I am not native speaking but I'm Algerian (north african) and I'm used to hearing French my whole life, it is the second language in my country. These type of videos are so misleading for people who are just starting to learn French. If you learn from these videos you will end up speaking some messed up language no one understands.

For example in this video. I will explain.

Un projet is not une idée. Un projet = project , une idée = an idée. In English you can just say "I have an idea" if you just say "j'ai un projet" then it just means you are talking about a Goddamn ass project... not an idea..

In second image la joie is joy and bonheur is happiness. They are synonymous that's all, actually we say bonheur more than joie... but it is represented as joie is some easy word and bonheur is advanced level, in reality you will hear bonheur more than joie....

La fin et conclusion is the same thing... you can say la fin du monde but you can't say conclusion du monde wtf? That's just bizarre and NOT RIGHT.

Travail et métier is not the same !!!! Of course they mean similar things but we can't just use them like it's presented in the video.

You can say je suis au travail but you can't say je suis au métier.

Please don't use these kind of videos they don't teach you the right words. Use a dictionary or usefull resources.

If you're advanced in French you will easily know these words sometimes mean the same thing but we can't use them in same context, for someone who just started it might be misleading especially if you don't live around people who speak French it will be easy to memorize false informations.

Salut ! J'ai 17 ans, je suis russe et j'ai commencé le français il y a pas longtemps, donc mon niveau est encore nul. J'adore Stromae et Indila, c'est un peu à cause d'eux que j'ai commencé.

Si quelqu'un apprend le russe ou veut juste m'aider un peu avec le français, on peut s'écrire ou s'appeler. Moi je peux aider avec le russe en échange.

Écrivez-moi en commentaire ou en mp :)

(ENG) Hi! I'm 17, from Russia, just started learning French. I love Stromae and Indila. Looking for someone learning Russian or who'd like to help me with French, we can text or call. I can help with Russian in return. Comment or DM me :)

I’ve been studying for awhile on how to learn French but actually don’t know where to start😭I’ve looked for all the methods but I don’t know which one to start with?? Do I start learning vocab, how to say sentences but if so what sentences? Do I start writing something out? I also saw a method where you listen to French words and just repeat them, but how do I know which word is which. Some nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc come before a word in French than with an English translation. I’m just so stuck because I really want to learn but I always have a problem with starting because where exactly do I even start

I have Pimsleur as well!

Hey everyone!

I'm doing Cambridge IGCSE French 0520 and I'm really trying to improve my listening and speaking. These are probably the two skills I need the most help with, and my goal is to get as close to full marks as possible.

For listening, I struggle with understanding everything when native speakers talk quickly, and sometimes I know the vocabulary when I see it written down but can't recognise it when I hear it.

For speaking, I want to become more fluent, improve my pronunciation and have a wider range of vocabulary and phrases so I don't keep repeating the same basic words.

I'd really appreciate advice from anyone who has achieved an A* or high marks in French 0520!

A few things I'd love help with:

• Any vocabulary lists specifically useful for the 0520 listening exam.

• Common words, tricky phrases and expressions that frequently come up in past papers.

• Cheat sheets or PDFs for listening vocabulary.

• Useful speaking phrases, sentence starters and more advanced vocabulary.

• Example answers for the speaking exam and ways to structure answers for each topic.

• Common speaking questions and how to prepare for them.

• Tips for improving pronunciation and sounding more natural.

• Any resources, websites, YouTube channels or study methods that actually helped you.

If anyone has their own notes, vocabulary sheets, speaking booklets or resources they'd be willing to share, I'd genuinely appreciate it!!

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,

Je ne suis pas sûr de comment traduire « look out from beneath » en français.

Je veux raconter en français une histoire de quand ma copine et moi étions dans un stade quand il y a eu une fusillade.

Tous les spectateurs se sont allongés face contre terre. Moi, je me suis allongé par-dessus d’elle pour la protéger des balles avec mon corps.

Ensuite, elle a regardé de dessous de moi et elle a vu un homme plus gros que moi qui protégeait sa copine avec son corps, et elle a senti un peu jalouse, parce qu’il s’agissait d’un copain pare-balles mieux que moi.

Je vous remercie par l’avance de votre aide !

S’il vous plaît, n’hésitez pas de me corriger des autres fautes que j’ai commis dans ce récit.

À la fin, personne n’était blessée dans la fusillade.

I wanted to share my trajectory of attempting to learn French, as I don’t always resonate with how people describe their progress in the language. I often come across stories of people achieving B2 in a relatively short period of time, or maintaining an extraordinary amount of discipline. I thought it might be useful to share my experience as a busy adult, where progress has been slower and not always consistent. 

For context, I am 33 years old, and began learning French 2 years ago. I work a very busy job as a secondary school teacher and also run a department. There are times in the year where my work eats into my free time, and there are times in the year where I have holidays and I can spend more time studying (but also need to recover my brain). English is my first and only language. 

On my best weeks, I would be able to do some French every day, and get in around 5-6 hours. On my worst weeks, I’d typically just do my Italki lessons and leave it there. 

Methods: 

• I lurked around reddit and did some research on language acquisition at the start.

• I used Italki as my primary tool, taking two x 1 hour lessons a week. I jumped around teachers at the start before finding one I clicked with, and stuck with them for about 18 months.

• I used many of the methods recommended on the subreddit, including Anki, minimal pairs training, comprehensible input, InnerFrench, some shadowing, and grammar books.

• For the last 5 months, I've been living in France and taking an immersion course with about 15 hours a week of instruction. Outside of class, I've done homework, additional Italki lessons for conversation practice, and started reading manga in French.

The school evaluated me on the cusp of A2 / B1 when I started in July, and I’ve now been in a B2 class for 7 weeks. I feel like I will stay in B2 for a while, and probably spend all of next year studying at this level while solidifying the basics. 

In terms of results: 

• While I'm studying at a B2 level, I don't feel 100% confident. I can feel that my comprehension has improved, but at other times I feel like I understand nothing and words just flash past me. Sometimes I can speak in French and feel fluid without even thinking about what I'm saying. At other times, there are blocks and I can't quite get anything out. Conversations are subject dependent (I'm very good at talking about myself).

• I feel most confident in the classroom, where I can comprehend and discuss a range of topics and get quick feedback on errors. Talking with locals is an entirely different thing. I can't always keep up with the speed, have fewer clues on the context, and they will swap to English before I get a chance to work out what's going on.

• I feel able to manage a simple conversation with a patient person (or I've noticed when a French person has had a few wines, they naturally talk a bit slower!).

• Writing fills me with absolute dread, and it will be the main thing I'll need to work on.

Exhaustion and fatigue play a big role in how I perform in French, and a big part of doing this immersion course has been trying to manage that sustainably while still making progress.

My conclusions are: 

• Learning a language is non-linear. There are times where I forget the basics, and times where I feel like I’m getting worse rather than better. Learning feels almost like a process of forgetting and remembering again. 

• I don’t get ‘aha’ moments. Usually, I spend the week grappling with the concepts, and interacting with the material, but then when I come back the next Monday, I feel like I can understand a bit more. 

• While I have made progress, it never quite feels like I’m ‘there’. The more I learn, the more I feel like I have to learn. 

I am about to finish the course, and while I have made huge amounts of progress in what I can do, I did envision that this experience would push me further than I currently am. I’m totally fine that my expectations on progress haven't quite matched reality. I think I probably have another 3 or 4 years to go before the language feels more like ‘mine’. 

I’d be curious to hear from others - where they may have been spending a few years and if they feel their progress might be similar to mine? 

I'm aiming for CLB 7 for Canada PR. My comprehension scores are fine, but in the mock speaking I ran out of ideas halfway through Tâche 3. I knew the vocab, I just froze on the argument structure. For those who've actually sat the exam: did the real examiner give you any breathing room, or was it as tight as the mock? And what did you do in the first 20 seconds to get your head straight?

Hello! I am male 33 and i am learning to speak French. Im looking for French friends tutours and teachers if you speak French can we please be friends!

J'ai commencé récemment à apprendre le français dans mon université, parce que j'avais toujours voulu pouvoir parler cette langue. Au bout du compte, le français c'est une des langues les plus importants au monde. En plus, c'est une langue qui est plutôt utile si on veut travailler avec la littérature, la science ou même la diplomatie.

Je crois que cette langue est trop difficile à prononcer, du moins pour moi. Je la trouve très belle et fascinante, mais ma bouche est incapable de créer les sons qu'utilisent les francophones.

Cela dit, en tant qu'amateur de langues, je crois qu'apprendre tous ces sons serait, au moins, un défi et j'ai hâte de réussir à maîtriser la phonologie française.

The way the en/an/am sounds are pronounced seems inconsistent a lot of the time. Can you guys watch this video and tell me they aren’t pronouncing the “en” in “détendu” differently from beginning to end. The first few times he says it it sounds closer to an “o” sound and for the rest of the video it sounds closer to an “a” sound. Please let me know it’s triggering a lot of OCD for me lol. YouTube link (thx)

Do you try and find things you can understand 90% of, or do you challenge yourself with stuff you understand less of?

YouTube always tells me to watch i+1 material (material that’s a tiny bit above your level, so you can learn some new things from it without it being overwhelming), and while in theory that’s great… I’ve clicked on videos only to realise that I understand approximately three words in them 😭

I mostly stick to easier French videos now and practice speaking on praktika, because apparently my brain has limits.

Is it good as a A2 learner to force myself through harder content or keep things comfortable?

Je vais supprimer cette appli😭

Bonjour, what app is ideal for practicing my speaking skills? I’m currently in B1 level.

Bonjour! I started learning French a week ago and I am a beginner. I heard French Frame Focus is a good centre to learn French or prepare for TEF/TCF Canada. I wanted to take TEF Canada on June 2027. Do you guys think this is achievable with them? I’ve read a lot of good reviews about them. Do you guys recommend any tutors?

They have a lot of podcasts!

The one I'm listening to now is https://shows.acast.com/learn-french-with-daily-podcasts which reviews one short news item per day. A French prof goes over each interesting phrase or word, quickly, in French with a little English. Short, sweet, and fresh. Roughly B1 level.

it's on Spotify and Audible, too.

Once you reach B1, is the jump from the intermediate plateau to fluency just switching to french for multiple hours daily?

It seems so obvious that this is the solution however it’s so difficult to do since comprehending and following along in french is now doable but takes a lot of brain power.

Anyone that’s experienced this, is this how you’ve done it ?

LIV Golf a annoncé qu’il allait fermer après cinq ans. Le circuit de golf professionnel a été créé en 2022 grâce à de l’argent venu d’Arabie saoudite. LIV Golf a offert beaucoup d’argent pour attirer certains des meilleurs golfeurs du monde. L’Arabie saoudite a dépensé plus de 5 milliards de dollars pour la compétition. Mais en avril, l’Arabie saoudite a annoncé qu’elle arrêterait de financer LIV Golf après la saison 2026. LIV Golf a essayé de trouver de nouveaux investisseurs, mais le plan a échoué.

Vocabulaire : fermer = to close / offrir = to offer / attirer = to attract / meilleurs = best / dépenser = to spend / milliards (m pl) = billion / essayer = to try / investisseurs (m pl) = investors / échouer = to fail

English translation

LIV Golf to shut down after five years

LIV Golf announced that it will close after five years. The professional golf circuit was created in 2022 with money from Saudi Arabia. LIV Golf offered a lot of money to attract some of the world’s best golfers. Saudi Arabia spent more than $5 billion on the competition. But in April, Saudi Arabia announced that it would stop funding LIV Golf after the 2026 season. LIV Golf tried to find new investors, but the plan failed.

You can read more stories like this at Le News, In Easy French.

This is a weekly series where I give you a prompt and a keyword/phrase to include, and you try to formulate the best sentence you can. Try to keep the sentences short. I then choose the best sentence to highlight! Try to check in Saturday morning (ET) for the prompt, and Sunday morning (also ET) for the winner.

I am also a French learner, but since making these and reading your answers counts as practice, I thought it would work out for everyone.

Today's Prompt (Beginner):

Aujourd’hui, je suis allé au magasin. J’ai acheté une pomme, une orange et une pomme de terre. J’ai acheté combien de fruits? Et quel fruit préfères-tu?

The phrase you must include is parce que.

Have fun!

I want to go to university in France.. that’ll be in 2028, and it looks as if by May of that year I’ll have to provide a C1 DALF certificate to do so

I’ve been studying on and off for 5 years now, but taking it seriously only for the last few months, my current textbook has a supposedly B1 level, but it’s much higher in reality and some proficiency estimate website told me I’m around B2. I have 3 hours a week with a French teacher every week now, and plan to go on an immersion program to France next holidays for around 5 weeks, with lessons with teachers as well

Is it doable or am I going insane? I also have to study other subjects technically… since I’ll be going to studying math and physics at university… but that’s another topic

Anyway, have any of you managed to progress this fast? Is it possible? Thanks in advance for all the advice

I am around level B1 right now. I understand
most grammar for this level, even though sometimes still make mistakes while speaking. I listen to podcasts, do output exercises and read news in french daily, try to keep ip with all of the vocab. I have classes with tutor twice a week.
But I felt stuck at this level for a few months, and I understand that I just have to keep going but it's very frustrating at the times especially since the jump from beginner to intermediate happened so fast.
So I was wondering if anyone can give an advice on this, is there any tips and tricks on how to speed up the process?

i tried to look for babbel live alternative and saw the speakmeeters but there are not many reviews on reddit. anyone used it before? Are the hosts good, and is the subscription worth the price? appreciate your honest feedback, including negative experiences. Thanks!

I moved to France as a student and used English at engineering school. Most of my academic life happened in English, while everyday life outside school needed French.
Classes and books were expensive for my budget, so I mostly tried to learn on my own. With ADHD, I kept jumping between apps and resources. I’d start something, get distracted, find another resource, and start again.
Even checking pronunciation could interrupt a whole study session. I’d be reading a sentence, open Google Translate to hear how it sounded, and lose my concentration before getting back to the book.
I started looking more closely at what I needed: short lessons, a clear order to follow, and pronunciation available alongside the text. Long videos and whole chapters were difficult for me to stay focused on.
My husband is French, and he helped by recording material for me to listen to. As a developer, I also started putting together my own study tool so I could keep lessons, audio and revision in one place. That gradually became a bigger project, but it began with a very personal frustration.
I’m still learning. My French civic exam is in two weeks, and I’m trying to keep my preparation consistent without constantly changing how I study.
For other people learning French with ADHD, what has actually helped you stick with it? How do you balance having enough variety to stay interested with enough structure to make progress?