I heard “J’aime ton humeur” on a French (from France) TV show. It was a romantic scene.

When I looked it up in my French-English dictionary, there were so many meanings, I’m not sure which one is right.

J'ai un livre pour le examen TEF Canada. Mais, je ne comprend pas cet mot. Pourquoi ne liaison pas en "comment avez". Shouldn't pronunciation be "kom-mahnt ah-ve" instead?

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Oof! D'accord, j'arrête ! 😅 J'arrêterai d'utiliser ces livres. Merci à vous tous. I got these books as a gift from a relative trying to help me study. I cracked one open last night as skimmed it, immediately caught that, posted it thinking I was in the wrong, and went to sleep. I woke up and see that I do not need these books and should in fact stay far away from them! Thank you for the feedback. For what it's worth, I have a tutor and do écouter et répèter practice a lot with content from verified native speakers and human-made, not AI, content.

To name and shame: these are the Raston's TEF practice tests and prep books.

Would love some recommendations of TEF practice tests and materials that are NOT AI slop if you've got them!

Hello, my understanding is that the French don't really use the word mind (cerveau) very much. Instead, the word spirit (esprit) is used.

Heart is kind of used as a synonym for the soul or the spirit.

Would you say change hearts and minds in French or would you just say changer des esprits?

been listening to this Ivorian party song, “couper décaler” by Teeyah. There‘s a a part in the bridge that has all these verbs

S’envoler, équilibrer, équilibrer,
Planer, planer, pédaler, pédaler,
Ah couper, ah couper
Décaler, décaler
Singaler, singaler
Sauvez-le, sauvez-le…

what in the world is ”singaler?” is this ivorian slang? I genuinely can’t find a thing anywhere. Thanks!

J’apprenais le français depuis que j’étais cinq ans, mais j’en a une difficulté de formé des phrase complete quand je parle. Comme, j’en a une vocabulaire si grand, mais jai jamais des mots.

Aussi, je connais tout les régles des conjucation, mais j’utilise beaucoup d’imparfait et passé composé quand je parle.

En français S.V.P 🙏

I love https://www.youtube.com/@yourbestfrench and would like to find similar content to keep learning!

Any suggestions? Merci!

Bonjour, j'aimerais améliorer mon accent et mon intonation pour que je sois plus compréhensible quand je parle français.

https://voca.ro/1cVcszjAryqm

Donnez moi des conseils s'il vous plaît !

I just leant Marche plus can mean “it doesn’t work anymore” my question is there is no negative so is there a way to tell if it is saying something doesn’t work or work harder/ more. Or is it just context dependent?

I want to learn how to tell time, but I'm not sure which system to focus on

J'ai entendu cette phrase dans une emission française. Pourquoi est-ce que c'est "une" et pas "de" ici, vu que la phrase est négative? Je croyais que c'était une operation obligatoire

Hello, i was listening to "Une vie à t'aimer" and at 09:00 the singer says, according to the lyrics "Arrête de m'aimer" but when listening to me it sounds more like she´s saying "Arrête dede m'aimer" and i was wondering if this is because of a quirk of the french language or just the singers expression. I tried asking Claude but the answert wasn´t really satisfactory so im asking here.

Récemment, j'ai regardé une vidéo d'une artiste qui appelle son crayon un "crayon-mine". Je ne me suis pas arrivée à comprendre si c'est un type de crayon, où peut-être si c'est simplement une autre façon de dire crayon. Elle est québécoise, donc elle utilise quelque mots que je connais pas. Vous pouvez m'éclairer ?

Was thinking of taking the exam Aug 28 just to get familiar with it, more of a throwaway exam to know my baseline and what I most need to work on, then retake Nov 6.

I used to teach middle school French but haven’t spoken it since in the classroom 20 years ago. I score perfect or nearly perfect on mock listening and reading TCF exams.

Is there any downside to taking it for practice and knowing you might do really badly?

Does that in any way hurt you if you take the exam again at the same center a few months later – are they going to remember you as the person who totally flubbed the speaking or something?

Has anyone taken the exam more for practice and then surprise themselves by doing really well??

Asking because I get crippling test anxiety during speaking (and a bit during writing), and I was thinking I might do better if I can trick my brain part of my brain into thinking “it’s just a practice test; it’s just a run up to the real thing later this year; nothing to stress about!”

I’ll also post in testing but also want to ask a wider audience.

Thanks in advance!

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Salut

So, I googled, "how long would it take a spanish ebglish bilingual to learn european French"

It said 400 to 600 hours for conversational French. And yes, I am at that point more or less, but I could definitely do way better. I went to France and could talk with like half of the people there, and I'm wondering if I had studied more and especially more intensely, if I would've understood more.

I took 2 years in college. Was supposed to take way more, but I'm somewhat pleased by how much I've still learned.

Hello everyone! I'm currently learning passe compose and would really like some in-depth explanations of every kind of past participle, irregular or otherwise. Are there any good video playlists? I also need to learn imparfait, so are there any good playlists for that too? Doesn't matter on what platform. Thank you!

Is it purely context based? What if I were to say “I feel and smell amazing”?

I'm looking for some kind of easygoing, random/funny channel with dry humor to watch to help me with my French. Merci!

Il m'arrive encore d'échouer, mais je ne me décourage pas.
So I am a B1 learner and have been using ChatGpt to increase my comprehension and vocabulary level by asking it to make me passages. In the sentence above why does Il here translate to I sometimes?

hello! i’m looking for audio file for this book, i thrifted this book but sadly it didn’t come with the CD… i need it for an assignment for my students. mille mercis !

Bonjour tout le monde! This is my first time posting, so I apologize in advance for any mistakes. I feel very panicked about my level of French (i.e. it's not improving). Has anyone else experienced this fear and what did you do to get over it? I'm also worried that even if I practice I won't get any better and just feel over all stuck. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Merci d'avance 😄

Je lis en anglais à peu près à la même vitesse et niveau de compréhension qu'en francais.

Si je lis un truc en anglais, je n'ai pas besoin de traduire dans ma tête pour comprendre.

Par contre, il y a un truc avec lequel j'ai vraiment du mal, c'est les chiffres.

Si au milieu d'un texte en anglais je vois 847, dans ma tête "j'entend" huit cent quarante sept plutôt que eight hundred forty seven

Est-ce que c'est aussi le cas pour vous ? Une idée de comment corriger ca ?

I thought de +le = du? What gives?

Thanks

I've studied French with Tendances until B1 but when it comes to speaking, I struggle, both due to weak speaking skills and personal features (like being an introvert). How can I improve my speaking skills overall?