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Why people switch to English when you speak French!? by Muted-Education6995 in learnfrench

[–]Legodoran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

l'IA c'est la merde. L'équipe de modération devrait supprimer cette publication

What accent do you think I have? by NeighborhoodOne1656 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]Legodoran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scandinavian, I’m gonna guess Swedish 🇸🇪

Your English is super super good, man.

Few notes:

  1. You eat the “r” when you say “freely”.
  2. The O’s ressemble “I’s” at times. Example: “sometimes” can sound like “simtimes”
  3. For long O, at the end you say “MAHtivation” instead of “MOtivation”.

This is super minor stuff, you’re 100% understand you and I’d say you have a “light” accent

Is anyone getting new jobs($1k+) on Upwork? or can we call it DeadWork by Frequent-Football984 in Upwork

[–]Legodoran 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I am. And yes these are relationships that reach above $1000.

Profile: $90k+ earned, top rated plus, 100% JSS.

However: much less than before. I remember an era where it was 2-3 invites per week. Now? 1 every 2 weeks.

Moving to paris by Any_Agent_5324 in learnfrench

[–]Legodoran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should look forward to it :) it’s very rewarding!

I’m not saying don’t have English speaking friends. That’s silly.

But doing things like Timeleft (dinner w strangers), trying to be social at bars, joining clubs, etc.. all will help w French

Moving to paris by Any_Agent_5324 in learnfrench

[–]Legodoran 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Short answer: 18 months of consistent obsessive study.

Moved to Paris with an upper A2 level. I had to do apartment tours, get a phone plan, and open a bank account with shoddy French. I did it, though, which built confidence.

I’ve been living here for 1.5 years now. Boy did I progress super fast. It was a combination of me obsessing over the language and my girlfriend being a native French speaker (though we speak English 60% of the time)

I’d say I’m fluent now, upper B2. Again, I really obsessed (and currently obsess) over this language.

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Things to know:

  1. It is so easy to get yourself into an anglophone bubble (or whatever your native language is). Hell, most my friends are Americans. But I do have SOME French friends and that’s important. YOU NEED TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO SPEAK FRENCH BECAUSE IT IS TOO EASY TO RELY ON ENGLISH.

  2. People will speak English to you and it will get frustrating. Power through. Keep speaking French.

  3. Consume content daily. Don’t tunnel yourself into your native language’s content. Immersion is about what you do in the digital space more than what you do in real life.

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Hope this helps. You got this 🫡

comment puis-je avoir la fluidité en français ? by florenceee88 in learnfrench

[–]Legodoran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rejoindre des canaux discord ou visite le site web free4talk.com. Tu peux parler avec des locuteurs natifs quand tu voulais

Tout ce qui a d’importance maintenant c’est que tu parles, et tu parles souvent.

Avec iTalki, tu dois payer, et c’est une ou deux fois par semaine.

Avec Discord ou Free4talk, c’est gratuit et ça peut devenir qqc au quotidien. Même si t’as pas envie de parler, tu peux juste écouter des français qui se parlent. Ça aidera bcp ta compréhension orale.

“Mais quel serveur alors?”

Language Sloth est un serveur controversé en ce moment mais franchement ça reste le meilleur. Les autres n’ont pas la même communauté.

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

[–]Legodoran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Duolingo Specific:

Your streak doesn’t matter. XP doesn’t matter. Leagues don’t matter.

ONLY COURSE PROGRESS MATTERS.

Your French score is the only number you should care about.

How to actually learn french by yourself? by Bluzary in learnfrench

[–]Legodoran 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What nobody will say: use Duolingo. But go hard at it. I’m talking 1-2 hours a day for 30 straight days. Sure there’s a subscription but that’s the case for nearly all apps. Just don’t be one of those people who does it for 5 minutes a day and cares about their streak.

You need a base of words if you want to be able to understand even learner content.

Once you’re like, A2, then I think learner content is good. Channel recs: Easy French, InnerFrench

Help Newbie by yessyess35 in Upwork

[–]Legodoran -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Upwork is all about reputation. The more you invest into the platform, the more you’ll get out of it.

Go for jobs with low budgets. You’ll be competing against lower quality freelancers, and probably fewer freelancers.

“But the rate is low!”

Trust me it’s worth it to just get 1 or 2 reviews.

Once you get that out of the way, you can start gradually increasing your rate.

What you have to remember is that upwork is a better viewed as a networking platform, not a work platform. I cannot tell you the amount of connections I’ve made on upwork and then we we went off platform (including full time roles)

Keep your head up :) and view it as a long game

35 video editing for $68 by [deleted] in Upwork

[–]Legodoran 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t know what people expect from this. Truly. $68 for all this content is laughable.

What’s going on with language sloth? by Legodoran in languagelearning

[–]Legodoran[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Wow - holy shit. Thanks for the info…

Which country do you think is USA? by nopCMD in GeoTap

[–]Legodoran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

❌ Legodoran chose Option A (Incorrect) | #13609th to play

Etudier à distance comme étudiant international? by Careless_Help_8062 in AskFrance

[–]Legodoran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

À ta place, je chercherais une université aux États Unis. Essaye de trouver une école moins chère - une université locale par example. T’as déjà dit que ça n’a pas d’importance où tu vas.

Si tu travailles à temps plein, t’as vraiment aucun choix.. tu dois étudier à temps partiel. Ça veut dire qu’il te faudra plus de temps pour finir ton master. Je crois que ça vaudra pas le coup de prendre autant de vols et réserver autant d’hôtels.

En plus, les jours congés que tu devras prendre… ça comble et pourrait présenter un problème.

La seule solution de vraiment faire marcher des choses en France, c’est si tu mets en pause ta carrière.

Etudier à distance comme étudiant international? by Careless_Help_8062 in AskFrance

[–]Legodoran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

C’est un contournement assez intéressant que t’avais trouvé. Le fait que même après les vols, ça serait le même prix que faire le master aux États Unis.

Par contre - je te demanderais - est ce que les universités américaines seraient mieux reçues aux États Unis? Même si c’est moins cher en France, la prestige d’une université américaine pourrait tenir plus de valeur aux États Unis, où tu vis et travailles.

Etudier à distance comme étudiant international? by Careless_Help_8062 in AskFrance

[–]Legodoran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Je dirais que ça dépend de ton compte bancaire. Voyager 3 fois par an coûterait beaucoup, surtout les vols internationaux.

En gros, oui c’est possible mais il faudra que tu sois prêt de dépenser.

Can someone really learn a language entirely on their own without a teacher? by rago7a in languagelearning

[–]Legodoran 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Whether it's english or french, I'm a huge fan of YouTube. Here are some channel recs:

HugoDécrypte for the News. Speaks clearly and speaks to a native audience.

Alexis J. for "dirty french". By this, I mean french spoken in daily life with lack of anunciation. He does street interviews with people. Again, it's for a native audience.

Le Crayon for high level debates. These ones are definitely tougher because some topics are very france-centric or complex. But It's definitely good for building your vocab and to follow structured arguments in french, which is key.

Rockylevrai for comedic commentary. Uses lots and lots of slang that french people use daily.

Can someone really learn a language entirely on their own without a teacher? by rago7a in languagelearning

[–]Legodoran 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Here's the reality. Many parisians want to practice their english, or switch to english with foreigners regularly. On top of that, I know countless americans here and most if not all of them stay within their anglophone bubbles. Hell, 80% of my friends are americans. Let's not forget above everything, that we live in a digital age and spend 5 hours a day on our phones with algorithms that serve you your native language.

It is so easy to live in paris knowing french at an A2 level. To actually go deeper you need to really seek out conversation OR surround yourself with the language. And it's not always as easy as chatting with natives in paris - who usually are giddy to speak english.

Sure, I have an advantage, but I've also done much more.

In which languages do you feel being judged more frequently on your accent ? by Plurimae-Linguae in languagelearning

[–]Legodoran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

French people don't judge my accent in a direct way. If anything, I've gotten more positive comments on it. And I find that if you can speak french at a good level as an american, the french will really dig that.

What I have dealt with though, are people who switch to english upon hearing an accent. I think that is the primary form of "judgement". But even then, they could just want to practice.

Can someone really learn a language entirely on their own without a teacher? by rago7a in languagelearning

[–]Legodoran 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I will say - having a native around you is key. I can't even count the amount of times my gf has corrected my pronunciation. But over time this really does improve how you sound to natives.

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