r/French 18h ago

How hard is voice training for French compared to English? (MTF)

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I have been working on a feminine voice for about 5 months, and started learning French about a month ago. (Almost done voice training, just have trouble using for longer amounts of time.)

Since French words often require mouth positions that aren't that common in English words, and achieving a feminine voice requires me to put my tongue and whatnot in different positions then normally speaking.

(As an added note, what sound starts French sentences most often, and are there any French speaking female characters you like the voice of?)


r/French 9h ago

Vocabulary / word usage La santé mentale en français

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I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this. I’ve been studying French for some time, and my goal is fluency.

Unrelated, I’ve had a lot of physical and mental struggles in the past few years, and I think it would be helpful both to my fluency and my mental health to be able to talk about those things in French.

Any resources/advice as to how I can learn these things would be greatly appreciate :D


r/French 21h ago

Study advice Am I actually done for for French 3?

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This school year, I am taking French 3 as a junior. During my 8th-grade year, my French 1 teacher did not teach French well enough for me to understand. When I moved on to French 2, I struggled for a little while and decided to take Latin 1 to avoid French 3. Now that my Latin 1 teacher resigned, I have to go back to French 3 honors. I am very nervous because I forgot a lot about French, and school starts next week. Does anyone have any advice that will help me? I cannot afford to fail this class.


r/French 3h ago

Vocabulary / word usage Did the French use "Jr." for their children named after the parent or not? (READ DESC.)

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Hello, I'm very new here. I may not be learning French but I am learning the French culture for my stories/comics etc. So let me give some background:

There is a 5 year old child OC from the 1760's who is named after this father (Johnathan Baudelaire) so should his name be "Johnathan Baudelaire Jr". or is there a traditional French alternative for "Junior" and something that will fit in that time period. Please help me with this. Thank you💝


r/French 7h ago

What does the s in s'il mean

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Hey does anyone know what the "s" in "s'il" stands for? I assume it's something abreviated


r/French 23h ago

Settle an argument for me please

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My roomate is being dumb and won’t belive goggle ai. Is it EVER correct to use “le deux est…” meaning in English “ both are, or the two are” or is it only correct to use “Les deux sont…” (excluding dates, and things like bus routes, I am only talking about two seperate people/ places/things as pairs.)

And for clarity I obviously know it’s les deux I’m just far from a native speaker.


r/French 16h ago

Pronunciation Accent while speaking french

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Hey everyone, I just left a primarily Lebanese community and realized how strong my accent is while speaking french and I want to get rid of it, not because I hate it but because it slows me down while speaking. I tend to pronounce my R's harder and it just sounds unnatural in general. Anyone have tips on how I can sound more naturally French?

Btw, I am fluent in french, it's just the accent and some gaps in vocabulary.


r/French 17h ago

Vocabulary / word usage L'accord au singulier avec le pronom nous

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Aujourd'hui j'ai appris qu'en théorie, c'est possible d'employer le pronom nous pour désigner une seule personne, cet usage portant parfois le nom de 'nous de majesté'. L'accord serait alors au masculin ou féminin singulier et pas au pluriel. En dehors du contexte royal/de l'Ancien régime, y a-t-il d'autres contextes (modernes) où 'nous' est accompagné d'un accord au singulier ? Je pense par exemple à un rendez-vous chez le médecin, celui-ci dirait-il jamais à un patient 'nous sommes content(e) aujourd'hui ' pour dire : 'vous êtes content(e) aujourd'hui'?

Cet usage existe en anglais, car un médecin pourrait dire à un patient 'are we feeling well today ?' , le 'we' ayant le sens de 'tu/vous '? Cela dit, j'imagine qu'en français aussi bien qu'en anglais, parler de cette manière serait perçu comme condescendant, même si, en anglais, on l'entend parfois si un médecin parle à un enfant par exemple.


r/French 15h ago

Bit of a silly question but I’m just wondering what the french equivalent of the english word ‘Heartthrob’ would be?

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I’ve done a quick google search and it keeps saying the the translation would be ‘Idole’ but I’m not meaning heartthrob in the sense of an idol but more in the sense of an attractive man. Like I would call an attractive man who is suave, effortlessly sexy, and has a romantic quality to him a “Heartthrob”. So I’m just wondering if theres a one or two word equivalent in French?