r/French • • 39m ago

Question for Quebecers

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Québécois, when and why would you use "là là"? I don't trust AI on these things, and i've heard it many times


r/French • • 1h ago

Possible de prononcer le verbe "bégaie" comme "bégaye", comme dans les mots qui se terminent par -aye / -eille ?

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J'ai pensé à ça parce qu'il existe "essaie" et "essaye" pour le verbe essayer


r/French • • 6h ago

Help with one lyric of one song

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Hi i dont know much inglish but i need a person who know little french

I need transcribe one lyric of a french song

"Corn Frakes" divine cat.

In the start and end sounds a dialogue i cant understand

When I search for the lyrics the that part doesn't appear.

Sorry and thank u


r/French • • 12h ago

"Paul est beaucoup plus grand que moi" or "Paul est bien plus grand que moi" — which one is correct?

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Hello everyone,

While reading my textbook, I started wondering about the difference between beaucoup and bien when used to intensify a comparative.

Take "Paul est beaucoup plus grand que moi" and "Paul est bien plus grand que moi." I believe both are grammatically correct, but is there any difference in meaning or usage between them?


r/French • • 15h ago

How is this "Je sais pas"?

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I've been told that this is je ne sais pas in the beginning, but I do not hear it at all. May someone please explain?


r/French • • 17h ago

Pronunciation What’s your level and how much of this video do you understand?

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Just curious, is this video easy to follow for non-native speakers? I’m getting like 60% of it I think she speaks really fast


r/French • • 18h ago

Do you tend to tutoies strangers who you want to be friends with?

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Tutoyer a stranger can be risky, because it may be taken as disrespect.

I'm curious, do people often risk that by tutoyer a stranger to indicate "I want to be close with you"?


r/French • • 20h ago

French Classes online or in person in NYC

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Hi everyone, I just visited Montreal and fell in love with the city and I have been thinking to learn French for a while but now I’ve decided I’d like to pull the trigger. Can anyone recommend where to take classes? I don’t know where it would be best to take classes. Merci :)


r/French • • 21h ago

Study advice Are listening and reading questions in TCF canada still being repeated?

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Last time I gave, listening and reading questions were 100 percent repeated in exam. I practiced mock tests available on sites which uses same questions. I scored c2 in both listening and reading but failed in speaking. Anyone who recently gave tcf canada in india, can please tell if it's still the same? or have they started adding new question sets?


r/French • • 21h ago

Question sur l’utilisation de « chez qui » et de « où »

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Bonjour à tous ! J’ai une question concernant l’utilisation de « chez qui » et de « où », comme dans les exemples ci-dessous. Pourriez-vous m’aider à comprendre la différence ? Merci d’avance !

1) Selon une enquête que j’ai lue sur le site « TV Globo », 78 % des personnes interrogées pensent que les gestes écologiques sont peu efficaces, en particulier celles qui vivent dans les grandes villes, où ce chiffre atteint 90 %.

2) Selon une enquête que j’ai lue sur le site « TV Globo », 78 % des personnes interrogées pensent que les gestes écologiques sont peu efficaces, en particulier celles qui vivent dans les grandes villes, chez qui ce chiffre atteint 90 %.

Dans cet exemple, j’hésite entre « où » et « chez qui ». Est-ce que je dois utiliser « où » parce que je fais référence aux grandes villes et que je parle du pourcentage dans ces endroits ? Ou est-ce que « chez qui » serait plus approprié, puisque je parle des personnes qui vivent dans ces villes

Merci pour votre aide !


r/French • • 1d ago

Vocabulary / word usage Old dictionary — potentially offensive but still interesting

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Recently, I was given an English/French dictionary as a gift. It was printed in the 1950s. Some of the vocabulary is rather dated, but it's fun anyway. I am asking if the current entries are still in use.

Le Petit Juif (humerus)

Un margot (a prostitute)

Une marie-salope (a prostitute, literally a mud-dredger)

Un brise-tout (someone who is clumsy)

Le marivaudage (canoodling with one's partner)

My wife has graciously ordered a more modern English/French dictionary for me.


r/French • • 1d ago

Study advice I have a talking test soon, some advice?

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So i have a talking test soon and we need to prepare before, but im not sure if what i prepared is correct. We need to react to a blog, and state our opinion on it. our opinion needs to consist of an intro, the opinion, and a conclusion.

This is what i have right now(and the translation), but im 100% sure the grammar and word usuage are not correct.

Im not sure what niveau this would be on, but i think its 11/12th grade, but this is my final year so around that niveau.


r/French • • 1d ago

Is it outdated to say zic?

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r/French • • 1d ago

How would you translate "go" into English, keeping the same register?

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r/French • • 1d ago

Proofreading / correction Is this a badly written French paragraph ? (Be honest)

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r/French • • 1d ago

"C'est quand on subit sa vie qu'il y a du stress."

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I'm having a hard time understanding this.

"It is when one endures one's life that there is stress."

Doesn't make sense to mean.


r/French • • 1d ago

Study advice Salut j'ai besoin de "tips" et media

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Je suis aprender français, et les choses que je cherche à m'améliorer sont le compression Lectoure et le compression Orale le français n'est mon langage maternel je parle le anglais et le espagnol, mon feed dans les algorithmes c'est dans le anglais et espagnol, que videos ou groupes vous pouvez recommander? Pour améliorer mon français, Qu'est-ce qui vous aide ? Je suis aussi un cours le samedi, parce que mon travail ne me le permet pas en semaine.

Merci :)


r/French • • 1d ago

CW: discussing possibly offensive language "Dominique" par La Soeur Sourire

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Je suis en train de re-regarder American Horror Story: Asylum, et j'ai noté que la chanson qui passe souvent (le titre de cette poste) inclu les paroles "Dominique, nique, nique". Je suppose qu'il ne s'agit que les syllables du nom, mais je me demande si quand le mot niquer est née, beaucoup de jeunes blaguaient de ces paroles. Est-ce que c'était le cas chez les Francophones? (Moi je suis américaine)

Je vous remercie en avance!


r/French • • 1d ago

Can you use "ancien/ancienne" to refer to an ex partner?

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I think "former" has a better connotation than "ex" in English. I think if you say "my former wife", you're more likely trying to imply that you are still on good terms with her. If you say "ex wife", you are more likely trying to imply that you dislike her. These are not necessities, but definitely something I've noticed.

I wonder if this is also the case in French?


r/French • • 1d ago

French translation for the word yards as used as an English noun (unit of measure).

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I know France with the metric system uses meters and they are different lengths but specifically needing to describe something in yards but speaking French how would you guys say it? Thank you.


r/French • • 1d ago

Vocabulary / word usage Does anyone else’s family use this word?

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Hey so long story short some family friends are French French and they call one of the grandparents “mononcle” (pronounced like mon uncle) and I’ve been trying to figure out if this is just a family thing or not because I have searched the internet and haven’t found anything about it


r/French • • 1d ago

Vocabulary / word usage Does anyone else’s family use this word?

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Hey so long story short some family friends are French French and they call one of the grandparents “mononcle” (pronounced like mon uncle) and I’ve been trying to figure out if this is just a family thing or not because I have searched the internet and haven’t found anything about it


r/French • • 1d ago

Story Crossed paths near the Blue Mosque today... I regret so much not asking for your number before you left for Üsküdar 🥺🥺😭

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Bonjour ! J'ai brièvement discuté aujourd'hui avec une Française près de la Mosquée Bleue (Sultanahmet). Elle m'a demandé de me présenter avant de partir en direction d'Üsküdar. Malheureusement, j'ai oublié de lui demander ses coordonnées et je le regrette beaucoup. Si tu te reconnais ou si vous connaissez une amie qui correspond à cette description, envoyez-moi un message privé ! J'aimerais beaucoup qu'on reprenne notre discussion."


r/French • • 1d ago

1900s french passage interpretation.

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Hi I'm an acting student in foreign country and I was trying to learn this 1900s passage:

Il ne faut pas faire du bruit,
la Sophie est dormée déjà. Vous êtes un ours.

Je vous prie, pardonnez-moi, Marie, mais vous avez des manières un peu grossières.

Il paraît que mon Bobik déjà ne dort pas.

does any of you know how the grammar structure is different from regular french, and how I could get any voice recording of native person speaking this? I asked all my friends but they said they weren't good enough :(


r/French • • 2d ago

CW: discussing possibly offensive language Delivery account in canadian market

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i may soon be starting my first job ever as customer service agent in french language targeting mainly canadian market , the account is mainly on food delivery.

want to hear some advices , preferences . You guys Are free to share anything that would be helpful to ease my start at this job

my french level is between B1 and B2 and i will earn 300 euros per month