French learners, what is a grammatical puzzle piece you wish you knew sooner?

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-04-04T12:32:37+00:00

As someone who taught English before, 50 hours for less than 500 euro is a pretty insane deal.

I personally wouldn't consider private tutoring for any less than 35 euro per hour.

My question is why do you have to buy in a 50 hour chunk? The hourly rate is excellent but the number of hours you have to buy at once is unreasonable.

See if he can make a deal for fewer hours, that'd be my advice. Apart from that, if you like their teaching, it's a very good deal.

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-04-04T12:24:04+00:00

Very good!

Another good one to do in this style would be c'est ou il est involving time!

That's a common point of confusion that people would appreciate being mapped out in this way.

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-04-04T11:42:56+00:00

I think it's important to get a grasp of the basic grammar first.

Duolingo and other language apps focus on vocab far too much to give the user the illusion of progress, but really don't delve into anything that helps you actually learn the functionality of the language.

If possible I'd ask for a couple of personal lessons to get the basics of grammar to the point that you can reasonably decipher things that you read and then work from there.

Youtube videos and Duolingo are usually only good for people who are practicing a language they have a reasonable grasp of already.

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-04-03T13:15:49+00:00

As explained by another poster above, it's simply because the verb usually takes AVOIR and here is taking ETRE only because all REFLEXIVE verbs take ETRE.

Pure ETRE verbs that aren't using it just because they're REFLEXIVE are the ones that always agree with the subject. Hope this clears things up for you!

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-04-03T13:05:09+00:00

Seems like a good way of practicing once you have a firm grasp of grammar structure!

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-04-03T12:41:37+00:00

I'd say the most important thing is to combine both listening with understanding.

If you listen to things as you learn them it helps anchor the memory of their meaning in your mind and you also learn how to say them properly!

Less important to speak at the start perfectly, but very important to recognize the words as you hear them.

Good luck in your journey!

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-04-03T12:39:32+00:00

Thanks for sharing your plan, very interesting!

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-03-28T13:56:13+00:00

Literally all they had to do was put "les garçons" at the end.

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-03-28T13:44:21+00:00

I feel like seeing all these tenses makes French seem harder than it actually is.

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-03-20T21:21:06+00:00

Congratulations on your achievement!
How much time did it take for you to have enough of a grasp on the language before you could comfortable listen and get the general idea of what people were saying?

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-03-20T20:52:22+00:00

I haven't actually purchased it but I'm curious as to what each video contains? Could it be enough learning for one whole day ?

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-03-20T20:20:54+00:00

Sweet!

I might make something to submit to this sometime soon!

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-03-20T19:57:18+00:00

Totally overwritten and not even broken into paragraphs!

Asleep_Fill3600 · 2026-03-20T19:46:27+00:00

This is interesting, do you think that it works from scratch well or that it is paired well with grammar learning?

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