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First of all, let me tell you: Do NOT worry too much about using the wrong article. Even people who have been learning French for a decade can still make mistakes with "le/la". It's not a big deal.

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Now, to remember words or sentences. I recommend you start using Flashcards. BrainScape is a great site for that.

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Cartoons and TV shows can indeed be hard to understand! If they're too difficult at the moment, I recommend you watch/listen to content aimed at intermediate students. The podcast InnerFrench is absolutely perfect for that!

Yes. Go download the Duolingo app and get on it for 15-20 minutes every day, then download the Tandem app and make some new French-speaking friends.

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You probably won't get to real fluency until you can speak with natives every day, but that's the method I've used and it's got me to a high intermediate/B2 level.

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Also, look on MeetUp.com for groups of french speakers. There are ones where I live where people just meet in a restaurant over a coke, it may not be as investment intensive as you think.

I've been studying French off and on for a few years now and one resource I used a lot was the app Duolingo. It doesn't have a massive time requirement but has the basics for A1 and on. I actually ended up taking French in college and they use this app in their curriculum. Hope this helps!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo

If you're looking at a simple introduction to French at a beginner level I'd recommend Easy French Step-by-Step. It's a cheap option so even if it isn't perfect you can't beat the price.

https://www.amazon.com/French-Step-Step-Myrna-Rochester/dp/0071453873

I got this for French and Spanish and I like it so far but I haven't gotten too deep into it yet. I was in the same boat as you so I'm using it to try and relearn the structure of the language just to fill in some gaps and voids in my knowledge.

"Aix" always means "water(s)" (Aquae) like in Aix la Chapelle (Acqua Capellensis, now Aachen) or Aix les Bains; it also takes the form "Aigues" like in Aigues-mortes ("dead waters" : the sea retreated from the city) or Chaudes-aigues (hot waters/ springs).

source: https://www.quora.com/What-does-aix-mean-in-some-French-place-names

It says “Today is Thursday. We are on (this is) the break of 10:00am”

Nous sommes or on est is the standard way of saying today is. In French, we say “we are” such and such date.

Example: Quel jour est-il? Nous sommes (on est) le 15 avril.

I recommend this podcast. This specific episode talks about this: French Your Way

I use le conjugueur.

I also have an english french dictionary that is, well, a dictionary, but has conjugations, certain examples, and pronunciations.

Not knowing where you are located, have you checked Amazon? I've bought several there. This series is very entertaining.

And 'vas t'enculer' is even simpler! Go fuck yourself in the ass.

"vas te faire foutre" is the typical 'go fuck yourself' or 'fuck off.'

"Fils de pute" - son of a whore/slut. Pute is even more argot (slang) for putain

"la chatte" - pussy/vagina/cunt.

Check out dirty banlieusard rappers who curse well such as the infamous Booba. Here are some saucy lyrics:

Not a native speaker, but as I understand it, "I should have done that" = J'aurais dû faire ça"

For "He was supposed to be there" = "Il était censé y être/ être là"

("censé" may be informal)

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/cens%C3%A9

Wordreference.com has a conjugator built in:

http://www.wordreference.com/conj/FrVerbs.aspx?v=etre

they also have an android app which is a little clunky but still usable for mobile reference ( i haven't checked for ios version )

> with accurate subtitles

What do you mean exactly by that? If you mean exactly matching word-for-word subtitles, then your search is completely vain, at least for movies. First, it doesn't exist, in any language, and for good reason : it would be too long to read and it would cover the entire screen! Second, You don't need to have the exact words to understand the gist of what is being said. You can just relax and understand most by context, and when you'll get better, then try to decipher every last syllable if that really turn you on.

If you really want perfect subtitles, try video clips of French songs, where exact lyrics exist. There's even a website tailored to language learners that does just that : Lyrics Training.

Linguee is a good site to look up words in context. French and English will indeed not always translate literally.

https://www.linguee.com/english-french/search?source=auto&query=que

As you can see in the first two examples, it gives you a good idea of how "que" is used when meaning "that". It is not the same "that" as "That car" or "I like that".

You could see "ça" as meaning "that thing" or "it".

One of the various possible paths (as there is so much stuff for French learners!), based on my experience:

1. Grammaire Progressive and Vocabulaire Progressif series by CLE, start with intermediaire. Avancé leads to B2, Perfectionnement to the C levels. These books are an excellent base for each level, very complete and learner friendly.

2.Édito are good coursebooks (I personally used only the B2 level, as the earlier ones came out too late for me, but the B2 book was very good).

3.On Memrise, look up +French courses by Eunoia. They are based on an excellent frequency database Lexique, which is based not only on written but also spoken sources. And this conjugation course is very complete https://www.memrise.com/course/738096/conjugaison-francaise-complete/ and too complete for you, so you need to choose just the model verbs you are learning and use the ignore button for the advanced stuff (and unignore later), but the format is much more practical than that of other such courses in my opinion. Most people struggle with the conjugations for far too long and it slows their progress considerably.You can learn them without memorisation, but too many people are struggling with this task, so it is worth trying out.

4.When you are around B1, start reading BDs and books for older kids, there are some very good French authors in the genre, so you shouldn't die of boredom. From there, progress to harder and harder stuff. For listening, I recommend something similar (even though around B2). Start with a dubbed series you already know and which is not too hard (probably not Sherlock) and progress to harder and originally French ones.

Have fun :-)

<em>Grammaire progressive du francais</em> (CLE) by Maïa Grégoire. Very good book series from A1 to B2.

You are so right. L'Étranger is advanced. Lots of detailed descriptions. Save it for later.

Take a look at the Hachette LFF series and choose a book at your level (Maybe A2). They include a CD with audio:

http://www.bookdepository.com/Vingt-Mille-Lieues-Sous-Les-MersBook---CD-MP3-Jules-Verne/9782011559760?ref=grid-view

I think this is the catalog:

http://www.lire-en-francais-facile.com

I use AntennaPod from the f-droid market (I think you can get it on play store as well). You can add podcasts from the iTunes store with it. Its worked very well for me.

http://antennapod.org/

Sorry I don't have any specific podcast recommendations for you but maybe that app will help you add the ones you have already seen.

The FSI French phonology course sounds like what you want. Listen to the audio, follow along in the student text. It's not interactive, so it doesn't offer corrections directly, but it does go over common mispronunciations to help you distinguish.

That's really nice, thanks. ;)
I'm trying to help French learners as much as possible, and my main activity is actively contributing on HiNative.
My account: https://hinative.com/fr-FR/profiles/5606699

Feel free to advertize your Discord chat there!!

I'll see you on Discord. :)

It's a hot take to call it not correct. Same grammars say its the preferred form in some cases, based on how natural it sounds (which is a very relevant concern, as the question is based on a song): https://www.antidote.info/fr/blogue/enquetes/et-lon

on steam, i switched Wingspan to be in french. it doesn't do the voice overs, but there's a lot of writing on the cards

babadum.com a simple game for vocab only

codenames.game select the french language option at bottom before starting and all the word cards will appear in french

i also changed my roku tv to french settings. you could do this to your phone for a real challenge.

Definitely yay! Vast majority of learners struggling with speaking at the intermediate level is struggling with conjugations. Getting rid of this obstacle is a good choice.

Here is a memrise conjugation course that I have made. It is meant as an advanced review, so you may want to use the ignore button for stuff you dont need (yet). And learn the model verbs (=levels) that you need, not the whole thing from start to finish.

https://www.memrise.com/course/738096/conjugaison-francaise-complete/

Wiktionnaire , it is a French-French dic. Free and maybe the best among others.

Wordreference , French-English, it is also vert good.

(But these are from googleplay, please check if they're available also in appstore.)

That might seems like a stupid suggestion but go for baby learning books, you can't go more basic than that when you start. Something like :

https://www.amazon.ca/100-Premiers-Mots-Essentiels-Essential-ebook/dp/B0762Q148C/

Hey, you can also try free audiobook classics in French to listen on the go, even offline: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.murati.audiobook.fr

I combined Duolingo with this Triposo Paris app (I used it on iPhone) and it helped a lot. The app is great because it functions as a phrasebook. So, whatever you're going to do, it serves up about 20 phrases, with pronunciation keys that will be relevant to what you're most likely to be doing. That, combined with 'Bonjour! Je ne parle pas bien Francais' went a long way for me, especially in terms of understanding signs a bit better and also just not coming across like an uninterested tourist. Hope this helps!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.triposo.droidguide.paris&amp;hl=en

I'm B2 in Italian which is making French easier. I feel that instead of "trying to learn" French I can just "let it come to me". Some words are similar and a lot of verbs are very similar so I don't need to memorize a completely new language. Sentence structure is similar. I'm already familiar with reflexive verbs and clitics.

I'm probably A2 in French and got there in half the time it took me to get there in Italian.

If you're looking for easy, Italian is closer to Spanish than French is. Or if you're interested in all the romance languages try this.

((FR)) Bonjour à tous! Je te presente une archive sur Dropbox, qui a contribué à ma compréhension orale. Les dossiers sont organisés par mois. Tu pourrais télécharger les fichiers (format zip) en appuyant sur le bouton "Download-> Download as .zip". J'espère que cela pourrait t'aider. L'archive de l'annee 2014 sera bientôt disponible.

((EN))) Hello everyone! I am sharing you a Dropbox archive which has helped my oral comprehension. The folders are organised by month. You could download the files (zip format) by pressing the button "Download->Download as .zip". I hope this would be helpful to you. 2014 archive coming soon.

Added Google drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5CBQNfnhS3ObTluakc2SG9DV0U/edit?usp=sharing

Verbs are not considered grammar

100 verbs

Barrons French Verbs

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Learn the most common verbs: etre and avoir first and also the modal verbs pouvoir, vouloir, devoir.

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Learn the patterns for regular verbs:

I, you, and he/she follow the same pattern for ir and re verbs: je sais, tu sais, il sait. Je dis, tu dis, il dit.

For er verbs I and he/she are the same. For you add an s: je mange, tu manges, il mange

We (ons), plural you (ez), and they (ent) are pretty much the same for all verbs.

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Exposure is key. The more you see it, the more you will recognize what is correct. Eventually you won't have to think "is it tu parle or tu parles", you'll just know.

>it must have something to do with the existence of a direct object but I don't really know what that means

Yes. A direct object is basically something that is acted on, as opposed to the actor or subject doing the action. In "Jane threw the ball to Tom," Jane is the subject, the ball is the direct object, and Tom is the indirect object. (Close enough for now.) You might find it useful to get a book like "English grammar for learners of French."

Use the form ending in "que" when it's for the direct object; "qui" for the subject. So:

"Qui est-ce que tu vas aider a faire le ménage?" Who is it that you're going to help? Who are you going to help? You help them, just like you move a chair. They're a direct object of your helping, so it's "que" at the end.

"Qui est-ce qui va t'aider a faire le ménage?" Who is it that is going to help you? Who is going to help you? The person is the actor, the one doing it, the subject, so it's "qui" at the end. (And in fact you are the direct object in that one, the one being helped.)

I'd give Duolingo a try, if I were you. It's a free online learning app/website. https://www.duolingo.com

But if you're moving to Buffalo to be nearer to native French-speakers, I've got to let you know that you won't find many in Ontario, which is the nearest province to Buffalo. And it's something like a five-hour, one way, car drive to Quebec, where French is the primary language. You'll have to decide if that's a worthwhile trip for language practice or not.

Source: Have lived in Ontario for seven years, and the only French I've picked up is through intentional studying and no immersion whatsoever.

Try this: .

It's Radio-Canada's streaming service and it has a lot of content. There's a free tier and a paid tier. There are a couple shows and movies from France, but the vast majority of stuff on there is produced in Quebec.

If you're in the US, you probably will need a VPN - I don't think they block VPNs, I just tried with Mullvad and it works fine.

In terms of stuff to watch, there's a ton, so here are a few highlights: * Série Noire - probably one of the best black comedies ever made in Quebec. It's about a pair of TV writers who embark on a Gonzo-style descent into a life of crime in order to improve their writing on a crime TV series. * Enquête - weekly investigative journalism series which explores difficult topics in Quebec and Canada at large. Seriously, top-notch stuff - they blew the lid on one of the biggest corruption scandals in Canadian history. * Bébéatrice - if you're looking for something easy to understand, this is a good choice. It's an animated series aimed at adults, but the main character is a child so the dialogue is pretty simple. * Sans rendez-vous - I just recently got into this, and I've been really enjoying it. It's a comedy series which follows the misadventures of the staff of a sexual health clinic in Montréal.

Like I said, there's a ton of content, so go nuts.

It's really really good!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kursx.smartbook

It provides translations in-app so it doesn't keep bouncing you out to Google every time you want to look up a word. You can translate word by word or translate whole paragraphs; and you can save a translation of the whole book for offline reading. You can choose from a large choice of preferred translators and select multiple translators. You can save words to your own personal vocab list and it'll highlight them in the text. And all text is fully colour customisable with day and night modes (screenshots are from my ultra-dark night mode for reading in bed without disturbing my partner).

It can be a bit clunky to navigate around the settings - but I've used it for about 5 years and it's steadily improved with updates. I really recommend it for reading in a second language.

Thanks, fred-fred-fred, I didn’t know about the weekly writing in r/France, and I’m very happy they have that! I wish r/LearnFrench could also have something similar for writing practice.

Some other resources for writing help:

various writing challenges:
langcorrect.com

365 creative prompts:
artjournalist.com/one-word-art-journal-prompts/

various themes & topics:
https://www.amazon.com/Year-Creative-Writing-Prompts/dp/1517402964/

Oksa Pollock - tome 1 L'inespérée (01)

Oksa Pollock, 13 ans, pensait être comme tout le monde, mais ce soir tout a changé...

Attention, ce livre est magique. Quand on fait la connaissance d'Oksa, on ne peut plus se passer d'elle, de la formidable famille Pollock et de ses créatures extravagantes...

https://www.amazon.com/Oksa-Pollock-1-Linesperee-Fl/dp/2845634609

This app is pretty helpful and to an extent serves the purpose of what you're trying to do along with conjugations.

"Tendances" is the book the language school near me uses. It looks pretty standard, but I'm not sure about that. I'm not familiar with the A1 book, but I've used the B-level ones. There's a workbook too.

https://www.amazon.com/Tendances-methode-francais-leleve-French/dp/0320085066/

To your general question though, maybe you could take a practice test and just see what level you're at? Maybe you're A2 or close enough that you can skip A1. Your language school can probably help you with that. There are also some tests online.

It depends on the bookstore, same as in the United States, because most can’t stock the inventory for every resource available for all language topics, because of either their limitations in shelf space or finances. So, here’s the same textbook through Amazon France, and they also have next day delivery, if cost isn’t an issue for you.

https://www.amazon.fr/Bescherelle-conjugaison-pour-tous-Collectif/dp/2401052356

https://www.amazon.fr/Practice-Makes-Perfect-Premium-English-ebook/dp/B07GYX48KW

I didn't start learning French until I met my husband who is from Burgundy, at age 29. Prior to him, the only French I knew was from ballet class (pirouette, en dehors, pas de deux, etc). Even ten years later, my French isn't great (I'm trying to ramp it up to make sure I pass the B1 level test for citizenship), but I started by reading cooking magazines in French since it's a process I'm familiar with and I learned a lot of useful vocabulary (and culinary culture!). From there I bought a few picture vocabulary books and this fairytale book that has English and French text side by side. Now I watch a lot of TV/movies in French (first watch subtitled in English, later I'll switch to French subtitles to match the visual word to hearing it spoken). It's a long process if you do it this way but it does work, even for beginners. Good luck!

Idk if that's useful but as a native I used the Bescherelle in all my classes (only in french tho).

Thank you for the link, and I’ve saved it for some other books I haven’t previously seen anywhere else.

I already have e-books for Les Trois Mousquetaires (Tome I, II, III). They were free from Kindle, and Kindle also has audio when you highlight the text.

I only read and listen to 1 paragraph at a time, while making notes for new vocabulary. I’ve found that Kindle is best for the way I study literature.

Yes the game page is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GuillaumeMerle.MasterMot

I don't even know if you can access that page from a non french speaking country though?

Ooh! It's the bible of French conjugation...

I’ve been using this one: Easy French Step-by-Step

This book's going for going for $12 used. It should work but I'm not sure make sure it covers everything. The one I used for college was great, but it's at my parent's house so I couldn't give you the name.

u/RudraTheDestroyer

The best way is to read books from authors you like by adding audio while you are reading.

You will integrate grammar quickly.

If you need book, you can check this link if you want.

https://www.amazon.fr/Grammaire-progressive-fran%C3%A7ais-interm%C3%A9diaire-interactif/dp/2090381035/ref=sr\_1\_8?\_\_mk\_fr\_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&amp;crid=2JBE2H8FSNPET&amp;keywords=livre+de+grammaire&amp;qid=1646061705&amp;sprefix...

The Radio Garden app lets you tune in to local stations all around the world. I've been using it for a while. It's great if you don't mind the occasional song in English, plus you'll get to hear some local DJs speaking in different accents.

Hi, I'm new here but I found this app. It's pretty new but so far it works good and its cheap with a free trial. It uses simple stories but also chatbots, and google translate is imbeded in it. So far I like it for the pronunciation practice (voice dictation). I have high school french but wouldn't be confident talking to a real person, this is great for in-between learning basic words and actually talking to someone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.tringgo.tringgopro

Fluency takes time; fifteen days is not enough practice to understand a native speaker. Duolingo is a pretty good tool to help you eventually reach an A1/A2 fluency level, but true fluency takes years.

Be patient, diligent, and use a secondary learning source as well 😊

Resources like this will help supplement your Duolingo vocab, too.

Good luck!

This website lists the legal offers here. Now I accessed this website from France, it shows several offers. I've tried from other countries and it showed nothing.

I'd suggest this to you: https://www.slideshare.net/marglema9/french-masculine-or-feminie It helped me a lot when it came to asking that question.

The description is with this version:

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-French-Grammar-Verbs-Vocabulary/dp/000814172X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=3R3R6FDY5GZ74&amp;keywords=collins+easy+learning+french&amp;qid=1643651167&amp;sprefix=collin’s+easy+%2Caps%2C120&amp;sr=8-3

Maybe this? https://www.amazon.com/BLED-Tout-en-avec-exercices-corriges/dp/0320084922/ref=sr\_1\_11?crid=PBT753LELO6J&amp;keywords=bled+francais&amp;qid=1642488010&amp;sprefix=BLED+%2Caps%2C224&amp;sr=8-11

I have this one and it’s a good overall reference: https://www.amazon.com/Bled-Orthographe-Grammaire-Conjugaison-Francais/dp/2011604303/ref=sr\_1\_1?crid=PBT753LELO6J&amp;keywords=bled+francais&amp;qid=1642488123&amp;sprefix=BLED+%2Caps%2C224&amp;sr=8-1

There are quite a few out-of-copyright books (including authors like Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Baudelaire, etc.) available here: https://librivox.org/search?primary_key=2&amp;search_category=language&amp;search_page=1&amp;search_form=get_results

As far as modern stuff, although I haven't read it (but plan to), there is the &quot;Rois maudits&quot; (Accursed Kings) by Maurice Druon that is probably worth checking out.

To echo /u/SDJellyBean's sentiment, though, it would probably be easier to not worry about the original language. If you already know a book in English, it can help to see how the same phrases or concepts would be rendered in French. You can find things like Harry Potter or Hitchhiker's Guide as French audiobooks pretty easily.

I see… so 250 is good enough from your perspective. If you have time, could you check my friend’s profile, maybe anything she can improve? She asked friends to promote her anywhere. But I barely use italki. http://www.italki.com/teacher/9986514/french

on macos you can add english→french and french→english in preferences in Dictionary, and then right-click or force-click on words in most places. also, maybe this is interesting: https://gikken.co/mate-translate/

Clozemaster is pretty good. It's basically flash cards, but one of the words is blanked out. You either choose the correct word from one of four options or you type in the word, depending on your preference. The words are also sorted by most to least common, so it makes it easier to build up a useful vocabulary.

&quot;I have heard it said that getting to the end of the tree on Duolingo would probably make you a B1 in reading and maybe writing, but less (A2 or A1) in speaking and listening. However, it's also worth considering that once you have got to the end of the Duolingo tree, you should have the basic skills required to go and find more things/peoople to read/write/talk to yourself, in order to improve your skills further.&quot;

I'm not sure if duolingo would be enough, but the grammar exercise book could help too.

It's certainly feasible to get back your B2 level, it'll just take serious work, provided you're still around B1.

Schaum’s Outline’s French Grammar. Each chapter covers a different grammatical topic- nous, adjectives, verbs, etc. Tons of exercises and all the answers are in the back.

https://www.amazon.com/Schaums-Outline-Grammar-Seventh-Outlines/dp/1260120953/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GHL0BNITGJJM&amp;keywords=schaum’s+french+grammar&amp;qid=1640165216&amp;sprefix=schaum+s+french+grammar%2Caps%2C134&amp;sr=8-1

I am not an expert but also am of the same learning style as you. I preferred the below series in school during the 90s versus later styles in the 2000s.

https://www.amazon.com/Glencoe-French-1-bienvenue-Lesson-Scheduling/dp/0026367084

I’m not sure if this app is available for Android, but I can’t seem to find it on Play Store so this one should do.

Like this.

But what you're looking for is a liaison, as /u/mollested_skittles pointed out. Just be aware that sometimes the liaison is mandatory, sometimes it is optional, and sometimes it is prohibited.

I made a lot of progress quickly with this site, https://vocaquest.com/french/

After a few weeks I started searching out answers to questions I had here, http://www.wordreference.com/

I think that's as good a way to get started as any. Bonne Chance!

does " "que j'avais lu adolescen*te* " mean "that I read it as a teenager"?

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/adolescente
here this website shows us noun and adjective
but not an idiomatic expression

does putting "adolescent(e)" after a verb convey the meaning of "as a teenager"?

It's like anything you use. It's like asking is Memrise or Assimil or Rostta Stone worth it? Yes, they are all good but you need to use them regularly and in moderation with other resources. Not one resource it going to do it all for you.

If you are using Memrise, go through their own French course, it works great in my opinion or you could try the one I am going through "A1 French" which at my level is just good practice. Enjoy!

Hi,

just saying Tout va bien would mean everything is okay. In order to imply that everything WILL be okay (in a future), in french ‘se passer’ is added; which roughly means to happen, or to take place (https://www.deepl.com/translator#fr/en/se%20passer )

So all together, literally you would have ‘Everything goes well to take place’ or less butchered/more freely interpreted ‘everything will pass by fine’

Hope this helps!

Yeah, you're right, my translation was wrong because I misunderstood the sentence, I made a fix. ("until" is a synonym of "while", not "since", my mistake !)

I just performed a Deepl translation which gives "Tant que nous n'avons pas commencé à nous en passer, nous ne réalisons pas combien de choses sont inutiles", which is a pretty good translation.

For your question "jusqu'à ce que" in your example is a phrase, I don't think it could be grammatically explained. It could be referring to the expected result.

By the way, DeepL would have avoided you the confusion here.

I'm actually surprised Google fucked this one up so bad (although when I try it, Google does get it when I add the question mark, which is where I think you might have gone wrong here).

DeepL works well for learners because not only does it get the context better, it also allows you to click on certain words to check for alternatives - sometimes you get « hard » synonyms, sometimes you get « figurative » synonyms (don't quote me on those two words, they probably aren't a thing but it gets the point across...). Try « Tu me suis maintenant ? » in it. It'll give you « Are you following me now? ». Then click on the word « following » - « understanding » is in there. If I'm not mistaken, it's based on machine learning algorithms using the linguee examples (and probably much much more), so it's pretty amazing at getting the nuances/idioms/contextual meanings.

By the way, you were also caught in a case of informal speech. This specific sentence requires a certain inflexion to make it sound like a question. « Me suis-tu maintenant ?» would have been the correct, formal way to formulate that question. (It's also entirely possible, depending on the context, that the person was asking someone if they were literally physically following them.)

c'est: exercices de grammiare de des éditions hachette pour niveau b2.

ici, l'information et ici le lien amazon

The best book I've found so far is English Grammar Students French Learning, it juxtaposes the two languages together to get a good grasp of what's going on.

I just received this and my French boyfriend skimmed through it and said it seems to be comprehensive. I've been working my way through it and, as a complete beginner, it's quite helpful so far.

Duo Lingo app and Podcasts on Spotify or online webpage. Transcript ions available. Got this and it's good once you've done a fair bit of Duo lingo for story based dialogue. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1914190017/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_i_AB63XRX4QBS9SQXFFHYB

You may want to try this tutor -- she is on Preply platform. She used to work at Alliance Française and has helped students prepared for the DELF exams. Her rate is USD 12 per hour. That is her rate for the trial lesson and the regular lessons.

If you prefer someone on Italki -- this Italki professional teacher provides preparation lessons for DELF.

I have taken lessons with both tutors but it is for general French, and not for DELF exam preparation.

I also did french at school and now want to deepen that knowledge and relearn at the same time.

Duolingo - good for stories, vocab and some grammar

Audiobook - learn French with Paul noble, it's around 12 hours and very easy to follow. Available on audible (I happened to get a free trial so can't complain). He does a next steps in French too if you're already at that stage.

I also would recommend some grammar books, the Collins ones are pretty decent, something with exercises in to help solidify knowledge. French grammar and practice and easy learning french complete french are both good.

French songs are also useful, there is a cool playlist on Spotify - indie french

I've never used italki but I do use preply and have found language teachers in French and Spanish for $8-12 an hour. Here is a 30% discount for the first lesson if this is useful to you https://preply.com#_prefNTcyODc4

Happy language learning!

I think the best online marketplace for online tutors is Preply. I'm a bit biased, I'm an English tutor there as well as a Spanish student.

You can choose your price point as well as the intensity of your study. The rating system hangs heavily over most tutors heads, so we're usually more than willing to go the extra mile.

nɔ̃ pa ʀɛj. That is the International Phonetic Alphabet way to spell nonpareil. Basically, you say the first syllable "non" is pronounced nasally without pronouncing the n. The next syllable is 'pa". the last syllable is pronounced like the English word "rye". The "eil" ending makes a sound like the "y" in "you". Here is a good site that converts text to speech. http://www.acapela-group.com/

Hi, you have two options.

1 - FSI introduction to French phonology:

This is a free course here Link , it's great I've personally finished it and I wish it was the first thing I did.

2 - Phonétique progressive du Français:

A great series of books but it's in French and it's not free. I haven't done it but I heard people say it's a lot more thorough than the FSI course, and shows you with pictures how your mouth/tongue should look like to produce the correct sounds.

Assimil is good, but you should do the FSI Introduction to French Phonolog first. That will take you about 20 days doing half an hour each day.

Depending on if you have the new Assimil course, or the older versions, you might start out doing several lessons a day, as in the new course, they can be very short to start.

French isn't like that. There is no key, because there isn't that pretty close correspondence as you get in Spanish.

This gives an overview of what you're dealing with

Also, you need to do the FSI Introduction to French Phonology course.

Forvo would be your best bet. But the problem with French is pronunciation changes depending on the words that precede or follow, you actually want to learn the rules for liaison and enchaînmant. The FSI Introduction to French Phonology is where you want to start.

Be careful not to overload yourself at the start, that can lead to a burnout. Aim to ramp up your study volume as you go.

A good starting plan would be to do the FSI Introduction to French Phonology course (it's the one course you absolutely should do if you're trying to learn French well, it will help you with everything else you do), alongside watching French In Action. This would add up to 1-hour per day, which is pretty significant for a beginner. If you really feel comfortable doing more you could go up to doing 1 chapter per day of the FSI course, and maybe two episodes per day of FIA. But don't try moving up both at the same time, you want to notice if you're starting to get fatigued with it first and roll it back a bit.

After a few months you'll have much more endurance to study with it, and doing a couple hours a day won't be a huge issue. Since there's a lot of good free resources for learning French, the main thing I would spend the money on is tutoring. You can get good pricing on online tutors from iTalki (especially if you get tutors from Africa, they're native speakers, sometimes trained teachers, but they still don't charge much).

Es-tu anglophone? Si oui, le Introduction à la phonologie Française par le FSI est un des meilleurs moyens pour apprendre la prononciation et la prosodie de Français.

De toute façon, French in Action est tres util, et il est presque completement en Français. Il est possible qu'il faut utiliser un VPN pour accéder les épisodes.

>je veux utiliser le 100 % de mon temps chaque jour pour apprendre le français

Fait attention. Il est possible que tu t'épuise avec trop d'etudier. C'est mieux que tu arrange une routine qui devient une habitude, même si tu n'utilise pas chaque minute de chaque jour qui est disponible.

The best course for explaining matters of French pronunciation is the FSI Introduction to French Phonology. It answers that question, and many others.

I'm still using Duolingo but I found this comprehensive article super helpful for once I want to learn beyond it.

What to Do After Duolingo: The Definitive Guide (clozemaster.com)

>I looked at meaning of "se montrer" and it's "show up".

When looking up a verb, don't just look at one meaning. Look at multiple meanings. If you look here: https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/se+montrer, you will see that "se montrer" can mean "to appear".

"Leurs parents se sont montrés inquiets" = Their parents appeared worried.

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>I thought that "leurs parents étaient inquiets" has the same meaning?

They are many ways to say something.

I've been using https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english a lot lately. Little did I know that they also cover stuff like &quot;Tu as baisé mon fils, putain de merde&quot;!

I found something

Eagle owls

Hibou grand-duc according to google translate say great horned owl

But the website i provided said eagle owl they look like great horned owls

https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/

I think "je parle plusiers langues" is correct. check out this website https://context.reverso.net/translation/english-french/I+speak+a+lot+of+languages It pulls from bilingual concordances to you can see in context how phrases have been translated. From this it looks to me like both "I speak many languages" and "I speak a lot of languages" both use "plusieurs"

Some say English is really difficult to learn and others, not as much. Truly, any language can be viewed as either easy or hard to grasp, depending on your mother tongue. French words is certainly beautiful in our opinion, and a pleasure to learn.

For conjugation of verbs, what you're looking for is a conjugation dictionary. There are some online, like WordReference.

This is only one part of your need though. For the other, The French about.com site has decent explanations in English, that should help too.

WordReference has a mobile version of their desktop site! The site itself is great because it offers translations to words based on usage and context and is highly trustworthy.

The downside is that the mobile app is not that aesthetically pleasing, but it is practical enough.

What you have is also a different type of question.

"Tu as téléphoné?" = a yes-or-no question in intonation only. "You've phoned?"*

"As- tu téléphoné?"= a yes-or-no question with inversion. "Have you phoned?"*

"Est-ce-que tu as téléphoné?" = a yes-or-no question with est-ce-que. "Is it that you've phoned?"*

"À qui as-tu téléphoné?" Not a yes-or-no question. "Who did you phone?"

* These aren't really complete sentences. You need more detail, because you wouldn't be able to leave it there and have other person understand. You would probably need to say who you called.

Sites like linguee will give you the building blocks for using a verb:

• <strong>téléphoner ( à qqn).</strong>

On another note, the concept of inversion might feel more natural for you if you notice how often we do it in English questions, too.

I have seen him ; have you seen him?

I did complete the homework; did you complete the homework?

I was there; was he there too?

linguee.com is also a great resource for phrases, because it will search other instances of it on the internet.

A lot of French prefixes are similar in meaning to English ones, so if you aren't sure, try to think of what the English prefix means first. "re" = again in both French and English.

A big thing that helped me when learning french while still in classes, was connecting my knowledge from understanding vocab/structure sentences/conjugation with speaking and pronunciation. For this, I literally would carry a small notebook and while have conversations in English (my native) I would think to myself if I could carry the same in French. If not, I would write down first the most basic words of the conversation that I would need to know and could most likely be used in other conversations. I would learn these word (https://www.linguee.com/ is a good site for searching words+ how to use them + pronunciation) and by this method and repetition of going over the list of words, pronunciation etc. I was able to learn more useful vocab + pronunciations for typical conversations.

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For writing essays or any formal piece of work, there exist lists online of words and their definition that can help boost overall formality and maturity of the work.

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For listening to french podcast/music/tv etc, was already mentioned above and if def a good method to learning. I found it best to watch youtube videos of people who were brought up bilingual or have learned french, because they tend to speak a slower paced french (sometimes not always).

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Again this is what worked for me, I hope it can be of some use to you.

Yes, that's right. In the sentence "go to the beach" and "I go to the beach" the word go serves different purposes. They just happen to be written and pronounced the exact same way. It's a bit of work getting it all down, but it serves a purpose as well, as the words contain more information. It just has to be done if you want to learn the language. I don't know if it's the thing for you but I used this course on memrise recently to refresh my french conjugation.

You have full access to any vocab list you want on Memrise, so you're using it wrong if you're only getting basic words. Maybe you did that through the app? I'm not sure how to get started through the app, but you can definitely just use the desktop browser version of the site to find whatever list you want. (once you started a course, it will show up on the app) Full list is here: https://www.memrise.com/courses/english/french/ Skip ahead to French 3 or later (just take a look a the vocab lists before you make any decision) or do a course like 'Intermediate French'.

I agree with the other comments. Duolingo is really helpful in learning a language (I have been using it for the past six months and I can see a lot of improvements in my French). I would also suggest you to try Memrise (https://www.memrise.com/ - I like it even more than Duolingo and the free version is good).

I don't really have time to do other people's homework, but I like to recommend using DeepL for translations. It tends to be closer to the original meanings, and in doing so is a bit more accurate on grammar and accords.

You might want to compare Google's and DeepL's translations. Some of the mistakes might be where the discrepancies are.

Hope this helps a bit.

Merci pour la correction, j'ai confondu avec l'impérative.

J'écoute l'InnerFrench podcast déjà, cela m'aide beaucoup. Je lire la news en français tous les jours, regarde la série F.R.I.E.N.D.S, et l'écrire à mes amis sur Slowly, mais je veux étudier plus !

Je veux apprendre pour moi-meme avant d'aller à l'école, j'ai pensé étudier dans l'alliance française plus tard, mais maintenant, je pense que c'est meilleur apprendre chez moi.

Je pense que les meilleurs livres pour les apprenants

sont des livres qu'ils ont déjà lus dans leur langue maternelle.

Le Nouveau Testament, par example, est plein d'aphorismes que les chrétiens connaissent déjà.

Ou si vous connaissez déjà l'histoire de la seconde guerre mondiale, vous pourriez lire à ce sujet en français.

J'ai aimé ce livre sur la mythologie ancienne: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/2745960997/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

désolé pour la traduction google, j'apprends encore