r/learningfrench

For those who are already comfortable with French, I’d like to know if short stories were actually useful for you, especially for vocabulary and getting a better feel for the language.

Also, did you use audio versions of the stories? Like listening while reading the text at the same time. Did that make a difference for you?

Would be nice to hear what worked for you guys and share some different ways of learning French.

Let talk !

Salut !! Ça va? Comment etait ton journee?

(I welcome all correction😊)

Hi everyone!

I have started learning French a few days ago for tcf and im looking for a good book for self study so that I can solidify my foundation. I came across practice makes perfect by Annie and easy French but not sure which book to go with. Im looking for something to build a base in grammar and vocabulary both.

Please suggest me a good book yall thanks

Bonjour! I'm an American and want to learn some basic conversational French for traveling in Canada, especially for Quebec. I don't really have much interest in learning French French (no offense). I know English has resources for America English and Spanish for Latin American Spanish, but I'm struggling to find resources for Canadian French. Does anyone know of resources? I'd rather learn Canadian French from the get go instead of learning the differences later.

Also, any dictionary suggestions? Finding Google translate isn't always correct.

Merci beaucoup!!

I studied and am still learning french, and I learned early on that grammar rules. I struggled for quite sometime understanding and making sentences, until a professor indicated Les neuf (9) sortes de mots.

There are elements to any language and once you understand the structure, the learning flows. I thought I would put this here for anyone whos looking to improve their French.

Making and understanding written and oral works in french improved immensely once I understood how sentences are structured.

Les neuf (9) sortes de mots 

1. Le nom
2. Le verbe 
3. L’adjectif 
4. Le pronom 
   1. Personal 
   2. Démonstratif

    

5. L’adverbe 
   1. très / trop / beaucoup
6. La préposition 
   1. À / dans / chez / en

    

7. La conjunction 
   1. Et / donc / mais / parce qui

    

8. L’intégration 
   1. Ah! / chut / zut /

    

9. Le déterminant 
   1. Le / la / les / du / de la

I’ve been living in France for 3 years now, and I’m currently learning French. I’m looking for a girl who would like to practice and improve French together.

I’m currently at A2 level and will soon start B1. If you’re also looking to improve your French and would like to practice together, let’s connect!

Random question but how do you all actually learn French best? videos, stories/context, written exercises, idioms? curious what's actually worked vs what you expected to work

I’ve been thinking about why I struggle to stick with comprehensible input in French. There’s plenty of material out there, but a lot of it is either too difficult or about something I have no interest in reading.

So I’m trying a small experiment. For 15 days, I’ll email you one French text a day based on your level and the things you actually care about.

The texts won’t be completely separate from one another. If you mention your dog or an upcoming trip on the first day, those details might come up again later, along with useful words you’ve already seen.

After each email, you can tell me whether it was too easy, about right, too hard, or simply not interesting. I’ll use that feedback for the next one.

It’s free and there’s no obligation to finish all 15 days. I’m keeping the group fairly small so I can give each person something genuinely personal. The form will close on September 6.

If you’d like to try it, here’s the form: https://forms.gle/ufAFpyiVFDkRompw9

Guys I need help my french is soo bad and i can't study it bc I really hate it soo I guess I need a fun way to study and it's french content ( YouTube videos tv shows movies cartoons) but it has to be fun and good soo I can keep watching

I need a way to learn French, specifically economic, political, and diplomatic terminology, along with basic grammar so I can form simple sentences.

I need to learn within two months because I have a very important exam coming up.

What tips, videos, apps, or websites can help me with this?

I would appreciate your help, especially since my French is very weak, time is short, and I don't want to miss the exam.

TEF or TCF?
I know this question is stupid and different people have different opinion, however I would genuinely appreciate if you can share why did you chose TEF or TCF?
It will help me and new French learners to see from your eye and make our decision.
Thank you kindly.

So I’ve just reached score 70 in french and according to Duo, I can now read short stories! Anyone has any good recommendations for some short easy reads, stories or articles I can test and practice my language with? Thanks in advance 🙂‍↔️

I'm a native French speaker, and I’d be happy to help anyone who wants to improve their conversational French.

If you're a beginner, struggling to speak, or simply looking for someone to practice with, feel free to reach out. I have some free time and would love to help whenever I can — no pressure, no judgment, just casual French conversation. 😊

If you're interested, just send me a message!

Before starting I just want to say that my english isn't the best.

So I(13F) am from Hungary and will start 8th grade in September. I need to choose a secondary

school and I've already picked one out. This school has options to learn another language for an extra year before 12th grade. My dream is to learn french because I want to go to university in France but my parents will not budge. They say that Frencs is such a useless language that I won't use in my life. Instead they want me to learn german. To be clear I don't have a problem with german I think it is a really beautiful language, and I want to study this language but after french. I will admit that my father and mother are not supporting that I want to study in France, they are racists and saying that there will be no French people by the time I will be 18, because it will be swarmed with arabic people.( for clearence I DO NOT agree with their opinion). I have told them many times that I can't really do anything with german in France. As I mentioned above they say that I will not use it outside France and some parts of other countries and I pointed out that it is the same with german(correct me if I am wrong). So people on reddit what should I do?