reaching CLB 7 across all four abilities can add up to 50 CRS points, and Canada runs French-language category draws whose cutoffs have repeatedly landed far below the general rounds. That is the reason most people arrive here, and the site is built around it: the exam tracks cover TEF Canada and TCF Canada section by section, and the CLB calculator converts a practice score into the level IRCC actually awards points on.
Immigration figures on this site come from official IRCC pages, each lesson says the date it was accurate, and none of it is immigration advice — rules change, sometimes mid-year, so confirm anything you are about to act on against the government source the lesson links to.
Why Punjabi, not English
Almost every French course a Punjabi speaker can reach teaches through English — a second language sitting between you and the grammar. Here the explanation is in Punjabi and there is nothing in between.
- Written pages, not videos — skim, search, and re-read a rule in ten seconds.
- Gurmukhi respelling on every French word, so you can say it before you can read it.
- Each lesson names the mistake a Punjabi speaker is most likely to make with it.
- Nothing behind a signup, a paywall, or "finish this to unlock that".
Written by Puneet Kumar
A Toronto-based learner who went through the Canadian immigration system and studied French for the TEF and TCF Canada exams. Learning French as a Punjabi speaker entirely through English courses is what made the gap obvious — this site is the explanation that was missing.