French With A Twist
Jacob and Claire
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Jacob and Claire host a podcast where Jacob learns conversational French from scratch with the help of his French friend Claire, all while enjoying cocktails. The show follows Jacob's journey to fluency, blending language lessons with casual, friendly conversation.
Episodes
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42. Walking The Dog & "Comparatives (PT2)" 15.06.2026 1h 6mIn this week's episode, Claire goes for a walk with her dog in the snow, Jacob gets back from Spain, and we finish off comparatives and superlatives, learning how to say "by far/much/way"! You can find all the notes from this episode in the Google Doc below!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click HereWebsite: Click Here
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41. Sleepless Nights & "Comparatives (PT1)" 01.06.2026 49mIn this week's episode, Jacob didn't sleep at all thanks to some old ladies getting him drunk, we learn a few more participle pairs, and learn the rules of how to make comparatives and superlatives in French!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click HereWebsite: Click Here
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40. Claire's Favourite Present & "What Comes Next" 18.05.2026 53mIn this week's episode, we talk about Claire's favourite present she got for Christmas, and learn what happens when you have a noun/adjective/preposition + verb!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click HereWebsite: Click Here
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39. French Christmas & "Pour" 04.05.2026 58mIn this week's episode, we talk about Claire's Christmas, and learn how to use "pour" in the meaning of "in order to" in French!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click HereWebsite: Click Here
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38. Passive & Impersonal Sentences 20.04.2026 1h 6mIn this week's episode, we learn how to make passive and impersonal sentences in French, as well as have a little chat about Jacob's time in Koh Samui. Hope you enjoy and find the notes of the vocab from this episode in the Google Doc linked below!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click HereWebsite: Click Here
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37. Reverse Perspective Verbs & Participles (PT2) 06.04.2026 1h 2mIn this week's episode, Jacob and Claire start off with a little chat talking about Jacob's time in Australia, then move on to looking at how to use reverse perspective verbs (e.g. I miss you) in different tenses, and finish off with a few more participles!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click HereWebsite: Click Here
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36. Claire's Dog & "Participles" (PT1) 22.03.2026 58mIn this week's episode, Jacob is in Bali, Claire talks about her dog, and we learn how to say participle pairs like "disgusted/digusting" in French! As always you can find all the vocab from this episode in the Google Doc linked below!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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35. More Maldives & "Gerunds (PT2)" 09.03.2026 53mIn this week's episode, Jacob tries to tell Claire about his bad hotel experience in the Maldives, and we learn all about what we would say in French when we would use gerunds (ING) in English. It's actually an important topic despite the name so make sure to listen to the whole thing!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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34. Using "En" & "Y" As Pronouns 23.02.2026 1hIn this week's podcast we do a deep dive into how and when to use "en" and "y" as pronouns - which is something used all the time in real life French so we hope you find it useful! You can find all the extra vocab that came up in this episode in the Google Doc, and a summary of all the grammar in our beautiful summary leaflet - both linked below!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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33. Jacob's Trip To England & "Gerunds (PT1)" 09.02.2026 1hIn this week's episode, Jacob attempts to tell Claire about his trip to England, we learn how to say "I can't wait to do something" and we learn about French gerunds! You can find all the vocab from this episode in the Google Doc linked below and a summary of all the grammar in our leaflet!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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32. Reverse Perspective Verbs 26.01.2026 1h 1mIn this week's episode, Jacob and Claire practice making some sentences in different tenses, and learn how and when to use reverse perspective verbs! You can find all the vocab from this episode in the Google Doc below!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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31. Reflexive Verbs (PT2) 12.01.2026 51mIn this week's episode, we have a deep dive (maybe a bit too deep) into reflexive verbs, and spend way too much time on weird rules about agreement that really don't matter at this stage. But it's all part of the journey! ---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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30. Would, Imperatives & Reflexive Verbs (PT1) 29.12.2025 57mIn this week's episode, Jacob learns how to say "would" in French, as well as how to make imperatives. We finish off with a quick intro to reflexive verbs! You can find all the notes from today's episode in the Google Doc linked below!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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29. First Ever Conversation & StoryTime 15.12.2025 1hIn this week's episode, Jacob attempts to have his first ever mini conversation, then we do some practice of making Perfect Past sentences, and lastly finish off with a bit more of Bob and Bernadette's banana story! You can find the vocab from today's episode in the Google Doc linked below.---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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28. Practice With -RE Verbs & StoryTime 01.12.2025 1hIn this week's episode, Jacob and Claire practice conjugating some -RE verbs, then continue with StoryTime! You can find all the notes from this episode in the Google Doc below.---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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27. Practice With -IR Verbs 17.11.2025 42mIn this week's episode, Jacob and Claire practice conjugating a bunch of regular -IR verbs, which Jacob really needed to get the conjugation pattern in his head! A bit of a dry episode, but sometimes that's what's needed to get something in your head!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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26. A Lot Of Swearing & "Falloir" 03.11.2025 1h 1mIn today's episode Jacob has a hangover from hell, Claire says "fuck", and we learn how to use "falloir" in every tense!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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25. Imperfect (PT3) & StoryTime 20.10.2025 54mIn today's episode we practice making more sentences in the imperfect past, and start our first ever "StoryTime" - turning a silly English story into French using everything we've learnt so far!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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24. Imperfect (PT2) & The Future 06.10.2025 58mIn today's episode we learn more imperfect past, as well as learn how to make the future tense! Things are getting real!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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23. Imperfect (PT1) 22.09.2025 50mIn this week's episode, we start the imperfect past! We look at how to form it, when to use it, and look at examples with To Be and our key verbs. Hope you enjoy!---Leaflet: Click HereYouTube: Click HereGoogle Doc: Click Here
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