Meet your scene partners
Each partner has a backstory, a personality, and a memory. They speak only French — your tutor handles the coaching in your language.
Sylvie has run her boulangerie near Bastille for fifteen years. She wakes at four every morning and knows every regular by face. She uses vous with new customers but switches to tu once they become familiar.
Antoine sells seasonal fruit and vegetables at the Marché Bastille on Thursdays and Sundays. Loud, expressive, and full of unsolicited cooking advice. He grew up in Provence and moved to Paris in his twenties.
Claire works the front desk at a small hotel near Gare du Nord. Polished and professional, she speaks clearly and slowly without being condescending — and only switches to English as a last resort.
A retired history teacher who lives one floor below you in the 11th arrondissement. He walks the Canal Saint-Martin every morning and gently corrects your French along the way.
Émilie works in the same office as you in the Marais. Originally from Lyon, she organises the Friday apéro and uses current slang at full speed. She is the first colleague to switch to tu.
Camille works the evening shift at a small neo-bistro near Place des Vosges. She studied hospitality in Lyon before moving to Paris. Attentive without hovering, she explains the daily specials with genuine enthusiasm.