Those little lines and squiggles that you see on top and underneath some letters in French are rather important — The little lines above and below some letters in French are called accents, although you might also hear their posher-sounding name: diacritics. They’re not found in English, so if you’re a native-English speaker learning French, you might have been a little confused by them. Firstly, there are five different types…

YouGlish is a website that uses YouTube to help you improve your French pronunciation — YouGlish is a really clever site that uses YouTube to give you examples of French speakers pronouncing words in their own language. …

A good learning system is something that will almost guarantee success in whatever you’re learning. Some of it has to do with the method you use for learning, but a lot of it has to do with how well you form habits… — It’s great to have a goal, but a goal by itself won’t lead you to success. Imagine two language learners: the first learner succeeded in becoming fluent in a few years, and the second barely learnt to string a sentence together in the same amount of time. Both these learners…

This little tip is an easy adjustment you can make to your speaking to make you instantly sound more French — TL;DR — always stress the last syllable of words in French All words are made up of a certain number of syllables. This is true in both English and French. Look at these words, for instance: fun (1 syllable) open (2 syllables = o⋅pen) inspector (3 syllables = in⋅spec⋅tor) helicopter…

Reading in a foreign language is an amazing way to build your vocabulary, improve your overall comprehension and see examples of grammar in context — When you read anything in a foreign language, you will improve your skills. It doesn’t matter what you read; it can be a book, a magazine, a leaflet, a menu, even the back of a box of cereal. I’ve actually learnt quite a lot of vocabulary by reading the backs…

In this guide, you’ll learn about the two ways to pronounce the letter C in French — There are two different ways to pronounce the letter C in French: Like the letter K Like the letter S K pronunciation The letter C is pronounced like a K when it is followed by either an A, O or a U. café — coffee (pronounced “kah-feh”) concombre — cucumber (pronounced “kon-kom-breugh”) curiosité —…

There are many things you need to master when learning a foreign language: vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, speaking. All of these different aspects of the language have to be learnt in tandem; you can’t really focus on just one at a time and separate them out into individual parts…

Indefinite articles are the words for “a” and “an” — The words “a” and “an” are called indefinite articles, and in French, there are two different words. There’s a masculine and a feminine version. Masculine: un Feminine: une The version you use depends on whether the noun it goes in front of is a masculine or a feminine noun. …

Definite articles are the words for “the” — The word “the” is called a definite article, and in French, there are three different words. There’s a masculine version, a feminine version and a plural version: Masculine: le Feminine: la Plural: les The one you use depends on the noun it goes in front of. If it’s in…