Learn French with articles from the web

Parloquo translates articles from the web into French and adapts them to your level (A1–C2), from présent and passé composé to the subjonctif.

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On a computer as a browser extension. On your phone, you paste the text into the app.

The same paragraph at three levels

Original Alpine glaciers are melting faster than ever, researchers warn. Since 2000 they have lost a third of their ice.

Les glaciers des Alpes fondent très vite. Depuis 2000, ils ont un tiers de glace en moins. Les scientifiques sont inquiets.

Les glaciers des Alpes fondent plus vite que jamais, préviennent les chercheurs. Depuis 2000, ils ont perdu un tiers de leur glace.

Les glaciers alpins reculent à un rythme sans précédent, alertent les chercheurs : depuis 2000, ils ont perdu un tiers de leur masse de glace.

Grammar at each level

Up to B1, Parloquo only uses the grammar that syllabi set for each level. Each level adds what is listed here. The terms are in the language you are learning.

A1: présent, futur proche (aller + infinitif), négation ne … pas
connecteurs : et, mais, parce que
A2: passé composé, imparfait (descriptions), pronoms COD/COI
B1: futur simple, conditionnel présent, subjonctif présent après il faut que / vouloir que, plus-que-parfait, passif simple
B2: Normal newspaper style; only very long sentences and rare words adapted
C1: Close to the original; only convoluted sentences split up
C2: The original text; pages in other languages are translated

What Parloquo takes care of in this language

Word card. Parloquo looks up the base form, translation, part of speech and, for verbs, the conjugation with an AI dictionary, together with the meaning in the sentence.

How it works

Open an article

Open an article in your browser, in any language. On your phone, copy the text and paste it into the Parloquo app.

Click the Parloquo icon

The Parloquo icon is at the bottom right of the page. Click it or press Alt+Shift+S, and Parloquo translates the article paragraph by paragraph and adapts it to your level, headings included. Ads, navigation and comments are left out. A second click shows the original again.

Look up words

Click a paragraph, then a word. The word card shows the base form, translation, tense, person, the conjugation table and the meaning in this sentence.

Guide Installation, word card, exercises, vocabulary deck and the phone app, explained step by step. Read the guide →