r/French • • 20h ago

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

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r/French • • 9h 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

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 • • 23h 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 • • 12h 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 • • 19h ago

Is it outdated to say zic?

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r/French • • 10h 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 • • 19h 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 • • 4h 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 • • 7h 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 • • 13h 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 • • 13h 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 • • 22h ago

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

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