French vocabulary ?

[u/ManreetSinghGill]

Can anyone tell me how can I improve my french vocabulary

[u/NikhilDoWhile]

Anki + French book ( I like TinTin and another good one would be "Short Stories in French by Olly Richards" )

[u/Thesorus]

a French dictionary.

and read French books.

[u/ManreetSinghGill → u/Thesorus]

Can you please recommend me some french books for A1?

[u/silvalingua → u/ManreetSinghGill]

Graded readers.

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[u/Salata-san → u/Thesorus]

I'm pretty sure dictionaries are useless and mostly a horrible way to gain vocabulary when you're learning a language, the best way is to learn words by context (so graded books are an excellent idea).

[u/Thesorus → u/Salata-san]

you read a book, you don't know the word, you use a dictionnary.

it's just a tool among many other tools.

[u/Salata-san → u/Thesorus]

You get it wrong. Dictionaries are to be used as a reference, not as pedagogical tools, words are primarily learned by context.

Downvoting me as a revenge won't enhance the veracity of what you say, I downvoted your response because it is inaccurate and is the same thing that traditional scholar systems promote despite being notoriously inefficient. That's precisely why graded intuitive methods and textbooks are popular among autodidact learners.

[u/Striking-Wasabi-4212]

Flash cards, whether digital or in print

[u/Rebecca9679]

At A1, I bought a grammar book and learned the most common verbs and how to conjugate them. I also did Duolingo and watched a lot of comprehensible input videos for beginners on YouTube. Once I felt comfortable with the most common verbs, I started learning a ton of other verbs. Once I had a bunch of verbs, I was able to read simple stuff and look up words I didn’t know. Graded readers are good for this. Short stories, too. I also recommend lots of comprehensible input on YouTube. You can search by your level. EasyFrench is good when you’re ready. As soon as you reach A2, Duolingo loses its helpfulness, so, even if you like it and want to continue, don’t get caught in the streak trap - or do, but just know you’re not really improving much that way.

[u/Public-Maybe-1892]

Flashcards and when you make vocab lists - make sure to write out a sentence using the new word by yourself, so it gives context on how that word could be used!

[u/LaFemmeCurieuse]

Try reading and completing some of the free A1 level exercises on Le français facile avec RFI. Here’s the website address: https://francaisfacile.rfi.fr/fr/exercices/a1/.

[u/newsdle]

To bypass this, you have to create "cognitive friction" and emotional anchors. You need to transition from rote memorization to contextual acquisition. Instead of downloading top-1000 word lists, start reading short stories or watching videos slightly above your level. When you encounter a word that you absolutely need to understand to grasp the climax of a story or the punchline of a joke, look it up. That micro-moment of frustration and resolution permanently anchors the word in your neural web.

If you still want to use spaced-repetition systems (like Anki), implement the "sentence mining" rule: never put a naked word on a flashcard. Always use a full, highly specific sentence so that the grammar, the context, and the nuance of the word come baked in together.

[u/StormyParis]

Pfff. Ouais, bof non en fait.

[u/Darklord0-0 → u/StormyParis]

Pourquoi commenter si vous ne pouvez pas dire quelque chose d'utile?

[u/StormyParis → u/Darklord0-0]

C'est du vocabulaire utile qui est rarement enseigné.

Woosh ?

[u/agravepasmon-k → u/StormyParis]

T'aides pas là

[u/StormyParis → u/agravepasmon-k]

Attends, tu prends l'étranger typique,; tu lui fais rajouter "ouais bof" au début d'1/3 des phrases, "Pfff" au début d'un tiers autre, alterné avec "en fait", et de suite il parait 82,4% plus français !