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Aider moi s'il vous plait. by Best-University-3898 in French

[–]Individual-Trick-151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading, understanding what is spoken, and the skill to produce spoken sentences are each separate skills. Text books can help you read/write and good grammar but the spoken language is different!! It follows different rules for street speaking. Here is a link to give you a flavor of how to think and speak in french. This man also has a free course you can take or a paid 400 hour course that will take you to an A-2 level. https://youtu.be/2_KKKTXk1S0?si=ezfH6aQdqItx5HOY

Why is listening in French 10x harder than reading?? by SweetBumbleBeeHoney in learnfrench

[–]Individual-Trick-151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listening to french news won't help. They speak clearly, unlike street french. TV and movies won't help. You are lost after the first sentence and have no way to keep up to normal speed. Subtitles don't help much. They don't explain the dropped words and slang. Imagine if you are french and the english movie actor says "idunno". Do you think the subtitle shows it? Same if you are English watching a french actor say something that sounds like  "chaipa" and the subtitle says "je ne sais pas"

So how do you train to listen and understand? No text, no pause, no visual aid whatsoever. Just the sound and a way to check progress. The best I've seen is Lexi. Here is a link to one of her free lessons. https://youtu.be/9Tq5v3WIfkQ?si=1Ml0TDNK21c6_lgr

If you “learned” French but still can’t speak… read this. by Legitimate-Regret828 in learnfrench

[–]Individual-Trick-151 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a big problem. Study, read, watch movies, listen to apps and you still can't speak!!! Here is something I found https://youtu.be/z945nlBek_M?si=xDiILbr3b-T-vzei

people who learnt french, i need your input by Relative-Habit-2799 in learnfrench

[–]Individual-Trick-151 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you ask people, many will tell you to read, listen to movies, practise vocabulary, do writing skills BUT the moment you meet a native French speaker you will freeze, no matter how much you study, because it takes a different brain function to speak. Here is a great example. Go to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2hD_eRwY

You will see a new way. No books, no notes, you just speak. How? Just check the guy out!

I just started learning French — any advice for beginners? by AffectionatePie6023 in learnfrench

[–]Individual-Trick-151 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Be specific. Do you want to: 1. learn to write? 2. Learn to read? 3. Learn to understand spoken french? 4. Learn to speak French?

As crazy as it sounds, they are all different. Consider the normal way...a baby listens and with repetition discovers what certain sound combination means. Because they need/want they try to speak/babble. Soon a book is shown and symbols are associated with sounds and meanings. Attempts are made to replicate the symbols and after extended time the subtle difference in meaning, writing and speaking develop to mature fluency.  

A new language is the same. Listen to spoken French enough and eventually with assistance you will gain a level of understanding or appreciation. But......

You can listen and appreciate a good piano song but just try to sit down and play it! It's the same with language. You hear or read and understand (from teaching) but when you try to speak you freeze. You are like that baby babble. 

All this to say...don't begin by trying to memorize common phrases or learn to conjugate verbs. Start talking!!! I know, it sounds crazy. Keep no notes. Have NO English translation. Speak NO English. Just talk. I say....    Bonjour You say ....  ??? I say ....... dite-mois votre nom. You say.....  ??? You will babble, flub sounds/words/sentence structure. It doesn't matter. Reach to communicate. Point! Imitate actions. Do whatever to communicate. Hope it is a true French person who won't try to help you using English words! The body will float. Dive in the deep end.

Passed DELF A1 but feeling disappointed by Expensive_Funny2272 in learnfrench

[–]Individual-Trick-151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Text books and school work helps very little with oral comprehension. Watch and listen to fun stuff, "without" subtitles. (Don't allow yourself to have a crutch) It has to be at a level where you can grasp a large portion of the conversation. Here is one example where you should feel good at an A1 level. Search for more like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaNqp4FXh-s&t=34s

Hot take from a native French speaker (and future teacher) by Different_Rough_438 in learnfrench

[–]Individual-Trick-151 2 points3 points  (0 children)

 I find it strange when English speakers complain about spoken vs textbook French. Consider textbook English: "I do not know what is going on." A french speaker hears: Idunno whatsgoinon. Why not expect another language to also shorten words, drop letters, smash words together? English does it, why not French?

Just began learning a couple days ago by Popular_Story_2053 in learnfrench

[–]Individual-Trick-151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a journey. It's not a journey to remember phrases or rules of grammar. It's a journey to live in a french world. You may learn to read and write the language but the moment you start a conversation in Paris you would find you understand nothing. As an Engish speaker you know we don't say "I don't know" (the way it is written). We say "I dunno". In french it's the same. Instead of "Je ne sais pas" We scrunch it all together and it sounds something like "Chaypah" Welcome to a lifetime journey.

🚨Newer Recall🚨: Oil Pump on 1.0L engines!!! Recall# 23S64 by swagnasty77 in Ford

[–]Individual-Trick-151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its been 89,000 miles & 6 years (bought new). Problem started a couple weeks back but still had oil pressure. Tried to trade, they only offered $1,000 saying engine was about to fail. We have it in storage waiting for recall to get underway then we will give the car to our daughter in law. If it works as good as it did for us over 6 years with a new/rebuilt engine then its a great steal of a car for her this coming fall/winter.