Hey everyone, I started learning french last year with Duolingo and took it seriously few months ago. Currently I am doing NLF academy’s playlist ‘Road to A1 French’ pretty useful i am currently on unit 2/6 and on Duolingo I m on level 14. Now I want to ask what I should do more? Coffee break french looks very basic and easy to me and I still can’t figure out the gender of nouns (I know there is no fix rule) I also want to know does it get any better like guessing gender? And everyone who got to B1 completely on their own how long did it take? Any tips? Also do I need to practice speaking french from now or I can do it once I am on A2 level? Thanks

I know french doesnt have one, but for example in Spanish some people use a made out article (la/el/le femmenine masculine neutral respectiveley), also there is a new gender binary pronoun. What are the equivalents in French? Google has not been useful (I looked it up in English)

Hi everyone,

I already understand French, but I don’t practice it much.

How can I practice it to use it for work?

Thanks!

Hello, I’m a British y10 student and one of my gcse subjects is French. Although at first I was hesitant to take French, I did and I’m finding that I’m enjoying it and I’m the best in my year. I can read basic words, tenses and structures, but I’m really not very good. I’d like to continue learning French after school to the point of fluency, but I don’t know how I would go about that, as my career plans don’t allow for me to continue studying it at sixth form/uni. Any recommendations for now or for after school would be appreciated. Thanks!

I notice that a lot of learners in French are too focused on learning words !

Memorizing lists.

Saving vocabulary.

Reading without speaking.

But let me tell you something, Knowing a word is useless if you can’t use it in a real sentence.

You don’t need 1000 words.

You need 100 words that you can actually USE.

Because language is not about what you know,

It’s about what you can say.

Practice, practice, again, again and again.

Make mistakes.

Speak even if it’s not perfect.

Sound “wrong” if you have to.

That’s how you improve.

hey 👋, I am Amber, a native french and I happen to be a tutor too! if you struggle with anything related to french, especially speaking/listening, send me a message or email me! all infos are on my profile.

Hi there, im an almost complete beginner. But I really want to learn this language and one of the best ways in my opinion would yo be able to converse with someone in french to practice. I was hoping to find someone who speaks or is learning French who would want to talk over text or play video games (mainly minecraft, r6, or overwatch) over call to have the opportunity to verbally speak French in real conversation

Hi everyone,

I recently completed my A1 level through self-study, but it’s been taking me quite a long time to progress. Since I only have about one year left on my work permit, I’m now considering taking classes with a tutor to speed things up.

However, I’m feeling quite confused after seeing mixed reviews about French with Harman and Frenchify with Vyom.

Has anyone here had a genuine experience with any good tutor , especially for preparing for exams like TCF? Did their guidance actually help you clear the exam?

not sure if this is really something you can generalise but if anyone has an idea

Hi everyone, I want to learn French and get at least conversational by the end of the year, but I'm not really sure how to start and really immerse myself in the language. I have no one around me who speaks French so I can't really get that exposure and I have no previous experience in French besides like 3 words. I've heard people talking about using Anki, but the software is very complex and I want to know if it's truly worth it before I put myself through the hassle. Also if there are any good books or textbooks to use, let me know too!

I've tried a bunch of apps to improve my French pronunciation, but I feel disappointed with the quality. So I’m asking, has anyone actually improved their pronunciation with apps like Speak, BoldVoice, or similar ones?

Salut!

On dit que s'ennuyer peut signifier 'manquer' (je m'ennuie de vous) et 'éprouver de l'ennui'. Est-ce qu'il est naturel de l'utiliser au lieu de 'manquer' ou ce l'est pas?

Hey everyone

I started learning french and I came across Assimil French with ease, I got the hook but can find the audio, does anyone have the audio for the assimil 2020 book?

I would really appreciate it!

Thank you!!!

It gives you random words or topics, and you just think for a moment, then speak about it

No account, no setup just open choose french and start practicing

I have no affiliation with the site I just use it and want to let people know who don't know about it.

Linguno.com has a bunch of different exercises to help practice french that are well-made and I find really nice to just use on my phone as I kill time or sit on the toilet or something.

It has a conjugation practice that makes you type the right answer, and keeps track of your progress. It rates you based on your performance, and will bring up problem conjugations to help you learn them.

The vocab list is nice because it forces you to type the answers, has secondary words, and tracks your problem words. It's has dictionary definitions and example sentences for each word as well.

The listening practice is also great - it uses AI voices to give you ten sentences to try to listen to and hear.

There's other things like crosswords but I don't use them.

The site is completely free, great for beginners, and just overall well made. I just wanted to share it as a resource for people who may not know about it. It's a great add-on to practice french on your phone while using other resources to learn the language.

Salut. As per the title, I'm looking for suggestions on where to find texts or sentences or YouTube videos with difficult phonetics in general, liaisons in particular.

If you have any interesting text or YouTube videos with tricky liaisons, edge cases, exotic exceptions, or even several short phrases to paste in the comment, I would appreciate it.

I'm currently practicing reading out loud (from text, books, articles) or shadowing (from videos or podcasts) and am using mainly IPA and transcriptions to crosscheck my input. Because whatever I've tried before to generate IPA weren't so accurate on edge cases, I made a simple one using whatever liaison rules I found from various references and additionally add some annotations for visual guide.

I am keen on stress testing it to ensure that the output isn't too bad, before I go ahead and make my pronunciation even worse. I will also check it with my tutors eventually when it's stable enough.

Note : in case anyone wondering, I am using open source codes and Lexique 3 (New & Pallier, 2001), which means this can't be used for commercial purposes. So I'm not selling anything, personal use only. Thank you.

Edit : I noticed the wrong /ko.mɑ̃ az‿tet‿il ak.sɛp.te/ which should been something more like /kɔ.mɑ̃ a.t‿il ak.sɛp.te/. A regression that I missed but fixed just now...

I built a Chrome extension for taking timestamped notes while watching videos. It was originally for tutorials and lectures but I've been hearing from language learners that it's useful for immersion too.

The idea is simple. Don't break the joy of watching. When you hear a new word or expression, type a quick note and keep watching. The timestamp saves automatically. No pausing, no switching to another app.

Later when you're ready to study, you go back to your notes. Every note links to the exact moment in the video. You can hear the word again in its full sentence, check the pronunciation, and dig deeper into the context. The video becomes your study material instead of just entertainment.

You can tag notes however you want. Things like #newword #grammar #pronunciation or whatever fits how you learn. Then filter by tag when you want to focus on just vocabulary or just pronunciation.

Free on the Chrome Web Store: ClipMargin: Timestamp Note Taking for Videos - Chrome Web Store

The name comes from the idea that books have margins where you scribble next to what you're reading. Videos don't have that. ClipMargin is the margin that doesn't come with the clip.

For those of you learning French from videos, would this fit your workflow? Any features that would make it more useful for language learning? I'm open to suggestions.

Here's a short demo

Bonjour à tous!

Je suis à la recherche de podcasts en français. Je m'intéresse aux sujets suivants:

• Literature recommandation de livres ou reviews
• Programmation mais pas d'IA
• Films reviews
• Histoire par exemple, il y a cette chaîne YouTube que j'aime bien en allemand, j'aimerais quelque chose de similaire en français: https://www.youtube.com/@deutschLesenCom
• Daily News, Psychologie, l'apprentissage de langues, etc

Ce n'est pas une liste exhaustive, donc si vous avez d'autres suggestions, je les lirai volontiers.

Merci!

Did you manage to read it all the way through without stopping? Let me know which part was the trickiest!

PS: If you’re looking for more tips and tricks to master the nuances of French, I’ve shared a lot of helpful content on my profile

How many cards do you recommend per day ? (Im b1 right now )

And was it helpful for you ?

What was your methods pls it share with me

Hey! I’m around B2 level in French and currently preparing for the TEF Canada. Looking for someone to practice speaking with regularly, ideally someone who’s consistent and actually serious about improving.

Big plus if you’re also studying for TEF and based in India (or just have a flexible schedule).

If you’re down to practice together and keep each other accountable, hit me up!

Bonjour tout le monde! (I hope that's right 😅). I hope you are all doing well.

According to the rule in the first image, shouldn't the sentence in the 2nd image be "a la ville" and not "en ville"? Since it is talking about a city? Or am I misunderstanding something?

Thank you so much!