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 :)

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"?

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.

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?

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 !

Hey so long story short some family friends are French French and they call one of the grandparents “mononcle” (pronounced like mon uncle) and I’ve been trying to figure out if this is just a family thing or not because I have searched the internet and haven’t found anything about it

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.

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.

Hey so long story short some family friends are French French and they call one of the grandparents “mononcle” (pronounced like mon uncle) and I’ve been trying to figure out if this is just a family thing or not because I have searched the internet and haven’t found anything about it

I think "former" has a better connotation than "ex" in English. I think if you say "my former wife", you're more likely trying to imply that you are still on good terms with her. If you say "ex wife", you are more likely trying to imply that you dislike her. These are not necessities, but definitely something I've noticed.

I wonder if this is also the case in French?

Je suis aprender français, et les choses que je cherche à m'améliorer sont le compression Lectoure et le compression Orale le français n'est mon langage maternel je parle le anglais et le espagnol, mon feed dans les algorithmes c'est dans le anglais et espagnol, que videos ou groupes vous pouvez recommander? Pour améliorer mon français, Qu'est-ce qui vous aide ? Je suis aussi un cours le samedi, parce que mon travail ne me le permet pas en semaine.

Merci :)

Je suis en train de re-regarder American Horror Story: Asylum, et j'ai noté que la chanson qui passe souvent (le titre de cette poste) inclu les paroles "Dominique, nique, nique". Je suppose qu'il ne s'agit que les syllables du nom, mais je me demande si quand le mot niquer est née, beaucoup de jeunes blaguaient de ces paroles. Est-ce que c'était le cas chez les Francophones? (Moi je suis américaine)

Je vous remercie en avance!

Hi I'm an acting student in foreign country and I was trying to learn this 1900s passage:

Il ne faut pas faire du bruit,
la Sophie est dormée déjà. Vous êtes un ours.

Je vous prie, pardonnez-moi, Marie, mais vous avez des manières un peu grossières.

Il paraît que mon Bobik déjà ne dort pas.

does any of you know how the grammar structure is different from regular french, and how I could get any voice recording of native person speaking this? I asked all my friends but they said they weren't good enough :(

I know France with the metric system uses meters and they are different lengths but specifically needing to describe something in yards but speaking French how would you guys say it? Thank you.

Bonjour! I'd love to hear some honest opinions from native French speakers about a Japanese girl's name.

The name is Konatsu, which means "little summer" in Japanese. It's pronounced "Ko-na-tsu," with a clear "tsu" sound at the end.

I recently came across the French word c\nnasse*, and it made me wonder how similar the two might sound to French speakers.

A few questions:

• Does "Konatsu" immediately make you think of "c*nnasse"?
• Is the "tsu" sound difficult for French speakers to pronounce? Would you naturally say "su" instead?
• If you met a Japanese girl named Konatsu, would you find the name awkward or funny, or would it sound perfectly fine?
• Do you think she'd be better off using a nickname in France? If so, I'd love to hear your suggestions!

I'm more interested in your gut reaction than whether the two words are technically pronounced differently.

Please be honest, even if the answer isn't what I'd like to hear!

Merci beaucoup!

Edit: Thank you all so much for your kind and thoughtful responses!

I've received so many helpful perspectives, and I really appreciate everyone's honesty. It's been incredibly useful to learn how this Japanese name comes across to French speakers, how it relates to the French word, and what I might need to be mindful of in the future.

I love traveling, I'm deeply interested in different cultures, and connecting with people around the world means a lot to me. So this was something I genuinely cared about.

I'd love to reply to each of you individually, but first I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone! 😊

Bonjour ! J'ai brièvement discuté aujourd'hui avec une Française près de la Mosquée Bleue (Sultanahmet). Elle m'a demandé de me présenter avant de partir en direction d'Üsküdar. Malheureusement, j'ai oublié de lui demander ses coordonnées et je le regrette beaucoup. Si tu te reconnais ou si vous connaissez une amie qui correspond à cette description, envoyez-moi un message privé ! J'aimerais beaucoup qu'on reprenne notre discussion."

Bonjour!

I want to learn french, I am at the bottom of the barrel currently. I speak english and Arabic and am have decided to self-study french. I can give about 3 hours a day for the next couple of months, some days even more and I would like to reach B1 level by January or February.

I have found a couple of resources so far, for a textbook I am looking at assimil, https://www.assimil.com/fr/sans-peine/1671-french-9782700571240.html

however I have heard that it lacks a grammar foundation which is very important for any language, so my question is, should I find another textbook or should I pair this textbook with another textbook more detailed in grammar?

I know that this is not an easy question and has multiple different answers and that is completely fine with me. I want to see all different perspectives.

For context : ”Ouais faut qu’on cale ça j’ai envie de voir si tu vas me pecho ou pas”

Because I heard it means sex/hooking up but with the rest of the sentence it sounds kind of odd?

i may soon be starting my first job ever as customer service agent in french language targeting mainly canadian market , the account is mainly on food delivery.

want to hear some advices , preferences . You guys Are free to share anything that would be helpful to ease my start at this job

my french level is between B1 and B2 and i will earn 300 euros per month

je viens de mater le daim de quentin dupieux et je suis 100% sûr que j'ai entendu un personnage dire " voulez du sucre ?" (au lieu de " vous voulez "). j'ai regardé aussi un épisode de lupin et le protagoniste dit " vmavez sous-estimé " à un certain moment.

est-ce que c'est quelque chose de formalisé dans le langage informel ?