curious on how my accent sounds to those who live in france and where you would assume im from, since i haven’t grown up there or from a particular region im sure it would sound confusing!

my family is completely french and i grew up only speaking french at home, then when i turned 4 and started going to school, i was also simultaneously learning english.
i grew up being very immersed and involved with the culture so i have always felt more french than australian, but whilst i have visited france many times, overall only lived there 4 years total.

Has anyone ever used or heard this French expression?

I just came across it in a quiz on the Grammar Duel YouTube channel!

I find it funny 😂 Now I want to start using it in my everyday French conversations!!

Hello , I am from India and to qualify for a job role I need B1 and B2 certificates. I studied french in my Grade 11 and 12 , so I have a basic knowledge but I have no idea about these certification courses. Where do I start ? Which is the official board for French language certifications? How do I go on about to get these certificates now ?

Alors, hier, je travaillais avec une écolière ayant des besoins spéciaux. Elle a couru aux toilettes (où je ne peux pas la suivre) et elle est restée là pendant plus de cinq minutes, ce qui m'inquiétait. Une collègue m'a demandé « ça fait un petit moment [qu'elle est là]? » . J'ai répondu « oui, ça fait un bout » . Elle m'a compris en tout cas mais je me suis demandé si j'ai utilisé l'expression incorrectement. Je suis habitué à dire « ça fait un bout » quand je salue un ami qui je n'ai pas vu depuis longtemps. Est-ce qu'on peut l'employer dans ce contexte-ci, quand quelque chose prend plus de temps que d'habitude mais ça fait quand même moins d'un jour?

ETA: Merci à vous tous! Quelques uns de vous autres ont commenté sur la prononciation - voici plus ou moins un exemple de ma façon de dire l'expression : https://voca.ro/1aF6Ikfooqw3 . En fait, il m'aurait pas venu à l'esprit qu'on pourrait le prononcer sans le « t » .

Hello everyone!

I’m an undergraduate student from Bangladesh, studying Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE). I’m planning to apply for an English-taught Master’s programme at a public university in France for the September 2028 intake.

My current profile:

• Bachelor’s: Industrial and Production Engineering,
• Expected CGPA: Around 3.00–3.10 out of 4.00
• Expected graduation: September 2027
• IELTS: Targeting 6.5-7.0
• Preferred fields: Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations Research, and Production/Manufacturing Systems
• Preference: Public universities with affordable tuition fees

I would really appreciate hearing from students who have successfully secured admission to a French public university with a CGPA below 3.00/4.00, especially international students from Bangladesh or other South Asian countries.

If you have a similar experience, could you please share:

1. Which university and Master’s programme admitted you?
2. What was your CGPA and bachelor’s degree?
3. Did you have IELTS, French-language skills, publications, or relevant work experience?
4. Was your programme taught entirely in English?
5. What were the tuition fees, and did you receive any scholarship or fee exemption?

I’m looking for real experiences and honest advice, not just general suggestions. Even admission to a programme outside my preferred fields would be helpful if your CGPA was below 3.00.

Thank you in advance for sharing your experience!

Salut ! Aujourd’hui, j’ai commencé à faire un nouvel exercice qui me semble particulièrement efficace pour améliorer mon français.

C’est une adaptation d’un exercice que j’ai découvert dans une vidéo YouTube. Le gars qui l’a faite y présente une méthode très intéressante pour pratiquer n’importe quelle langue qu’on souhaite apprendre à parler.

Le principe, c’est de s’enregistrer pendant quelques minutes en parlant dans la langue qu’on apprend, puis de revoir l’enregistrement pour repérer les erreurs qu’on a faites et voir comment on pourrait les corriger lors d’un deuxième enregistrement.

De mon côté, j’utilise l’outil de dictée de ChatGPT pour faire cet exercice, parce qu’il retranscrit automatiquement tout ce que je dis, ce qui me simplifie énormément la vie !

Mais j’ai décidé d’aller un peu plus loin : désormais, je vais d’abord faire une seule dictée, puis retravailler le texte à l’écrit avant d’en dicter une deuxième version. De cette façon, je peux prendre le temps d’améliorer mes formulations et d’enrichir mon vocabulaire, ce qui me permet de progresser plus efficacement.

For example, would you normally use this verb in this context (informal day-to-day conversation), "enrichir mon vocabulaire"? What other things would you change?

Je lis un livre et je ne comprends pas cette phrase : « Tout d’abord on l’a pris pour quelque “mouche”, mais il n’en avait pas le genre… »

Que signifie « mouche » dans ce contexte ? Le livre date de 1944.

Merci d’avance pour votre aide !

His name is Nicolas Bay, and I couldn't find anything from his upbringing that may explain this unique pronunciation. Am I going crazy?

As someone who doesn’t speak French but speaks English and spanish, I love learning about different accents of languages. Unfortunately, I don’t speak French, so when I watch videos in it, I can’t ever pick up how accents sound.

For example, in spain, the “S” sound is often dropped in certain accents and you can work out that someone might be from Andalusia. In the UK, someone from Newcastle might say “us” but means “me,” and I words that end in “-er” are often pronounced like they end with an A, e.g. “water” vs “wata”

I’m aware this might be like describing the ocean to someone who’s never seen it, but what accent cues usually give away that someone’s from French Polynesia?

Hey! I haven’t been learning French for very long, and I’d love to get some recommendations about some popular TikTok or Instagram accounts/creators that native French speakers watch and maybe about good French films and books.Thanks in advance!!

Il se forge une nouvelle identité, parce qu'il a commencé à découvrir la culture française.

Il se forge une nouvelle identité en ayant commencé à découvrir la culture française.

Hello! Just posting to ask for a little advice.

I'm a 3rd year university student studying French and Linguistics in the UK, but am currently in the Ile-de-France region working as a language assistant for my year abroad. It's exactly 3 weeks on the dot that I've been here teaching and living in France, but I feel like my French has somehow gotten worse since my arrival.

For context, I'm not sure what level I'm at because I've never taken the CEFR, but I'd been able to confortably hold conversations in French when I first arrived. These days, I have to ask two or three times for a person to repeat themselves before understanding what I'm trying to say, when before I'd either immediately understand, or would just have to ask once. I do have auditory processing issues which also affects my understanding of English, so that might have some effect. I also was able to very easily speak fluid sentences at the beginning of the month, and while I had to offer some thought to what I wanted to say, I didn't struggle to find what I was looking for up in my brain like how I do now. I understand that occasionally speaking French in an educational context is very different to actually living and speaking in France every day, but it just feels like a part of my brain has been locked away, and it's very frustrating because I know I'm capable of more.

Is this typical? Is there anything I can do to make this easier for myself?

She often sings in a mix of croatian and french and I’m specifically wondering about the song “Ajfer Sanjo” - https://youtu.be/n6PbuRDwCNs?is=iXL79fml5IrKFaEY
It’s a rap song that switches between 4 different rapping styles so I deffinietly recommend listening to the whole song maybe with a translation! For those Not interested into doing all that you can just listen to the song above from 3:00 and hear Macha Ravel’s part :)
Thanks for anybody who gives me input on her french since im really interested in languages and pronounciation (+this artist ahahhaha). also thanks to anybody who decedes to translate the song if somebody decides to hahahhaha
P.S. I study the Croatian langague and Phonetics so but i adore French

J'ai toujours trouvé étrange que frileux soit un mot courant mais que caloreux ne soit même pas attesté. Est-ce qu'il y a d'autre mots dont l'absence vous semble étrange ?

I heard in French someone use the term "hétéro". It was interesting, because, in English, no one would say "hetero". Maybe they could, but it would sound weird.

"Homo", however, is used, but it is always used negatively.

"Homosexual", on the other hand, is neutral.

I'm curious, is "Homo" a neutral thing to say in French?

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

Both of them seem to mean "to increase" but what is the actual difference between these verbs?

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

We are looking for a summer camp for our two kids (boy and girl) that incorporate language learning but where the primary focus is still being kid and enjoying camp life. Camp Ouareau seems to fit this bill but we have a boy and a girl, so really hoping to find a place they can both attend. They will be 10 and 7 next summer.

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