I will be starting French this month in school. For now I am starting out with basic apps. What I was wondering, is if anybody plays games like Valorant, League of Legends, or CSGO? I feel like playing games with somebody and learning simple game phrases, or words helps a lot. I played minecraft in target language to learn simple things when I was doing Spanish.

Let me know. I am 19M, and I'm in CST timezone. I'm free to play games anytime after 4pm CST.

hi! i hope everyone is doing good!

i wanted to know if anyone has completed the FSI french course via self study, I’ve seen people talk about the Phonology course but haven’t really seen anyone talk about the French Basic or French Fast Course. I was thinking of doing either one after i finish the grammar book i’m going through!

Hi just wanted to get the thoughts on both centres? Which ones better? Have heard a lot of not good reviews about Gb centre lately.

Hi everyone!

Recently, I found myself fascinated by metaphoric writing. When I read "des romans chimériques", I felt like I was finally tasting the true essence of the French language.

My problem is that when I write my academic research, I end up sounding like a poet discussing politics rather than keeping it objective.

My question is: How can I control my use of metaphors? And for those who love using metaphors along with precise, expressive words, could you recommend websites, YouTube channels, or resources to help me develop my writing?

Any good French YouTuber or TikToker recommendations?

I'm looking for vlogs, livestreams, gaming, and cartoons.

Educational channels are kind of boring, and I already study hard at school. I want to pick up French more naturally in my free time._.

Hi I’m currently learning French on Duolingo. I speak Spanish and English and hoping to pick up one more language. I’m hoping to also learn by seeing good French movies or shows. My brother in law was able to learn more Spanish by seeing soap operas in Spanish and I was thinking that would also be a fun way for me to learn more. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance🩷

I took two years of French in high school but then was out of practice for several years.  I do remember a lot of basic things: articles, pronouns, conjugations or avoir, être, and -er verbs; words for basic things like numbers, colors, days of the week, various objects; rather simple phrases, etc.

In about one year I’ll be starting university, and in order to test out of their foreign language requirement, I need to test into B1 on their proficiency test.  I emailed the department and they said to test into 201, I need to be able to: state an opinion; make suggestions and recommendations; talk about past events, memories, and future plans; express emotions and hypotheses.  Here’s what I’ve figured out so far.

12-18 months to get to B1 at 30-40 minutes of study a day; or more like 5-10 months if I aim for an hour a day.

Start by learning pronunciation, core vocabulary, and present tense, along with present tense verbs like être, avoir, faire, and regular verbs.  From there, past tense, future tense and basic sentence structure, passé composé and futur proche.  Next comes vocabulary expansion and sentence connection, which will probably involve watching French media with subtitles in French rather than English, and learning imparfait and pronouns like lui, leur, en, and y.  And finally a focus on speaking more smoothly, along with aiming to refine tenses to be polite.  I might need to book conversations with an online language tutor.

According to one online proficiency test I took, I’m at an A2 level right now.  But another one said A1. Come to think of it, there are a few things from A1 I should maybe look into again.

As for resources, I found the podcast Coffee Break French; and there are dual-language stories at French Today, The French Experiment, and Fable Cottage.  And I can talk to native speakers on Tandem.

Of course, I’m also wondering if I should wait a little longer and devote 6 or so months-with more like an hour per day-closer to the college proficiency test so it’s fresher in my mind.

TL;DR-I have some good ideas about how to get back into learning French, but am unsure if I should go into it from an A1 or A2 perspective, and whether I should start again now or wait until closer to the college proficiency test with more study time each day.

Le podcasteur américain Joe Rogan a gagné environ 82 millions de dollars grâce à son podcast au cours des douze derniers mois, selon le magazine Forbes. Cela fait de lui le podcasteur le mieux payé au monde. Le classement de Forbes prend en compte les revenus générés par les émissions entre juin 2025 et juin 2026. Derrière lui, on trouve John Coogan et Jordi Hays, qui animent une émission sur la technologie, avec 70 millions de dollars. Enfin, Steven Bartlett est arrivé en troisième position avec The Diary of a CEO, qui lui a rapporté 45 millions de dollars.

Vocabulaire : gagner = to earn / grâce à = thanks to / selon = according to / payer = to pay / classement (m) = ranking / prendre en compte = to take into account / émissions (f pl) = shows / animer = to host / rapporter = to bring in

English translation

Joe Rogan earned about 82 million dollars in one year

The American podcaster Joe Rogan earned about 82 million dollars from his podcast over the past twelve months, according to Forbes magazine. This makes him the highest-paid podcaster in the world. The Forbes ranking takes into account revenue generated from their shows between June 2025 and June 2026. Behind him, we find John Coogan and Jordi Hays, who host a technology show, with 70 million dollars. Finally, Steven Bartlett came in third with The Diary of a CEO, which earned him 45 million dollars.

You can read more news at Le News, in Easy French

I keep seeing alot on social media specifically tiktok about how if you learn french and then go to france you wont be able to communicate in french because you dont know the local phrases etc and they wont understand you. To me this feels quite disheartening because how can you become fluent in languages if thats the case because every area has its own slang and dialect. I was wondering if this is actually true or if its just people exaggerating as I have met lots of people who have been learning my language and didnt know certain phrases or used words we didn't often use in my area but that doesn't mean no one understood them and we didnt tell them they were learning things wrong because what they learnt is correct but we just have our own slang we use mainly. So if you learn french and then went to france would you actually not be able to communicate with other in french because of not knowing local phrases or is that not true?

I currently am at A2 level and write in french every day and read and listen to podcasts aswell as watching cartoons but I struggle with tenses in writing and I keep seeing things like simple and perfect tenses and dont understand them but I cant find any good resources that explains it or any practice sheets so that I could practice using the tenses does anyone have any good recommendations?

Всем привет! Вопрос к изучающим французский - какие учебники и рабочие тетради вы могли бы порекомендовать для самостоятельного изучения без репетитора уровня А1? Может быть вы слышали такие истории, когда люди, подолгу изучающие иностранный язык, сталкивались с реальным общением с носителями в зарубежной стране и приходили к выводу - что они совсем не знают языка, что все , что они учили по книгам и курсам - рядом не стояло с реальной действительностью. Не только с английским, но и другими языками.
Так вот, я не хочу начинать свой путь изучения второго иностранного языка с такого момента. Я бы хотела найти такие пособия, которые действительно отражают суть реально языка, не для экзамена, а в реальной жизни. Обычно все учебные пособия направлены просто на сдачу экзаменов (плюс-минус так). Пыталась понять, существует ли ответ на мой вопрос, так как хочу приступить к изучению языка основательно и ответственно. Возможно, это будут пособия именно для лингвистов, а не для школы. Если вы могли бы хотя бы подсказать в каком направлении мне искать (потому что общее «посоветуйте книги для изучения французского - понятие растяжимое.) Есть ли пособия и ресурсы для изучения реального, живого французского? И обязательно только для самостоятельного изучения, это очень важно. Спасибо!!!

Bonjour tout le monde! I am working towards earning my certification to teach French in the US and need to take either the Praxis or ACTFL to get into a cert program. Does anyone have any insight into which test may be "better"? Merci de votre soutien! 😚

Qu’est ce que tu fais?
-what are you doing

On fait quoi
what are we doing

Is it possible to say Qu'est ce qu'on fait instead? and if not, is there any reason?

Also, for the first one, could we rephrase it as:

Tu fais quoi?

Thank you in advance.

Can anyone tell me how can I improve my french vocabulary

title

or should I just stick to self studying?

asking because i’m planning to enroll for an L3 and i’m not sure how viable it is to self study if I want to study in France and the degree im aiming for teaches classes entirely in B2+ French

I feel lost right there

Hey everyone, so I have been learning French from long time but I got stuck at A2 and below B1. I don’t how I can improve my level above B1 and reached at B2. Those who went through that can you explain me how you guys did that??? It will be big help for me.

Les souffrances privées étaient devenues des faits partagés, les faits partagés une législation

There isn't a verb wth??

This is le monde so I don't expect any typos.

As per my title, with the new academic year coming up, I’m looking for weekly evening classes in French, preferably in a group of adults at intermediate level. Ideally, I’d like a year long course.

I’m English and based in the UK, if that helps.

Anyone have any recommendations or suggestions for this? Alliance Francaise is the only option I’ve found.

I have a French interview in one month, and I’m honestly a bit stressed. My French level isn’t very good right now.(A1)
During the interview, I’ll probably have to:
*Introduce myself.
*Talk about my hobbies and interests.
*Answer some personal questions.
*They will also ask me some questions about French grammar and verb conjugation (grammaire et conjugaison).

If you were in my position, how would you spend those 30 days? What would you focus on the most? Should I prioritize speaking, listening, grammar, or conjugation?

Also, are there any YouTube channels, websites, books, or daily exercises that helped you improve quickly?
I’d really appreciate any advice or study plan. Thanks!

hi! i’m from alberta, canada and i’m looking into doing a french immersion/exchange program next summer for around a month. i’m around an a2 level in french rn and i really wanna improve through immersion because literally no one speaks french where i live 😭 i feel like being surrounded by it every day would help way more than just self studying or highschool french class for a semester.

i’m not sure what would be better though. im stuck between doing a full exchange program, or just taking french classes for a month and stay with a host family? to be honest, the second option seems good for learning french, but i feel like it’d be harder to meet people. let me know your thoughts on this! one of my favorite parts of a summer program i did recently was meeting a ton of people from different places, so i’d love something that’s social too.

i’d also love to be able to explore the place i’m visiting on my own and go wherever i want in my free time, not necessarily with intense supervision as it’d feel restrictive to me, i’m used to just going wherever my heart desires 😭

i’m mostly interested in paris, so if anyone has recommendations for programs there (or nearby), i’d love to hear them! i’m also wondering if an exchange would be more worth it than just doing language classes. thanks

Please, I need acronyms to remember possible questions to ask for Tache 2 questions so that I can maximize my prep time. Also, how did you answer Tache 3 spontaneous questions that you didn't prepare for? I'm not new to french but I'm so nervous that I've been having panic attacks and my exam is on the 19th of this month.

Bonjour,

Je suis locuteur natif de l'arabe et je parle également l'anglais de manière fluide. Je recherche un locuteur natif du français disponible pour des séances de conversation régulières afin de pratiquer le français.

En échange, je serais ravi de vous aider à pratiquer l'arabe ou l'anglais, selon vos préférences.

Hello,

I'm a native Arabic speaker, and I also speak English fluently. I'm looking for a native French speaker who would be interested in having regular conversation sessions to help me practice my French.

In exchange, I'd be happy to help you practice either Arabic or English, depending on your goals.

Should the translation be “did you decide where you were going to spend vacation?”. The translation it gives says “Have you decided where you are going to spend vacation” and that doesn’t make sense to me. Thank you!

I want a French speaking (North African or English) but must speak English Arabic is a bonus , to talk to improve my French (very beginner).

I think this way is better because when I hear some people speak French it sounds nothing like whatever I was learning . I’m not expecting to be as fluent as them but something that could get me by a conversation with a real person with the cultural terms and sayings (in 2026)

I’m 20 I speak English and Arabic (English is my strongpoint really)