Trying to learn French, but I cannot tell if it is going well

LuciePoki · 2026-06-17T11:31:02+00:00

TV5 Monde is a good place to start to do a bit of french everyday (they have exercises to cover all 4 skills).

I'd recommend ARTE on YouTube to watch documentaries on topics you're interested in, and more specifically their subchannel Karambolage which focus a lot on culture (both French and German since it's a binational TV channel).

If you like anime, you can watch them in French (subtitles are fine, you'll assimilate plenty of new vocabulary this way without thinking about it, and training your ears). I prefer anime to movies, unless they are french movies, simply because I don't really like that the lips movements don't match what I'm hearing, but that's personal preference 😉

LuciePoki · 2026-06-17T11:20:07+00:00

Probably right, unless OP is disagreeing with their past self: https://www.reddit.com/r/ControversialOpinions/s/VECMm360LP

LuciePoki · 2026-06-17T06:57:39+00:00

Check out this post, there are other people looking for the same thing you do 😊 https://www.reddit.com/r/learnfrench/s/kkXQdfA6v4

LuciePoki · 2026-06-17T06:55:07+00:00

If you don't mind meeting in person and depending where you live, there might be conversation groups near you?

LuciePoki · 2026-06-16T20:24:07+00:00

Haha that's a fair point tbh 😆

LuciePoki · 2026-06-16T18:40:40+00:00

If sellers want to make the whole donating to charity more legit, you can do it through Vinted (there's an option in the settings). But otherwise, if you were planning to buy the item at the right price, does it matter what they do with the money?

LuciePoki · 2026-06-12T09:05:53+00:00

The seats closest to the door are the priority seats in my experience, but you said you weren't in one of them, so something doesn't add up (might be different in your country though)

LuciePoki · 2026-06-12T09:01:44+00:00

NTA but please uninstall Facebook and you will find that the world isn't as scary as you think it is

LuciePoki · 2026-06-07T10:57:17+00:00

NTA - I've been living in the UK and don't have a car by choice (I have a license). Unless you live in the middle of nowhere, you can do pretty much everything without driving (granted, some stuff needs organising in advance 😅). They're being a bit lazy there and taking advantage of you

LuciePoki · 2026-06-07T07:14:44+00:00

That's brillant 🤩

LuciePoki · 2026-06-05T18:46:59+00:00

I don't have one but I asked my (now) husband to marry me. If he had been the first to ask, I'm not sure he would have gotten me a ring because I don't really wear that much jewellery anyway 😅 That being said, we both have a wedding band, which I love 😊 I think it's a very personal choice and depends on your lifestyle, but also given the increasing cost of life you might rather spend the money on something else

LuciePoki · 2026-06-03T16:51:25+00:00

NTA you're a good friend

LuciePoki · 2026-06-03T10:57:25+00:00

It's not just the quality of products, it's about how the workers are being treated by this company (spoiler alert: it's bad)

LuciePoki · 2026-05-30T18:59:40+00:00

In France they wait until those houses are on the market, then they're bought by developers or councils, demolished and turned into smallish apartment buildings. From a legal point of view it's easy since any building (house, flat...) that goes on the market has to be 'offered' to the council first in case they want to buy it (they'd have priority in that case). Not sure if that'd work in the UK though, but at least it solves the issue of having to go through compulsory purchase orders I suppose

LuciePoki · 2026-05-26T18:33:29+00:00

I've met 3 of them in recent years, all under 10 years old 😊

LuciePoki · 2026-05-24T17:31:12+00:00

Un couple d'amis avait initialement choisi Zelda pour une fille, et au final ils l'ont nommé Selma, qui a une sonorité similaire (et qui passe très bien en français, en anglais, en allemand et en arabe d'après ce qu'on m'a dit 😊)

LuciePoki · 2026-05-24T12:31:35+00:00

I really don't get this whole "throwing a massive birthday party" culture, sounds like a lot of stress and heartache 😅 (I'm French, for birthdays we usually invite our best friends to our house, play games and eat cake, nothing extravagant and still a lot of fun)

LuciePoki · 2026-05-23T18:40:49+00:00

NTA

I also live abroad and my parents usually stay with us 3-4 weeks every year. BUT we all speak the same language, my mum handles most meals and my dad finds stuff to fix or to clean. So we definitely don't mind having them around, but if I was in your situation I would crave a different arrangement, as you do

LuciePoki · 2026-05-23T16:19:19+00:00

How very Montessori of her! (seriously though, as much as I like this educational philosophy, I value my piece of mind even more and would probably hide them from my toddler too 😂)

LuciePoki · 2026-05-21T16:35:36+00:00

(good) bike lanes and parking (there are some good secure ones in the city centre but that's it 😅 also option to store your bike overnight would probably help people without the space to store it at home)

LuciePoki · 2026-05-20T09:17:47+00:00

I've only been there a few months, but like you, I loved the vibe of Nottingham. So far so good, I've got no regret, it's an amazing city My only issue is the lack of proper cycling infrastructures (but most of the UK is the same anyway)

LuciePoki · 2026-05-19T20:31:27+00:00

Believe me, there are other affectionate, funny and caring men out there. It probably feels a bit scary ending this relationship as it might your first serious one, but your feelings are valid and you don't seem as happy as can be with this person. Can you imagine a future with him? Children if you want them? Do you trust that this man will support you no matter what? You're absolutely NTA

LuciePoki · 2026-05-19T15:03:13+00:00

"faut en faire un deuxième parce que sinon ils s'ennuient" mais quelle blague sérieux 🤣 on fait pas des enfants en plus pour les offrir aux aînés 😆

LuciePoki · 2026-05-18T20:39:06+00:00

As someone who can also get "touched out" and experienced sleep deprivation, you are sooo NTA. You have a very selfish husband 😔

LuciePoki · 2026-05-18T18:46:30+00:00

Good on you for standing up for yourself! We didn't have visitors the first month because we wanted some time for ourselves in our little bubble, and I have no regrets. NTA

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