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I want to immigrate to Canada and I'm currently a 3rd year bachelor degree student in Slovenia (originally from Bosnia) and I plan to finish a Masters degree here aswell and then probably get a full year of work experience and after that to apply for Express Entry. My goal is to have 518 points and I'm not sure if that will get me an invitation but I think it's very possible.

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Found this sentence in a journal I was reading. It really confuses me. I hope someone can help me make sense of it. I would appreciate some tips to understand structures like this and how to potentially use it in my own writing as well.

Bonjour :) I just started my graduate studies in the US to become a middle / high school French teacher. My program requires us to take a graduate level “content course” so in my case a course in French. My only option was a course on French tragic theatre (would not have been my first choice, not really my favorite topic) so that’s what I’m taking. I am really struggling to read our course material. In undergrad I took 36 credits of pretty extensive French grammar and conversation courses but I never really had to read like this, especially not anything written between the 16 and 18 hundreds. Does anyone have any practical tips to help with reading comprehension when I’m reading this type of content? I feel like I’ve read the same pages over and over again and I understand 80-90% of the vocabulary but I’m just not comprehending without translating it into English :/

Hi everybody. I'm going to Paris in some weeks and i'd like to take the opportunity to buy some books there. Specifically I'd like to read j'accuse by zola but i really doubt that there are any editions which contain only that since it's just an article. So i'd like to know the best version you guys recommend, maybe also containing some historical context and explainations

I'm a native French speaker, and I've been thinking about how difficult it can be to actually start speaking French, especially when you're still a beginner.

If you're currently learning French, I'd be happy to share what I know here — vocabulary, everyday expressions, pronunciation, grammar, or simply explanations of how French is actually used in everyday conversations.

No matter your level, feel free to use this thread to ask questions about French, and I'll do my best to help when I can. 😊

Learning a language can be much easier when you can understand not only the rules, but also how native speakers actually communicate.

I am practicing french now for almost 10 months and I am currently at lower B1 level because I was not serious until now and was just procrastinating. But currently I am looking for a speaking partner with whom I can practice and he/she can as well. Just a heads up, I am an Indian (M 22)

Hi everyone! I’m currently learning French with a DELF-oriented class, but my ultimate goal is to take TCF Canada for immigration purposes.

I’m wondering whether it makes sense to continue with the DELF class for now, even though DELF isn’t the exam I’m planning to take.

My thinking is that I’d like to use this stage to build a solid foundation first — especially grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, speaking, reading, and writing — and then switch to more targeted TCF Canada preparation once I’ve covered the fundamentals.

I’m currently around the A1/A2 level, so I’m not really at the stage where intensive TCF exam preparation would be very useful yet.

For those who have taken TCF Canada or prepared for it:

• Is studying through a DELF-based curriculum a good way to build the foundation before switching to TCF-specific preparation?
• Are the grammar and vocabulary foundations transferable enough between DELF and TCF?
• At what point would you recommend starting serious TCF Canada preparation?
• Would you suggest continuing with DELF classes until B1/B2 and then switching, or changing to a TCF-focused program earlier?

I’m especially interested in hearing from people who have gone through a similar path: general/DELF French foundation → TCF Canada preparation.

Thanks!

I have a male colleague (early 30s, I'm late 20s) who always refers to me as "madame" — in person and in writing. But with our other female colleagues, he uses their first name. We've also had a few tense, flirtatious moments between us. I can't figure out what to make of the "madame" thing — is this a technique de drague (flirting move)? In English, a guy who always calls a woman "miss" instead of her name can come across as flirtatious/teasing. Is "madame" the French equivalent, or am I overthinking this?

Bonjour,

I am taking French 101 through my community college. I had to take the online version unfortunately because I am a nontraditional student with 2 kids and no child care, anyways... After watching the first 2 recorded zoom classes I am feeling super lost and confused. It seems like everyone else taking the class already knows French and the prof. talks in a lot of French already in class. First assignment is to watch a movie in French and take notes. I know like 3 words in French. Is this typical and am I supposed to know more French for this class or are they just throwing us in there to get us fully immersed in the course?

Hello, I'm very new here. I may not be learning French but I am learning the French culture for my stories/comics etc. So let me give some background:

There is a 5 year old child OC from the 1760's who is named after this father (Johnathan Baudelaire) so should his name be "Johnathan Baudelaire Jr". or is there a traditional French alternative for "Junior" and something that will fit in that time period. Please help me with this. Thank you💝

I’ve done a quick google search and it keeps saying the the translation would be ‘Idole’ but I’m not meaning heartthrob in the sense of an idol but more in the sense of an attractive man. Like I would call an attractive man who is suave, effortlessly sexy, and has a romantic quality to him a “Heartthrob”. So I’m just wondering if theres a one or two word equivalent in French?

Hey does anyone know what the "s" in "s'il" stands for? I assume it's something abreviated

Aujourd'hui j'ai appris qu'en théorie, c'est possible d'employer le pronom nous pour désigner une seule personne, cet usage portant parfois le nom de 'nous de majesté'. L'accord serait alors au masculin ou féminin singulier et pas au pluriel. En dehors du contexte royal/de l'Ancien régime, y a-t-il d'autres contextes (modernes) où 'nous' est accompagné d'un accord au singulier ? Je pense par exemple à un rendez-vous chez le médecin, celui-ci dirait-il jamais à un patient 'nous sommes content(e) aujourd'hui ' pour dire : 'vous êtes content(e) aujourd'hui'?

Cet usage existe en anglais, car un médecin pourrait dire à un patient 'are we feeling well today ?' , le 'we' ayant le sens de 'tu/vous '? Cela dit, j'imagine qu'en français aussi bien qu'en anglais, parler de cette manière serait perçu comme condescendant, même si, en anglais, on l'entend parfois si un médecin parle à un enfant par exemple.

This school year, I am taking French 3 as a junior. During my 8th-grade year, my French 1 teacher did not teach French well enough for me to understand. When I moved on to French 2, I struggled for a little while and decided to take Latin 1 to avoid French 3. Now that my Latin 1 teacher resigned, I have to go back to French 3 honors. I am very nervous because I forgot a lot about French, and school starts next week. Does anyone have any advice that will help me? I cannot afford to fail this class.

My roomate is being dumb and won’t belive goggle ai. Is it EVER correct to use “le deux est…” meaning in English “ both are, or the two are” or is it only correct to use “Les deux sont…” (excluding dates, and things like bus routes, I am only talking about two seperate people/ places/things as pairs.)

And for clarity I obviously know it’s les deux I’m just far from a native speaker.

Those who look at UK subreddits may be familiar with the neverending subject of what people in different areas of the UK call, for example, a bread bun (petit pain), and, less frequently, other regional vocab differences.

There are social media accounts giving maps of vocab that varies between areas of France, like Françaisdenosrégions, but what they don’t necessarily communicate is which of these terms the French see as most indicative of where someone is from, which ones they love talking about etc.

What would you say these are?

Aside from pains au chocolat. That’s been so visible it got boring.