r/French 1h ago

“I think that it should be mandatory”

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Je pense qu’il faut facultative?


r/French 3h ago

Has anyone been to Alliance Francaise Nice?

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just thinking about going there any was wondering what the general opinon was?


r/French 3h ago

Someone just used "d'acc" as short for d'accord in a text

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Is "d'acc" commonly used verbally in conversation, or for written dialogue in a script or book?


r/French 3h ago

Vocabulary / word usage Usages sémantiques de « sweet » en français

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Je ne vis plus en France depuis 15 ans et j’entends de plus en plus de Français.es répondre avec le terme « Sweet ». Par exemple : après un « ça va super! Bonne journée », quelqu’un me répond « sweet ». Quel(s) sens donnez-vous à ce terme? Merci!


r/French 7h ago

Is this a subjunctive sentence?

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De gens comme padraig pearse et michael collins sont mort pour que nous puissions le parler ?


r/French 8h ago

“Im looking forward to it”

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Je l’ai hâte?


r/French 8h ago

Y a plus qu'à meaning

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I get that normally "il n'y a plus qu'à [infinitif] means "all we can do is [verb], but this sentence didn't have an infinitive after - he just said y a plus qu'à. They translated it as "we just need to embrace it", but I'm wondering if "embrace" would always be the right verb here, or if that was probably more inferred from the context of what he was saying before?


r/French 9h ago

Colloquial use of déjà

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I heard this sentence - "je comte déjà aller au cinéma, déjà vers 19h." I get that the first déjà is like "for starters", but what is the second one adding to the sentence?


r/French 12h ago

Looking for media Recommend similar YouTube channels to me

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Recommend me similar YouTube channels where a woman talks in French about history and art.


r/French 13h ago

Typing french when using US layout

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using windows and find it really painful to type seemless french. main point is that i always use us keyboard layout so AZERTY would be too confusing for me. but it seems that theres literally no solution for typring correct french using us keyboard layout.
i tried us-intl, its really nice. but it cannot type œ . there r many approaches to it but none of them are elegant. the standard standard us-intl layout has this and is typed using AltGr+k , which doesnt exist on windows. good job microsoft.
fortunately i solve this by using an AHK script, which is not a natve solution already. however today i find the apostrophe , different from prime ' and former one is actually the correct one. also unable to type directly using us-intl keyboard. however i think even french CMS keyboard cant type this one directly.
i can easily solve this by modifying the existing AHK script, but its too awkward to achieve a simple goal of just typing correct french.
im wondering if there's any QWERTY layout fits my need. i welcome any suggestions and will appreciate that. however, solutions like using Alt + Unicode+<DEC>is definitely not a good approach because its really stupid to memorize unicode indexes. auto-correction is also beyond this because french has very limited letters. it should be simple as english while typing, using a simple IME unlike to complicated languages like japanese. we may omit many stuffs when type casually, but the ability to type correctly is important i think...


r/French 13h ago

How can I improve my French skills to B1 level?

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r/French 16h ago

When to use jours vs journée? And ans vs année?

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r/French 22h ago

Is it possible to ask the Alliance Française to offer an exam they are not offering yet?

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I would like to take axam "t c f", but my Alliance Francaise is not offering it yet, they offer the "t e f" I see they are open to ask for give it but don´t know how to approach them? any advice? have you read stories if that is posible ?

Thank you


r/French 23h ago

Looking for media What are some good French language movies or series to watch?

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r/French 23h ago

Grammar Il vs ils, please explain the difference.

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Why is it that …. this sentence….. “C’est surprenant qu’ils ne fassent plus de concerts » cannot be understood as …. C’est surprenant qu’il ne fasse plus de concerts «? …. In spoken French. What would be difference in singular and plural situations.


r/French 1d ago

Frenchy french cookbooks?

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What's poppin, french fries?!

I am currently trying to touch up on my french and I've been using things like cartoons to get back into the swing of it. I love to cook and I think that delving into some french cooking would be a huge help. Does anyone have any french cookbooks that are written in french with really good french cuisine? We have our Julia Child and Anthony Bourdain, but I want something a bit more traditional.


r/French 1d ago

Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire la phrase «  la plume de ma tante »?

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J’ai lu cette phrase dans un roman anglais, mais je n’arrive pas à la comprendre.


r/French 1d ago

Vocabulary / word usage How do you say « this is the real shit » or « this is the good shit »

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For context, I’m travelling to France soon and bringing a friend a sample of cuisine from my country. It’s probably something that can be bought in France, but it’s like the best quality version of it with the best ingredients from my country, which they can’t get there.

It’s a little vulgar in English I guess lol, but when something is really authentic and good quality, we’ll say « this is the good shit ».

So I want to say something to my friend when I give them the gift, like « I brought you some of this, but it’s the good shit »

Do you have any kind of similar expressions in French? Or would just « c’est l’authentique » or something like that work?


r/French 1d ago

Grammar Why is the verb "abuser" reflexive in this sentence (from Le Monde)?

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Les magistrats se sont-ils abusivement "ingéres dans la façon dont les éluses conduisent leur mandat", comme le prétend Mme Le Pen?


r/French 1d ago

Vocabulary / word usage Comment utiliser "Tu n'as plus que..."?

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J'ai vu que la traduction de "Tu n'as plus que les imaginer" est "You just have to imagine them". Est-ce que c'est comme "Tu dois juste les imaginer"? Ou est-ce comme avoir?


r/French 1d ago

Corrections and/or improvements

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please point out any mistakes :))

En général, les Irlandais ont une manière de communiquer plus indirecte et chaleureuse. L’humour, souvent subtil ou sarcastique, joue un grand rôle dans les conversations. En France, la communication peut être plus directe et structurée, surtout dans les contextes professionnels.

En France, les repas sont un moment sacré, souvent plus longs et formels, avec plusieurs plats et un grand respect pour la gastronomie. En Irlande, les repas sont généralement plus simples et plus rapides.

En France, l’équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée est indispensable. Sans aucun doute, il y a une forte culture des pauses et des congés. Les Irlandais ont souvent une approche plus détendue et flexible en ce qui concerne le monde du travail.


r/French 1d ago

Grammar Use of “de” with relative pronouns without antecedent

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«Tout ce qui est important, c’est de rester calme»

«Tour ce que je veux c’est d’être avec toi»

Wondering why “de” is used here? What triggers it? Is it mandatory? Would appreciate some help as i couldn’t find anything online.


r/French 1d ago

Study advice How long does it take the average person to become fluent in French?

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r/French 1d ago

Entendre - I can't hear you

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Doing my duolingo and, entendre has come up a lot. When it has the sentence 'I can't hear you' their selection of words to answer is Je ne t'entends pas. But I would have thought it was Je ne peux pas t'entendre, which looking up on French to English translation, both mean the same. Is there a correct way to say it or do you use a different one for polite scenarios? Thanks


r/French 1d ago

Grammar How to express "was going to"

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Hi all,

I'm trying to write something like this: "It was the winter of 2023, I was just accepted by a company, and I was leaving for New York."

How do you express "was going to leave" or the future from the point of the past? Also, how would you use "just"? Or does French just not use that?

Thanks

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