Learn French: Nous parlons français à la maison.

Nous parlons français à la maison.

We speak French at home.

Breakdown of Nous parlons français à la maison.

français

French

nous

we / us (object pronoun)

Questions & Answers about Nous parlons français à la maison.

How do we get parlons from the verb parler?

Parler (to speak) is a regular -er verb. To use it with nous (we), you drop the -er at the end to get the stem (parl-), and then add the nous ending, which is -ons. This gives us nous parlons.

Why isn't français capitalized?

In French, the names of languages are never capitalized. You write français, anglais, and espagnol with lowercase letters.

Shouldn't there be a le before français?

Normally, languages use the masculine article le (like le français). However, when the language comes immediately after the verb parler (to speak), it is standard to leave the article out.

Does à la maison literally mean 'at home'?

Literally, it translates to 'at the house' (à = at, la = the, maison = house). But in French, this is the standard and most common way to say 'at home'.