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French Duolingo Notes. Hopeless Romantic.

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French expression of the day:

“Pisser dans un violon” Translation : “to pee in a violin”

Meaning : to say or do something over and over again, with no impact.

In situ exemple : “I told them not to do it 3 times, but they did it anyway, I was peeing in a violin”

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For people learning French and wanting to speak it like a native, I’ll give you some tips, the things native people say (so you can sound less formal when you speak it).

“Je suis” is often shortened to “j’suis” and if we say it fast, it becomes “chuis”

“Tu es” and basically every verb with “tu” that starts with a vowel, we contract it and make it “t’es”, “t’arrives”, etc.

“il y a”, “il y avait” are most of the time shortened to (oral speech and when writing to a friend) “ya”, “y avait”

To make a question, it’s rare that we use the “est-ce que” form, we just take the affirmative sentence and put a question mark at the end : tu veux manger? (instead of : veux-tu manger?, est-ce que tu veux manger?)

Some abbreviations we often use :

bcp (beaucoup), mtn (maintenant), pk (pourquoi), tlm (tout le monde), mm (même), ptn (putain)

I know this post is probably useless but if you have any questions about french, ill be happy to answer them!

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THIS WAS HELPFUL!

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Also some things I’ve learned:

Drop the ne from ne … pas. So instead of saying « Je n’y mange pas », say « J’y mange pas.»

In Paris at least, they tend to prefer on over nous. On va au ciné, au musée, etc. is more common than Nous allons…

Learn what Verlan is and how to use it.

Ne … que seems to be used more frequently than seulement. For example, Je ne veux que l’écouter.

There are also just a lot of slang words your textbook won’t teach you, and they aren’t even necessarily rude. Like la flotte instead of l’eau.

I would definitely also recommend these YouTube channels.

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The on over nous is simply everywhere in France, if not in francophone areas!

The ne…que construction: apply the en dropping rule too ;) but we also use juste A LOT, probably an anglicism? (e.g. je veux juste l’écouter)

j’suis and chuis can be applied to j’sais and chais too

informal greetings for hello: salut, coucou

informal greetings for bye: salut, ciao (frenchified spelling: tchao), tchô, bye, à plus, à toute (short for à tout de suite or à tout à l’heure, when you’re gonna see the other person in a few minutes or later in the day)

avoir des sous : to have money - we often say des sous instead of de l’argent

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Very helpful for any of my followers learning French. One thing I will add though that the importance of learning to use and understand Verlan sort of depends on who you’re going to be speaking and interacting with. A few words like “meuf” are commonly used but it’s not really important to understand the more extensive Verlan vocabulary. Also… Know the situations in which it is appropriate to use, there are times it would be considered highly improper to use Verlan.

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How to study foreign languages: a very brief guide

I’ve learnt/am learning Mandarin, French and German as foreign languages (and am no way qualified) but I hope this will be useful in some way :) 

I’ve always wanted to study languages and come from a 3 generation language brokering household (and the problems that’s caused!) yet grew up as the lone monolingual in the sea of bilingual relatives, which has caused a lot of anxiety in the way of languages. 

So the first thing is that you have to want to learn it, not just to do it for school’s sake. I’ve been in both boats, and the second one sucks. It makes it so difficult to learn, and trust me - it’s not worth it. Do it because you love it. Here are 700 reasons to learn a language! Personally, I do it so I can connect with a whole other culture. Being bilingual is my current goal. Ignore the ‘most useful’, ‘never going to use it’ etc. I really regret not taking up Latin and one of my mother’s biggest regrets is not taking Arabic. Just do it. 

The number one thing to do is immersion. 

Put little Post Its with the e.g. Japanese word for lamp on your lamp, for example. You may want to colour code these, or put a little key in the corner to tell you more about the word (case, declension etc.). There are premade ones here. 

Make a colourful poster with some vocab/grammar rules and put it on your wall. 

Listen to the music, embrace the culture (v. important!) perhaps with Youtube videos, TV or podcasts. This is great for picking up slang, accent and learning to converse. 

Try thinking in the language! 

Read in the language, even children’s books/fairytales or magazines! By way of books, it’s always a good idea to start with something you know, like Harry Potter. Try a reader or newspaper.

What about the radio? 

There are tons of free, great websites out there. There are classics but there are more fun ones, like Lyrics Training where you have to fill in the blanks of a song as you listen to it! (It’s actually really hard.)

Invest in a good dictionary (free/paper/online etc.) 

Downloading a free dictionary in the language to mother tongue on your mobile/Kindle etc. is also possible.

If this is independently, try to stick to one course and supplement that, instead of jumping around several different courses. Once you get to a proficient level, you can start spreading yourself thin. 

Second is to find a community. Self-learning with a book is all good, but find friends. Friends willing to test you, support you, chat with you in their native tongue etc. Go to meet ups, attend conferences or competitions. Rope your friends into doing it.

Thirdly, record. One of the most important things is vocab - and make sure you have it. 

No matter if on apps like Duolingo, Quizlet, Memrise, Anki etc. or in personalised little colourful notebooks, this is important. 

Maybe make flashcards to take with you on a bus ride! 

Remember that vocab is like, huge so a step at a time - so do this every day if you want the best results. You want long term memory esp! 

However, there are only a few hundred words you need to know for conversation. For a class, that’s another story. So if this is independent, you only need to learn the first few hundred most common words to be conversational.

You’ll need to know the writing system for this. From the very beginning, you need to start writing and thinking in the actual system, whether it be in Cyrillic or the Japanese writing system. Don’t depend on the Latin, if that’s what you’re used to. 

Learn the pronunciation of each letter/combinations initially, which will help in pronouncing words.

Spaced repetition is the best way to learn vocab. Just learning lists won’t work in the long run. This is when apps become your friends. 

Instead of translating words into your heads, try learn it as it is. When you learn vocab in your mother tongue, you match it to an image or scenario in your mind. Therefore, as you’re effectively relearning life, just start memorising vocabulary in pictures, not in e.g. English. So for flashcards, you may want to do it foreign language to picture/sentence scenario instead. 

Although consolidation is great, don’t review too much. You’ll put yourself into a slump because you won’t feel like you’re going anywhere. 

Know your grammar. Learn your rules until you don’t have to think about it. 

#4 - remember that learning a language is like learning how to walk again. It’s hard. Don’t be discouraged (see number 2). Find motivation all around you and think of a goal. Don’t feel ashamed - native speakers love to help do things like Skype calls, you just need to let them help. 

5) If you’re studying for an exam or doing this at school, keep a copy of the spec, required word list and the textbook by you when revising. 

The most important thing is for the grammar to come naturally to you like your mother tongue so you can listen to what they’re saying instead of translating it in your head. 

Remember that you’re ultimately learning for learning’s sake. 

Don’t just stick to class resources, try many different things out there (see 1). 

But as per usual, know your spec, today’s course outline, read ahead, take notes, ask questions, converse (all with a dictionary on hand). 

But trust me when I say that if you just memorise your vocab list for the quiz, you won’t remember it by the time you come to exams. You have to consolidate, and the easiest way to do that is 1). 

Ask your classmates to pool doing vocab, so perhaps one person do a few topics each (making lists/uploading to Quizlet etc.) so you don’t have to spend so much time doing it. 

It’s quite difficult to cram, so don’t rely on it. 

Your teacher will have a ton of resources and will only be happy to help. Don’t pay unless necessary. 

SIX - PRACTICE  but the normal studyblr rules apply e.g. breaks, water, atmosphere, scheduling etc. etc. (I can do an in depth post if you want it specific to langs). Also, learn from your mistakes. Not only do you write it out, saying stuff out loud is key. Voila - your golden ticket: speak it. 

My mother is bilingual, learnt two langs for fun and one for uni. She likes her vocab done in tables, and her grammar done in topics, with loads of examples. She is a firm believer in travelling and practicing, rewriting etc. etc. I now use apps for my vocab as I have too much to rewrite and not enough time and I keep adding words to different topics and it won’t make sense. For topics, I do it Cornell style/outlining notes and for literature I just do it how I normally do lit - annotate in the book with flags and highlighting etc. etc. Don’t forget that this isn’t all your revision - the best way to make sure you memorise literature is past papers and asking yourself questions. And quotes. For lit guys, seriously - quotes.

Just remember learning a language is not just learning words, it’s part of a culture. Try something like ‘My goal is to try get a native to think I’m native too for 30 seconds’ (quite popular among polyglots) because that’s actually really hard! This will require some people watching - mannerisms, clothing etc. but that’s always fun! Make friends. Remember it’s the people that count. Find people on Tumblr or pen pals even to write to. 

If you would like a more in depth post on any aspect (if you’re a beginner, or doing any exam) and I will post my notes and methods at some point if someone wants them. Also, I specialise in German if that helps anyone?

GOOD LUCK! 

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I have these struggles!

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Why you should learn French then watch Kaamelott

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KAAMELOTT is simply the best French TV series ever made. It’s the baby of Alexandre Astier who wrote the script, directed the series, composed the music, and played the main character, King Arthur.

King Arthur is on the throne of the kingdom of Brittany and attempts to rule the kingdom and organize the Knights of the Round Table in order to find the Holy Grail. He is an intelligent, kind and modern man. Unfortunately he is surrounded by complete idiots.

These are Karadoc (Galahad) and Perceval (Percival), joint holders of the title of Kaamelott’s Biggest Idiots. There’s a sort of beautiful consistency to their twisted and imbecilic world view that makes their comedy moments pure gold. They spend way too much time at the tavern. Along the way they also manage to invent a (useless) combat technique involving vegetables. Karadoc is always serious when it comes to food.

Also, you will ship Perceval and Arthur so hard your brain will discombobulate.

If you’re used to Bohort (Bors) being a kickass BAMF you will be… surprised at this version. Bohort prefers flower arrangements to sparring. He’d sooner organise the program for the Autumn Dance Festival than go and fight a dragon. Bohort supposedly has a wife back home but nobody has ever seen her.

Arthur is married to Guenievre. Guenievre spends a lot of time wondering why they haven’t had any children yet. Probably it is related to the fact that they haven’t had sex. She has a phobia of birds and thunderstorms. She thinks Arthur’s mistresses are lovely girls and tries to be friends with them.

Lancelot and Merlin are Arthur’s two must trusted advisors. They are one of his few competent aides. Unfortunately for him, Lancelot is a massive dickhead and Merlin is more interested in making pickled peaches than performing any actual magic.

You may notice Arthur is looking annoyed/frustrated in practically every single one of these gifs. That’s pretty much his default expression. Arthur does try, but being surrounded by incapable oafs is really hard.

The series spans six seasons, which start out as funny little 3-minute vignettes and progressively morph into 45-minute episodes. The tone also changes, starting from light-hearted snappy comedy to darker humour and angstier themes. Arthur’s downwards spiral into depression is especially heart-wrenching. Every single character is incredibly fleshed out and you will come to love them for all their flaws. It’s everything that is great about French humour: witty put-down banter, fast-paced dialogue, fluid references to sex and violence, poignant characters that are both laughable and endearing.

You can watch Kaamelott online for free here!

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IF YOU STUDY FRENCH, LISTEN UP:

 Bon Patron will save your life. 

What is it?

 a free grammar checker that was developed by French professors

 not extremely sophisticated and won’t catch all of your errors 

but WILL prevent you from making dumb conjugation or agreement mistakes. 

MUCH BETTER THAN MICROSOFT WORD

What does it look like?

What’s it do?

it marks what mistakes you made (writes them out and you can also hover over them - I couldn’t screenshot the entire list because it is VERY THOROUGH) 

(I feel like I need to mention this is an automatically generated example, I’m bad at french but I’m not that bad)

says what type of mistake it is 

and what you can do to fix them.

What do I do with it?

Obviously don’t rely on it 100%, but if you’ve been staring at an essay for five hours it’s so nice to be able to run it through and have it catch the article you misused in the middle of the fourth paragraph. 

make sure you check again after correcting the errors because sometimes new ones will be flagged 

double check your work, sometimes it suggests corrections that you don’t need to make (since it’s a computer program and you’re a person)

BUT GO FORTH AND IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH GRADES (& share the good news)

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French Help Posts

Here’s a compilation of French posts that help proofreading your French articles, essay and homework easier. Most websites are in English but some are also in French, if you’re more intermediate. For more help, check out Compilations of French mistakes links.

Vocabulary 

L'accent aigu

French-English False Friends

French English False Cognates

Accentuation ou Signes auxiliaires

French-English Spelling Equivalents

Vrais amis - French English Cognates

French Phrases and Sayings that are used in English

List of French words and phrases used by English speakers

Idiomatic French expressions, phrasal verbs, and French formulas

Grammar

Forming the Negative

The Gender of Nouns

Negative sentences in French

How do I tell whether to use ‘le’ or ‘la’?

Verbs

Choosing French Verb Tenses

French Compound Tenses and Moods

Mechanics

French contractions

Variable French Capitalization

French Contractions ~ Les Contractions

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French Music Vocab

Based off of @whatlanguageisthis and her Norwegian list of music-related terms, found here. Please, feel free to correct me and add to this list! 

la musique - music la chanson - song un chanteur, une chanteuse - singer un artiste, une artiste - artist un album - album un CD - CD un 33 tours - LP une bande originale - soundtrack le rythme - rhythm le concert - concert le performance musicale - performance le morceau - release la voix - voice un micro - microphone le public - audience un clip - music video un groupe - band la radio - radio un orchestre - orchestra la tonalité - tone un son - sound une harmonie - harmony un diaspon - tuning fork les paroles (f) - song lyric un auteur-compositeur - songwriter le genre - genre la scène - scene la mélodie - melody un festival - festival le casque - headphones un écouteur - earbuds la musicalité - musicality en streaming - streaming

un instrument - instrument un piano - piano une guitare - guitar un clavier - keyboard un chant - vocals un violon - violin une clarinette - clarinet une flûte - flute un ukulélé - ukulele une harpe - harp une trompette - trumpet une cornemuse - bagpipe un harmonica - harmonica un accordéon - accordion une batterie - drum/drums

chanter - to sing jouer de - to play [an instrument] jouer de la musique - to perform music accorder - to tune écouter - to listen entendre - to hear diffuser en streaming - to stream composer - to compose

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Vocabulaire français

s’effilocher (v) - to fray, wear away

chahuter (v) - to heckle, jeer, disrupt

rosir (v) - to turn pink, blush

élégamment (adv) - elegantly

couver (v) - to be brewing, be simmering

égard (nm) - consideration

défoncé (adj) - potholed, rutted, battered

être en nage (exp) - to be dripping with sweat, be soaked in sweat

pointu (adj) - refined, specialized, comprehensive

guetter (v) - to watch out for, be on the lookout for

se tasser (v) - to shrink

à dessein (exp) - deliberately, purposefully

Words taken from: Un été d'amour et de cendres - Chapitre 15

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(more) random french phrases and expressions i’ve picked up from marathoning french tv shows all night

continuation of this post

tu veux parier ? = wanna bet? 

moi, c'est [nom] = i’m [name]

tout aussi bien = just as well / just as good

se mettre en colère = to get angry

qu'est-ce qui t'arrive ? = what’s the matter ?

faire l'affaire = to do the trick / to fit the purpose

bien joué = well played

en quoi puis-je vous être utile ? = how may i help you? / what can i do for you?

c'est à moi = it’s mine 

trou perdu = middle of nowhere

je regrette = i am sorry / i regret

en vrai = for real

mes gamins = my kids

on se débrouillera = we’ll manage / we’ll take care of things

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Le passé composé avec “être” (verbes de déplacement)

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french ressources

let’s start with youtubers !

I discovered some great and interesting french youtubers lately, so I thought it might help people who are learning french n_n. 

doc seven : it’s basicaly a lot of facts in rythmed and interesting videos ( like, “ les 7 personnes les plus recherchées au monde ” or “ 7 metiers quasiement disparu ” ) linguisticae : this guy explains linguistics like nobody else, so french idioms, vocabulary and also he explains where some languages come from. taupe10 same things as Doc Seven, but with the number 10 ( when doc seven does top 7, taupe10 does.. well, top 10 ). pilote this channel is all about tv show, about this beautiful universe that is the serie universe. So yeh, he does different kinds of videos but they all are about tv shows. romain teatime so this guy does biographies like nobody else. You can find lot and lot of biography well-explained, but also the stories behind fashion stuff ( like the heels, the skirts… ). And the “curiositea” serie which is kind of a lot of random stories with a lot of facts about something really interesting. les cours de japonais this professor in university gives free and great japanese classes. So yep, if you want to study french and japanese ( although that might be quite difficult but ey, it’s a great youtube channel so ). thomas gautier he’s a youtuber from Quebec ( so not the same accent and idioms as the metropolitan france but it’s still french right ) and he’s really, really funny. histoire brèvesbasicaly it’s some history chapters, conflicts and so on explained shortly and well dirty biology to be honest I just found this one and haven’t watched any of his videos yet, but it seems to be interesting and great. So it’s basicaly a bunch of youtube videos about biology ( but in a fun way, like “ game of thrones vs science, flying dragons ? ” ) les topovaures, yay, the first lady in this list ! So, she does some top ( like doc seven or taupe10, but it’s not a top 7 or a top 10 but : a top 5 ).and they are about a looooot of different things, like really, it can go to star wars to mythology. les lectures de nine let’s keep going with girls ! So Nine has a channel where she talks about books, basicaly. margaud liseuse sooo a girl who reads, (well a second one). Because we never have enough books to read okay. links the sun So this guy does a “point culture” serie wich is mainly about discovering a subject ( like the pirates for instance ) and the “non mais t'as vu ce que t'écoutes” in which he does some criticism about popular music ( those in the top in france ) nota benean other youtuber talking about History ! It’s so damn interesting, and he talks about the middle age, mythology stuffs, vikings stuff and so on. la vidéothèque d'alexandrieokay so it’s a facebook page kind of like a headquarters for a lot of youtubers ( but not the entertaining kind of youtubers, the teaching in a fun way, educative kind ). So yeh, basicaly a lot of great youtubers ( in it you can find some of those I introduced you before but there are others that I haven’t checked yet so yep ). le rire jaune that’s not an educative / study related channel like the others, but an entertaining/funny one. So, basicaly it’s two brothers living in paris and doing podcasts/vlogs. and while i’m at it, this is a list of some great french singers/bands ( I won’t introduce them like saying a lot of things about each of them, I’m sorry, but it’s basicaly good music and I’m not daily listening to each of them so ) ; L.E.J It’s 3 girls who started by doing covers, one of their video ( summer 2015 ) went viral and now they are actualy doing their album ( a covers album first ) aaand finaly an original song came out ! ( here ). Luke Luke is a french rock band, and they’re just awesome. So I really love this one here but they are all awesome. Téléphone Telephone is an old french band whish is now disbanded but it’s not a reason not to keep listening to them right ? ( some ideas of songs to start : here, here and here ) Florent pagny So yes, he’s pretty old now, he’s not the average 25 pop singer; but his voice is amazing, and he’s quite funny actualy ( he was a coach in the voice france ~ ). AND, there’s this one song that when I listen to, I cry. Like, for real. ( the cry me a river song ) CalogeroCalogero is a singer quite concerned about what happens in the world and around him. His voice is amazing as well. He has a guitar. Two recent songs he made : un jour au mauvais endroit, this song is about something that happened in Echirolles ( near Grenoble (somewhere in france)(not near paris)) : a young boy killed by others just because he looked at them. // le portrait this one is about a kid who draws the portrait of his mother because she’s dead and its the only way he can remember her. AND yes, I almost forgot but I can’t not talk about this song : J'ai le droit aussi this one is about homosexuality. it’s about tolerance. It’s about a guy who loves an other guy and wants to have the rights to be with him too, just like other couples. Cats on trees its a duet, and they did one song i truly really love but they sang it in english ( here ). Louane She’s a young girl who won The Voice (france) and then was casted as the main character in the film : La famille Belier ( which is a good movie btw, you sould definitely go check it out ). So I don’t like that much what she does, but it’s still pretty good, and she has a pretty voice, it’s just not my type of music at all. BUT i love her version of “Je vole” which is in the OST of La Famille Belier. Emmanuel Moire is a french singer who did some musicals ( like Le Roi Soleil), and I like this song of him ( which is very poetic so maybe hard to understand but still, pretty ). Julien Doré He won La Nouvelle Star, and he has a unique voice, like really. So, here ( but it’s quite poetic too ) Coeur de pirate she’s a singer from quebec, and she has a beautiful voice ( like all the others I know ). She took part in the “La bande à Renaud” ( okay sorry, grammaticaly it should be La bande de renaud but it’s how they wrote it ). It’s an album with covers of Renaud’s songs as a tribute. Here’s the one she did. Zazie I was a huge fan of her when I was a kid, and I still like her songs. They have an actual meaning which is great. One of her most famous song ( and I know (proudly) all the lyrics yay) is this one but my favorite is this one Some other great songs and great bands without description because it’s starting to be a really long list. I only put one song of each singer/band but they did some other great songs ~ à ma place/ // manathan kaboul // Liberta // Le vent nous portera // J'ai demandé à la lune // Désolé pour hier soir // La lettre // J'temmène au vent //La tribu de dana // Dernière danse // Les lacs du connemara // Tout le bonheur du monde // Tous les cris les SOS ( by Daniel balavoine ) // L'aigle noir // Les mots bleus + thierry amiel’s version // Je voulais te dire que je t'attend // L'assasymphonie // être à la hauteur // je veux le monde // un ange frappe à ma porte // Also, I wanted to introduce you the youtube chanel : ONDAR ( on ne demande qu'à en rire ). Because : it’s amazing. Okay so ONDAR is firstly a tv program in which people who wants to become humorists come and do a sketch. And they post all their sketchs on youtube, so hey, let’s laugh a little would you ? Here are some of my favourites ; l'avocat de la salade, la fritte et la saucisse, changer son or en argent liquide ( and a lot more ) So yep, that’s it, feel free to add some (:

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french resources masterpost

i don’t even know where to begin with french…i love learning languages so much, i really wish my parents had started me when i was younger. i started taking french in seventh grade but i really hope to spend a semester abroad in france & visit senegal when im older. however, french can get super crazy with accents and hard pronunciation and fancy vocab, which can get really confusing, so here’s a masterpost w all of the french resources i’ve gathered :) 

where to start

duolingo aka the most amazing free language learning program ever

rosetta stone- i’ve heard really great things about this program, but it is not free 

bonjour- this website is rlly helpful & even if you’re already in a french class like me, you can find lots of resources for when you’re confused :) plus it’s free!!

babbel- they have programs for beginners + advanced 

grammar + spell check

bonpatron-  grammer + spell check

languagetool- grammar + spell check

reverso- grammer + spellcheck

how to change the spellcheck language on word

dictionaries

collins

word reference (this is my personal favorite, i highly recommend it + it is so much better than google translate & much more reliable!!) 

larousse

linternaute

linguee (this one is probably my second favorite)

you can get word reference (free!!) on the app store, as well as linguee (which i think is free as well??)                               

phonology

french vs english phonology

french pronunciation for beginners

pronunciation chart

guide to french pronunciation

exercises you could try

+ more practice

the ultimate guide to french pronunciation w videos!!

10 pronunciations you won’t learn in school

ok so i just found out the other day that if you’re on flashcards on quizlet & you press the little speaker icon it will say the word for you!! this has been super helpful on my auditory quizzes + generally getting a feel for the pronunciation of words. but i wouldn’t say it’s too reliable so definitely check out these other resources (link to quizlet) 

grammar

passe compose help (past tense)

passe compose w/ avoir

passe compose w/ etre

passe compose practice (+ more)

imparfait vs passe compose 

a helpful post explaining imparfait vs passe compose

intro to accents

type french accents w/o a french keyboard (just copy/paste into your document)

how to put accents on letters

noun gender

7 tips on learning french grammar

grammar practice

conjugation practice

how to conjugate 

french grammar masterpost

music

these are a few of my favorites:

stromae- hip hop//electronic but i still like his music

maitre gims- rapper but he sings quite a bit in his songs 

joyce jonathan- omg her songs are so cute please go listen

christophe mae-can we just talk about his song “tombe sous le charme” i love it + he sort of reminds me of jack johnson 

vianney!!- guys “je te deteste” is my favorite song on my french playlist right now. the sophomore that sits next to me in our french class recommended him to me & i can’t stop listening 

christine & the queens

also check out these links for more music:

universal music france

this post with french music recommendations

my post on music//podcasts for learning languages (lots of people have been recommending artists which has made this post so much better so please message me if you have any other recommendations or questions!!)

8tracks- french music

other stuff to listen to//watch

french youtubers

10 podcasts for french learners

the ten best tv shows to watch for french learners

ok don’t throw anything at me but watching peppa pig in french is actually a good method (i don’t remember who suggested this to me but thank you so much @ whoever it was) 

easy to understand french movies

news + culture

savoirs

euronews

1jour1actu

l’humanite

multilingual books

some blogs (not on tumblr) in french + about french culture (frenchcrazy, i learn french, oui, c’est ca, french together, fluentfrenchnow)

my tips

definitely keep a vocab notebook where you can either paste vocab lists or write them in on your own

listen to french music. find your own favorite artists. and tell me, so i can put them in here. but seriously, go do it & get those phrases + pronunciations stuck in your head!!

making quizlets for vocab will benefit you more than just using someone else’s

find friends in your class to help (if you’re in highschool, upperclassmen are a blessing pls go ask them questions if you’re lost in class), the senior that sits next to me is really good at conjugating, and i’m pretty good at remembering vocab so we make a great team

find/join a study group!! the freshman girls in my french class made a group chat & we all send links to quizlets/other resources & help each other with homework 24/7

ask questions/do speaking exercises during class. trust me, you will benefit from it. plus, having your teacher correct you on your pronunciation during class is much less embarrassing than getting an F on that speaking test 

french help on tumblr

this french idiom masterpost

more french resources

french grammer masterpost

if you’re still looking for help, definitely check out the tag #langblr

or ask me a question here

or send me a message

or ask any studyblr studying french :))

my posts

essay masterpost

studying when ill masterpost

music resources for language learners

i hope this helped!! :) 

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Vocabulaire français

oie (nf) - goose

enjoindre à qqn de faire qch (exp) - to order [sb] to do [sth], tell [sb] to do [sth]

immonde (adj) - filthy, squalid, unfit, vile

engluer (v) - to stick, glue

clopiner (v) - to hobble along

aviser (v) - to decide, inform, notify

devin (nm) - augur, seer, soothsayer

obsèques (nfpl) - funeral

rôder (v) - to prowl, roam

consubstantiel (adj) - consubstantial, integral part of

imbriquer (v) - to interlock

s’imbriquer (v) - to interlink, intertwine, overlap

impitoyable (adj) - heartless, ruthless, brutal, cruel

autel (nm) - altar

Words taken from: Un été d'amour et de cendres - Chapitre 21

[studybusy]

List of French Movies for you French Learners !

Okay so one of my tumblr friend asked me what french movie she could watch, so I wanted to make a list for her, there might be some missing, feel free to add some you like ! :) Here we go:

(French Name/American name)

Funny Comedies :

Intouchables / The Intouchables

L’Arnacoeur / Heartbreaker

Les Infidèles / Les Infidèles

Astérix et Obélix: mission Cléopâtre / Asterix and Obelix: MIssion Cleopatra

Le Prénom / What’s in a name?

Les Visiteurs / Les Visiteurs

Les Gendarmes à St. Tropez / The Troops of St.Tropez (and all the following movies)

Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait au bon dieu? / Serial (Bad) Weddings

OSS 117: Le Caire, Nid D’espions / OSS 117: Cairo, Nest Of Spies

OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus / OSS 117: Lost in Rio

RRRrrrr!!! / RRRrrr!!!!

La Cité De La Peur / La Cité De La Peur

Didier / Didier

Le Dîner de Cons /  The Diner Game

Un Indien dans la ville / An Indian in the City

Les Gamins / Les Gamins

Lol (Laughing Out Loud) / Lol (Laughing Out Loud) (the original french version not the crappy remake with Miley Cyrus)

Hors de Prix / Priceless

Populaire /Populaire

Bienvenue chez les ch’tis / Welcome to the Sticks

Less Funny Comedies, Romantic Comedies and Tragedies :

La famille Bélier / The Béliers Family 

Le Premier Jour du Reste de Ta Vie / The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

La Vie d’Adèle / Blue is the Warmest Colour

La Môme / La Vie En Rose

Persepolis / Persepolis

La Pianiste / The Piano Teacher

Paris / Paris (2008 Film)

The Artist / The Artist

Le Péril Jeune / Le Péril Jeune

L’Auberge Espagnol / The Spanish Apartment

Les Poupées Russes / The Russian Dolls

 Chinese Puzzles / Casses-Têtes Chinois (those last three are following)

Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain / Amélie

Les Petits Mouchoirs / Les Petits Mouchoirs 

La Rafle / La Rafle

Les Choristes / The Chorus

L’Emprise 

Action Movies, Thriller and Horror Movies :

La French / The Connection

Wasabi / Wasabi

Taxi / Taxi (Taxi 1,2, 3 and 4)

Banlieu 13 / District 13

La Horde / The Horde

Möbius / Möbius

Mesrine Part 1 and 2 / Mesrine Part 1 and 2

À bouts portant / Point Blank

Les Lyonnais / Les Lyonnais

L’immortel /22 Bullets

JCVD / JCVD

Les Ripoux / My New Partner 

And of course all of Luc Besson’s who are not in french but are from a french director

That’s all that comes to my mind, again, feel free to add french movies that you love and spread the knowledge ;)

[deathorthetoypiano]

Also:

Les Diaboliques Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One) Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (I’ve loved you so long) Belleville Rendezvous (ok it’s mostly silent but there are background words also it’s excellent) C.R.A.Z.Y. Ma vie en rose Delicatessen

These are all the ones I can think of off the top of my head, I’ve really enjoyed them all

[faensoundslikefun]

 I can only add :

- Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) aka a perfect war romance with Audrey Tautou and Gaspard Ulliel

- Micmacs à Tire-Larigot (about a kind of family of odd people who are on a mission to avenge one of them)

- La Grande Vadrouille, L’Aile ou la Cuisse, and basically any Louis de Funes movie. Honourable mention to Bourvil.

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also: 

- Nos Jours Heureux, a very funny movie 

- Mince Alors! 

- Yves Saint Laurent, with Pierre Niney

- Papa was not a Rolling Stone

- Jeux d’enfants, with Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard, a classic

- Brice de Nice, a classic, and very very funny movie with Jean Dujardin

- Samba, with Omar Sy, beautiful movie

- Indigènes, a beautiful sad tragic movie, i think everyone need to see it

- Paris à tout prix

- Neuilly sa mère 

- Il reste du jambon? 

- 15 ans et demi, it’s a little bit like LOL i think 

- Connasse, princesse des cœurs, a very funny movie too! 

that’s all i can think of now, i hope you’ll like them! 

[diabhal-sceal]

Easy group chats for language learners!

Hello everyone! These are the updated chats for language learners! The recent KIK updates made it really hard for people to join the language chats so we moved to another app called Telegram. Telegram is a great app that can be downloaded on almost any phone or computer. It allows you to send voice recordings and even allows a bot that will translate text in over 80 languages into IPA! Download the app and click on any of the below links to join them! (note: the app will ask you to give a phone number to join the app but you do not need to show your phone number to anyone. This is not like WhatsApp, and you can easily create a username that will be displayed instead of your phone number) I hope to see you there! Chats have a capacity maximum of 1000 so the chats will be sure to be filled with learners!

If you have any difficulties at all contact me @explicitly-me or Ryan @poly-thot

General Chat

https://telegram.me/joinchat/CSJvRQUSGF18oP2eLL12Ag

Arabic

https://telegram.me/joinchat/CK6v4wOpHW3rfggNJZonxw

Basque

https://telegram.me/joinchat/CkfzWQVjAXvOBPUG2ZEouA

Cantonese

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Catalan

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Danish

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Dutch

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English

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Esperanto

https://telegram.me/joinchat/Cei4oAPm5VEd0HlDLPxmNQ

French

https://telegram.me/joinchat/Cei4oARK5NLm6jnd6D7siw

German

https://telegram.me/joinchat/Cei4oAPp7Xy9PHmbXQ8Hxw

Irish

https://telegram.me/joinchat/CpAaCgSi2gWgkmKiJASSNQ

Italian

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Japanese

https://telegram.me/joinchat/CK6v4wXsCzuvbmw08ah1HQ

Korean

https://telegram.me/joinchat/CK6v4wOus6JXj3acQWn6vg

Mandarin

https://telegram.me/joinchat/CK6v4wPxbO08huB2ApzARg

Norwegian

https://telegram.me/joinchat/Cei4oAW0zK0NDX2IxnkzEQ

Portuguese

https://telegram.me/joinchat/Cei4oAXDppknG5667tMIrA

Russian

https://telegram.me/joinchat/Cei4oASrM9pQkTzeW73gCQ

Swedish

https://telegram.me/joinchat/Cei4oAEPvrNjSg8_nXGVQg

Turkish

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Vietnamese

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