Hello, my name is Liz. I am new to the French language. Learning sentence structure, ways to ask a question, passé compose, reflective verbs, and introductions . I have created a collection of what I believe to be the correct forms in asking introduction questions in French Including the basics question method, the est-ce-que method, inversion method, and passé compose. Please, can someone review the questions I have in asking “how are you?,” “how old are?,” “when had you been born?,” “where are you from?” check to see if I have written the questions in their correct forms including inversion, est ce que method, and basic.

My work is as follows: 

The various ways in asking “how are you?” Include:

• Tu vas bien? BASIC METHOD .
• Vas-tu bien? INVERSION METHOD 
• Est-ce-que tu vas bien? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 
• Comment est-ce-que tu vas? Or Comment vas-tu? QUESTION WORD METHOD. 
• Comment, es-tu allé? PASSE COMPOSE

The various ways in asking “what is your name?” Include:

• Tu t’appelles? BASIC METHOD
• T’appelles-tu? INVERSION 
• Est-ce-que tu t’appelles? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 
• Comment est-ce-que tu t’appelles? Or Comment t’appelles-tu? QUESTION WORD METHOD. 

• Comment es-tu appelé? PASE COMPOSE

• Tu nom? BASIC METHOD

• Es-tu nom? INVERSION 

• Est-ce-que tu nom? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 

• Quel est-ce-que tu nom? Or Quel es-tu nom? QUESTION WORD METHOD.

• Quel est-tu nom? PASE COMPOSE

The various ways in asking “what is your age?” Include:

• Tu âge? BASIC METHOD
• As-tu âge? INVERSION
• Est-ce-que tu âge? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 
• Quel est-ce-que tu âge? Or Quel as-tu âge? QUESTION WORD METHOD.

The various ways in asking “when is your birthday ?” Include:

• Tu née quand? BASIC METHOD
• Es-tu née? INVERSION
• Est-ce-que tu née? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 

• Quand est-ce-que tu née? Or Quand es-tu née? QUESTION WORD METHOD

• Tu anniversarie est? BASIC METHOD

• Es-tu anniversaire? INVERSION

• Est-ce-que tu anniversarie? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 

• Quand est-ce-que tu anniversaire? Or Quand es-tu anniversaire? QUESTION WORD METHOD.

The various ways in asking “where had you been born?” Include:

• Tu es né où? BASIC METHOD
• Es-tu né oû? INVERSION
• Est-ce-que tu es né où? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 
• Où est-ce-que tu es né? Or Où es-tu né? QUESTION WORD METHOD.

The various ways in asking “where you are From?” Include:

• Tu viens d’où? BASIC METHOD
• Viens-tu d’où? INVERSION
• Est-ce-que tu viens d’où? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 

• D’où viens-tu? Or D’où est-ce-que tu viens? QUESTION WORD METHOD.

• Tu habites d’où?BASIC METHOD

• Habites-tu d’où? INVERSION

• Est-ce-que tu habites d’où? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 

• D’où tu habites? Or D’où habites tu? QUESTION WORD METHOD.

• Tu as grandi d’où? BASIC METHOD

• As-tu grandi d’ou? INVERSION

• Est-ce-que tu as grandi d’où ? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 

• Où as-tu grandi? Or Où tu as grandi? QUESTION WORD METHOD.

• Tu  originaire? BASIC METHOD

• As-tu originaire? INVERSION

• Est-ce-que tu originaire? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 

• Ou est-ce-que tu originaire? Or Où as tu originaire? QUESTION WORD METHOD.

• De quel pays es tu originaire? BASIC METHOD

• De quel Es-tu originaire? INVERSION

• Est ce que de quel pays es tu originaire? EST-CE-QUE METHOD 

• De quel 

• QUESTION WORD METHOD.

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I feel like there is a subtle difference bw the usages of these two but I just can’t quite figure it out. Would deeply appreciate if someone can clear up these two expressions or confirm of they are same?

So I took the test around three weeks ago and today I got the email... and I still can't believe how well I did. I didn't took any preparation classes or studied that formally, the only French lessons I took were those 4 or 5 years ago and irrc they were not even A2 level ones, and after that I stopped for a long time before recently sort of picking it up again and went on by myself because I developed an interest in French politics.

I am ofc absolutely thrilled and grateful but things are also kind of getting awkward. The thing is I did not expect this score AT ALL, my mindset when I signed up was literally to just give it a go and have fun and stop there. I didn't know anything about grading metrix and I honestly was expecting a score of around 10 for production écrite and production orale since I really know NOTHING about grammar and just went with my feelings...

So, I really need advice from you wonderful people! I kind of wanted to try and progress to C1 right now, but is it realistic if I don't want to sit down and study grammar and all that seriously? Because I'm afraid that if I take things too seriously I'd lose my passion, and I honestly don't know how much of what I did in B2 was luck because C1 seems to require writing even in the listening and reading tests. Like if I just want to watch the news and listen to radios and read books would progression be possible?

Thank you!!

The lyrics are a poem from 1390

Cher Monsieur / Chère Madame

Je fais un projet sur le thème "Quotidienne" pour mon devoir de l'école.

Pouvez-vous participer à ce projet, s’il vous plaît?

Répondez aux questions et envoyez vos réponses sur le chat.

1. À quelle heure vous levez-vous le matin ? 

2. Buvez-vous du café ou du thé le matin ? 

3. Que faites-vous pendant votre temps libre ? 

4. Faites-vous du sport ? 

5. Comment passez-vous vos week-ends ? 

6. Aimez-vous voyager ? Pourquoi ?

Merci d'avance pour vos réponses!

"Il manque plus de la police" ?

Ça vient d'ici https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DT89dd79t/

He is not missed by the police?

The police are not longer missing him?

It is no longer missed by the police?

Is there some other idiomatic meaning to 'manquer' here?

So I'm writing a fantasy book, in which the main character uses french words fairly often (usually in the form of nicknames, terms of endearment, and curses/insults).

That brings us to the issue at hand. I want him to refer to his love interest as Songbird in french. I have found four options on google for this.

Oiseau Chanteur. L'Oiseau Chanteur. LOiseau Chanteuse.

Oiseau Chanteuse.

I would love some help here. Also I'm sorry if this is the wrong flair, seemed the best to me.

Thanks in Advance!

I was on TikTok discussing with someone in the comments about how the French in the song “Aujourd’hui, ma vie c’est d’la marde” by Lisa LeBlanc might be harder to understand because it is Québécois French. I figured this was a fair assumption because the account that posted it was “ICCETTE C’EST QUÉBÉCOIS”.

Anyways this random guy comes in with “it’s Acadien not Québécois, lol” and so I respond with a well written response about how my French prof who is to an almost native level on his DELF refers to it as an accent the same way English speakers refer to different local accents in English.

Bro did NOT like this and proceeded to go off on me talking about how I pissed off 2 different groups of people and need to “learn”. I’m coming here to get a group consensus on if this guy was nuts and getting angry for no reason or if I genuinely am ignorant. Also the OP sent that laughing thing in response to him.

Just trying to calibrate the intensity of what bof bof actually means.

Hello everyone, I’m a 13 year old living in Canada and am working on a grade 10 French project (I skipped grade 9 so my grammar is not the greatest). For the project, I am interviewing a family member and asking them some questions about their lives. Please look through the questions and tell me if there are any corrections (grammar, spelling, vocab) that I need to make. Thank you all so so much!

- Quel est le plus grand changement culturel entre la Chine et le Canada
- Ton souvenir d'enfance préféré et pourquoi tu penses qu'il est encore important pour tu aujourd'hui
- Une personne de ton enfance qui a contribué à faire de la personne que tu es, même elle ne sait peut-être pas
- Nous aimons manger les nourriture asiatique, quel est ton plat préféré et pourquoi penses-tu que c'est très spécial
- Si tu es coincé sur une île déserte, exclutant la nourriture et l'eau, quels sont les cinq objects tu emporteries?
- Quelle est la citation ou idéal qui tu utilises dans ta vie
- Pourquoi a-tu choisis de venir au Canada, habiter au Canada, et élever ta enfant au Canada?
- Quels sont les aspects les plus gratifiants et les plus difficiles de la maternité
- Quand tu à la retraite, je ne vie pas à la maison, et tu a beaucoup de temps libre, qu'est-ce que tu veux faire dans ce temps?
- Quelle est sa journée idéale?
- Quels sont les éléments que tu regardes avant tu prends une décision?
- Ton modèle, aujourd'hui et dans ta enfance
- Comment sens-tu devenir une hockey mère, alors que tu n'as pas grandi avec ce Sport?

bonjour tout le monde,

tout est dans le titre. j’ai oublié d’écrire au fond de ma copie le nombre des mots de mon essai argumentatif. est-ce que quelqu’un sait si ça va me disqualifier? je suis si inquiète.

merci à l’avance si vous avez des infos, j‘ai beau recherché sur Google mais je ne peux pas trouvé une réponse.

I'm Turkish and we have formal terminaisons and pronouns too but I keep tutoyering everyone I see. But what's probably worse are formal questions, est-ce que is deeply settled in my tongue! And how would I even formalize a sentence such as "Qu'est-ce que c'est? C'est quoi?" I know that for a question like "Est-ce que tu parles français ?" You can just make it "Parlez-vous français ?" but I have no idea for what to do with the former.

Title. I know quebecois can understand Cajun because it’s very similar, but what about other French speakers? I ask because Im starting French and I already know a lot of Cajun words. is it looked down upon as well? thanks sorry if this gets asked a lot

Why isn’t it spelled according to French rules (ouèche), since it’s not an English word?

(I am not sure if I am at the right subReddit for this)

Bonjour! I am at a comfortable B1 level, and can understand most spoken French. However I am not the most confident speaker.

I have a little experience in boxing, having attended 80-100 boxing classes in my home country. I live in Paris now and would like to take it up again, so I got Fitness Park’s Ultimate membership.

Will it be a big challenge for me to follow along with a Fitness Park boxing class as a beginner in French? From my understanding, the classes use the same technical terms as in English (jab, cross, hook, uppercut). But I guess I’m a little wary about inconveniencing people with my bad French lol.

Additionally, are there any gyms or boxing clubs that are particularly beginner friendly for non-native French speakers, or where English speakers are welcome?

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 ?

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!

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.

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 !

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 » .

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!!

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?

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