Whenever I go to most touristicish French speaking places, they occasionally switch to English, even if they barely speak it. I'm not asking for ways to improve my French, I'm asking for ways to get French people to stay speaking French. Not any way like "I want to practice my French", I want to do it in a way kind of like how they sometimes switch to English, so I'm basically doing them a favour. Any tips?

I was once at an Italian airport with someone who was able to read a lot of Italian signage despite not knowing Italian.  He knew French* and he knew some linguistic (phonological) rules for guessing what the equivalent Italian word would be for a French word. He applied those rules in reverse to read the Italian signs.

I would love to read an explanation of what these rules are. there a French book for French people learning Italian or Spanish which explains how to do this?

* At least, I think it was French. If it was Spanish, that doesn't really help me since French is the only Romance language I can read.

I learnt in school years ago questions like ‘ quel age as-tu’

However is this not contradictory to have tu which is informal or verb inversion which is formal

I know French has a many ways to ask the same question so please help clarify the confusion.

Thanks

the clue was: George Sand’s “____ et lui.”

the answer is: elle

when i looked up the title online there were two different titles in english: this woman, this man or she & he

which one is right and how do you tell?

I want a refresher so what are good options to do so and recommend

J'essayais d'écrire un récit court au passé et j'avais oublié que c'était le passé antérieur et pas le plus-que-parfait qui allait de pair avec le passé simple. Si j'écris au passé simple, suis-je obligé, d'une façon ou d'autre, de combiner dans tous les cas le passé simple avec le passé antérieur ou ce n'est pas grand-chose, si j'utilise le plus-que-parfait pour exprimer l'antériorité ?

Next week I have a French exam on passé composé, and irregular verbs are difficult for me, so I wanted you to recommend either a list of the most important and useful verbs, I am in an A1-A2 level and also if you have some resources to practice, either grammar, writing or listening, thank you very much.

bonjour !! pour le mois de la francophonie, j’aimerais faire une collection de films francophones mais qui ne proviennent pas de france et idéalement pas du canada. si vous avez des suggestions, je suis preneuse, merci <3

This has been bugging me for months. As for backstory, my parents are Haitian immigrants. My mother insisted that I learn French before I learned Creole. As a result I never learned either, LOL. I am now trying to learn French on my own as an adult. On to my issue: my mother always taught to pronounce ville (city) as fille (girl). But working with Duolingo they keep pronouncing ville as veal. As my mother is in a nursing home with dementia, I can’t ask her for clarification. S’il vous plaît et merci beaucoup.

Bonjour! I am looking for French language courses or a school online. If anyone has any recommendations of any French teachers that would also be great!

My main goal with learning French is to become fully fluent and I want to be able to converse and read and write. I would ideally love for it to become the second language that I learn and the first one outside of my native tongue that I master!

I do not mind paying for a course & I would love to take courses weekly with either a teacher virtually online so I am able to build my speaking and communication skills. I am a complete beginner so I would need to learn everything including the basics.

Thanks!

For me personally verbs are like a giant mountain. there three types and like five plus ways to conjugate them. I know there’s a pattern to it but where can I learn it? Is there some YouTube video I can watch that has helped you?

Been meaning to ask this for a while, but I just heard it and I was reminded. Someone in a French video I was watching said, "C'est parti!", but it sounds almost like parti has an 's' on the end..."C'est parti(s)!" And I notice a lot of words which end in a vowel are said with those 'soft s's'. Why is that? Is it simply dialect? Or different accents for different people? Thx!

Hello, I'm a high school student looking to start a French club at my school. I'm looking for ideas for activities we could do. All ideas are welcome, but beginner-friendly/English accessible activities are preferred. By English-accessible, I mean "hey here's the French version by default but the English version is over there if you need it".

Thank you!!

-Catherine

I’m looking for shows like Law and Order SVU, Grey’s Anatomy, Gilmore Girls with French dubs. Preferably crime shows, though.

Any suggestions how to access them?

Or suggestions for French crime shows and where to find them?

TIA!

Hi all! I am attempting to learn French through a few means, I am using Babbel, but mainly I want to begin consuming media (specifically TV shows/movies) in French, I was wondering if there are any shows that are intended to be consumed in French that anyone in this sub would recommend?

my only spoken language is English and I enjoy most genres of television but mainly fantasy/fiction and maybe some sitcoms.

Je n’ai jamais vu une telle chose chez Paul

Apparently means

I’ve never seen anything like that with Paul

Could it not mean "I have never seen anything like that at Paul's house "

Suppose I have a dropdown list with a few options: Carotte, Pomme de terre, and Sel.
What would I call a fourth option to indicate that when selecting this option I'm selecting all of the above? I want to use only one word. Would it be "Tout" or "Tous"?

For me, It is word order. Because the word order between Korean and French is different so I get confused when I study French😭

I feel like I can grammatically put some words together but it will not be what native speakers use. The phrases are:

"Sorry I did not get back to you" "It's been absolutely insane this past week" "I've been so busy!"

I was just wondering about the use of these 2 expressions. What is the difference, if any?

I haven't been able to find anything about this online (other than a few sentences & a show called "J'étais à ça") so I'm hoping a native speaker can clear this up.

In the sentence "J'étais à ça de t'amener à l'hôpital." could "à ça de" be replaced by something like "sur le point de" or "à deux doigts de"?

I'm assuming "à ça de" is quite informal.

Any information you can provide is greatly appreciated. :)

I've been wantjng to find some french speaking youtubers to improve my listening skills and overall vocabulary since thats how I learned to speak English. Does anyone have recommendations of youtubers like chad chad, gabi belle, funky frog bait, dincanyounot, or danny gonzalez?

When someone says "Ce problème regarde Jean," can this sentence be transformed into "Jean est regardé par ce problème"?

Is "Jean est regardé par ce problème" a natural expression for native speakers?

I don’t want to be the stereotypical tourist that knows no French but I’m not sure how much French I should learn for the amount of time I’ll be there. What would be the best way to learn what I need and how long a day should I be practicing?

Hi all, I know there is an expression in English where we say: ‘the door slams in my face’. I heard a French translation in a song that said: ‘les portes claquent sur mes joues’, meaning ‘the doors slam on my cheeks’ (ignore the pluralisation). Would it be safe to say that this is the most accurate translation of the English expression, or would most people use ‘au visage’ instead?

Hi!

I really want to learn more french does anyone know the most strict program for explore? Or if anyone knows how to practice french in general? Especially hearing. I can read and write and speak for the most part but hearing is so difficult to me

Bonjour !

J'ai une question qui concerne les paroles d'une chanson :

Allergique à la vie, les matins sont obscurs
Quand tout a un arrière goût d'déjà vu

Pourquoi y a-t-il un 'de' dans la deuxième ligne ? Pourquoi pas 'quand tout a un arrière-goût déjà vu' ? Merci beaucoup !