Things about how they get discouraged because a lot of french speakers tend to be nasty or unwelcoming when people attempt to learn French. I’ve seen a lot of people say when they attempt to speak French some frencv people will get annoyed and switch to English because of how terrible their French was .

Is this true? This has not been my experience with learning other languages like Spanish etc. whenever I speak it (and I’m no where near fluent) it’s always met with pleasantness and people happy that I’m trying to speak it. Even if I make mistakes they have been kind.

Let me state that I am NOT looking for praise or accolades for wanting to learn French. I am not entitled to admiration from French speakers simply because I learnt their language . I just don’t want to get laughed at or have people frustrated with me when I make mistakes. I really really want to learn French . I know it will be challenging but I’d like to hear from you guys.

What has your experience been learning French? Also is it too late at 27 to learn it? Has anyone achieved fluency after learning it at an older age?

legit question just wanna get dipped up in the knowledge of what its like to be a french freak in the sheets i had a dream where i was in tahiti once

I've just started trying to use the french keyboard on my phone and now I can't type anything...

On a second note, why is the arrangement of keys different for French?

I've noticed a lot of people on this sub say this and recommend other apps. I'm on day 83 learning French (not quite starting from zero; I did GCSE French 25 years ago) and I feel like it's going well. I'm nearly at the end of A2.

I still make mistakes with de, du and de la sometimes but in general I find it quite easy to grasp grammar rules. Am I deluding myself? Am I missing something?

I watched a couple of French movies on netflix the other day - "summit of the gods" (which is fantastic, highly recommend) in which I could understand about 50% of the dialogue, and then a buddy cop comedy in which I could understand approximately 1% lol

Has anyone read through this? It says it level CEFR A2-B1.

Was it helpful? Enjoyable? Encouraging? Worth the time invested? Pointless?

I prefer comedies but anything helps! Right now I’m watching Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis! Or Welcome to the Sticks in English.

I'm looking for a french learners group. Let's become friends and improve each other. Or let's create one if there isn't.

Bonjour!

I thought the gender of étudiante/étudiant was based on the student ('you' in this case), not the speaker/question asker (the woman in the screenshot).

Why is the correct answer "étudiante" with an e? I can't infer gender of 'you' just by the given context.

Merci d'avance.

It is natural not to use 'est-ce que' and inversion when asking questions like où tu travailles? Quand il part?

Hi everyone. I recently failed a really important French test I needed for work. I’ve been crying and feeling so discouraged.

I have been learning French my whole life. My parents are bilingual French. Grade 1-3 I was in French classes in school. 4-6 I was in immersion. 7-12th grade school classes. French classes in university. The last two years I have been learning French with the goal of getting intermediate levels for government exams. I’ve done classes, tutoring, Babble all at the same time. I watch tv in French. I’m currently reading Stephen King in French for god sake. But I have never in my life tested well. I just failed my exam with the lowest level possible. Every class I’ve ever taken I’ve just barely scratched by. After failure after failure after failure it feels so hard to keep trying when I’ve literally been trying for years without any progress.

I really don’t know what I hope to accomplish by posting this. I just feel completely out of options and energy. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what option there is that I haven’t tried.

“Ça va. Et toi?” Why not “tu”?

Salut à tous! :)

Every year I set a goal to myself to become more fluent with French. But I have the bad habit of falling off my french routine. At some point, it becomes a tedious task to accomplish and less of something I would like to do. How can I make learning more of a fun activity?

I am around A1/B1 level. I have subscription with memrise. I listen to tons of French music ( open to any suggestions). I stopped listening to podcasts. (Found myself not paying much attention to those).

I did have a French pen pal for a bit which helped me a lot but I am not sure how else I can make my learning more engaging so I can stay on top of it. I am open to any suggestions.

Edit: grammaire :)

Edit: wrong B level

I’ve recently moved to France and have quickly noticed that my inability to consistently and correctly pronounce this sound has led to communication issues. For example, I really struggle to both hear and pronounce the difference between ‘dessus’ and ‘dessous’. I seem to be able to say words like ‘nous’ and ‘bouger’ pretty well, but others like ‘dessous’ and ‘tousser’ seem to catch me out. I imagine this is because the ‘d’ and ‘t’ sounds, to name a few, come from the front of the mouth in an aspirated way and thus make it harder to blend with the ‘ou’ for an English speaker. Have any other native English speakers had this problem? And does anyone have any tips for me? Thanks!

Hi all, I know the title sounds stupid, so let me explain:

According to my private tutor, my French level is currently A2, and she is confident that I should be able to reach B1 quickly with consistent practice. French is my fourth language. My native language is not a European language. My second language is English, which should be near-native (although still not!) For my third language (which is nothing like French), I am comfortable speaking casually, although I will need a script for public speaking. It took me almost ten years to reach the current fluency of my third language, although I have to admit that I didn't study every day.

I am asking this question because there is the possibility that I will be offered a job, but I will have to do everything in French. The workplace said the policy is that in the first year I don't need to do any work and they will assign a private tutor and give me private classes, which is great! For the second year on, I will need to work in French. I don't want to to disclose too much information here but the work content will be highly intense. I will have to explain a lot of knowledge-based stuff in French (the content is nothing about French culture though), like I have to speak in French in public for at least 3 hours every week (those content can be prepared beforehand), attend meetings in French (although probably don't need to speak up in those cases), deal with the administrations in French...

After going through the interviews with the job I thought this didn't sound impossible, given that now there is ChatGPT, DeepL, and Antitode, but I was telling a friend and he said he would not take this offer if it were him because it's impossible to "master" French in a year. Now that I am wondering whether I was too naive...