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- 8 most important rules for beginners in French - French isn't easy to learn, but it's such a beautiful language, it makes it worth to learn.
Are you starting to pick up French but you don't understand why there are so many rules? What if I tell you, beginners only need to know 8 rules to be able to pick up a decent level?
Well, I am telling you, only 8!
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One tip I got from a French teacher is about the articles.
"Use the indefinite articles un / une to learn the gender of a word."
The reason behind this is that they never change, unlike le / la.
Example: l'avion - un avion
Since le becomes l' you can't see what gender the word is, but 'un' always tells you it's masculine
That's a great advice! I am going to pin this for others, thank you so much!
Yes, I also do it this way with the only exception that are the words you wouldn’t use with an indefinite article (normally) like la lumière - light
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane What happens with liaisons for “lis un”? Can you please explaining why do we not connect the s and un in that situation? Could you make a video for these exceptions? Thanks!
I'm an American that decided 5 months ago to seriously attempt to learn French. Consequetly, I've viewed lots of teaching material on TH-cam and in print. I'm glad I found your channel because you explain the whys and hows of word and sentence stucture better than any teaching aid I've found. I especially appreciate how you speak slowly at times, something that other teachers fail to do. Merci, Dylane.
What a great comment to read, thank you so much! To be honest with you, my teaching changed a lot when I moved to Canada and I understood the challenges English speakers have when learning French so I try to reflect that on my channel.
I am glad I can help you on your journey. Just leave me a comment if you have a question, I try to answer all the comments at least once a day.
Merci beaucoup 🙂
How are you getting on with your French learning journey bkendrick? I'm a couple of months in myself, and happy to have found this channel also.
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane I've recently started learning French as well and I find your channel very helpful, I am just curious if your French teaching is more incline towards Canadian French or European French? I heard there is a slight difference in vocabulary. I'm Canadian and living in Canada, which why I asked.
Are we learning Canadian French from Dylane? I can't hear the difference being an absolute beginner.
( I'm Danish)
agreed
I am improving day by day french learning skill and technique with your hard work of video thanks you a lot Ma'am
Such a lovely comment, thanks to you ❤️
You have become a wonderful added dimension to my learning French. Your lessons are simple and clear. i am 65 years and have finally become serious about learning French. I had a patient from Taihiti who invited us to come stay with them, a very strong incentive. I had a step-mother from St Cloud, outside of Paris, who would be very proud of me. I am keeping expences to a minimum but I study French every day (634 days in a row!). I will improve even better with you and your lessons. Thank you
Chester this is wonderful! 634 days in a row, what a commitment! I feel honoured that you are following my channel as a part of your learning. Thank you so much.
And Taihiti sounds fantastic 🤩
Gee, none of my (English) students ever called me an added dimension. Congratulations Dylane! 🤔
I'm eager to learn French because I'm in love with the pronunciation. I'm your new subscriber. Keep making helpful Videos.
Merci beaucoup!
Welcome on my channel Martin 🤩
Did you see that I am running a pronunciation course on the channel right now? Between the video-lessons and the recordings, you can really take your pronunciation to the next level 🙂
I try to answer comments every day so don't hesitate if you have a question!
Merci Dylane😊
Bonjour Delayne, je trouve vos cours utiles et divertissants à la fois. Merci beaucoup.
Thank you
Thank you so much, i wish i had found this channel from the first day i started learning French. I'm 13 yrs old and i've been looking for an explanation of French grammar that suits me, thanks be to God, i found you. Merci beaucoup.
What a lovely comment to read ❤️ I always try to imagine how it would be for an English speaker to understand each lesson, so I am glad to see it works for you.
I try to answer all the commets within a day or two so don't hesitate to ask me if you have a question 🙂
Your videos are so encouraging , as I commented a few days ago , you make it very simple , thanks so much
You are so welcome 🤩
You’re doing so great by teaching the details. Waiting for more videos
I have a lot coming 😉
your channel is indeed very useful. I would say, the best so far!!! i have learnt french for over 3 years but all your videos (and book) shed new light.....the rules of femine, etc ...r really new to me!! and your conjugation videos particularly help me cox I always have trouble in conjugation
MERCI BEAUCOUP POUR LE CLASS
Pas de quoi :)
Merci Madame Dayane. Une autre leçon délicieuse et utile.
Merci Andrew :)
super useful
Hi there . Thanks for your videos
I find them very useful, I like the explanation in detail , keep up the good work
Glad you like them Eliseo, and thank you for your comment ❤️
I just moved to France and trying to learn French. Thank you for this
I am glad it helps! Don't hesitate if you have questions in the future. Good luck 😉
Merci pour l’explication. C’est devenue facile pour comprendre ! 🙏🏻😀
Super Amod 🤩
thankyou
I am so happy to come across your video
Sita welcome to my channel ☺️ I try to answer comments every day so if you have a question please let me know 🙂
This video is very clear and helpful. Thank you
Glad it helped 🙂
I am 66 Yrs old. I am trying to learn for last 6-8 months. All I can say is each of your video and accompanying text(In Description Box) significantly adds to my confidence. Please my felicitations. Mercibeaucoup
Prabir I am so happy that my lessons help you 🤩 Have you seen that I have a free pronunciation course (great for foundation on how word are built) and a conjugation course. They are under playlists on my page. You should check them out 😉
Merci beaucoup. C'est très utile.
Je t'en prie Sami 🙂
excellent study tactics for french learning!
Merci 🙂
So glad I found you! I took French classes from kindergarten through 11th grade, but I can definitely brush up! Thank you for providing such value!
Welcome ☺️ I hope it will help you keep what you learn, or remember it 😉
Bonjour, thank you for the videos. The explanations are simple but clear. Have you done a video for the preposition "a"?
No yet, I will make a lesson on it after my free pronunciation course 😉
I am learning French and it’s proving quite helpful to me. Merci ❤️
You are welcome Tirtha :)
thank you teacher
Zakaria Belghiti You are welcome 😊
You really have a great channel… what I appreciate most is how organized your channel is especially in the playlist section. I can search for exactly what I need help with or what I’m curious about. Hope to see you gain more subscribers, you deserve it!
Thank you so much 😊
I’ve always wanted to learn and speak French and have made several attempts over the year to get better with books, online etc. But your channel is the perfect answer to my search and the most enjoyable way of learning a language. You have great teaching skills and I never get bored watching you teach. Thank you Dylane
Thank you so much 🤩
Ce sont des règles TRÈS importantes pas juste pour les débutants. Je vais partager cette vidéo avec TOUS mes nouveaux élèves! MERCI 😘
Merci 🤩
Thank you ❤️
You’re welcome 😊
Merci❤️
De rien ❤️
Thanks madam for your French lessons
It's my pleasure
I like so much this video, this video is verry important for me...thanks a lot
Je t'en prie 🙂
Merci beaucoup madame 🌹💐🌹
De rien :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane 🌹💐🌹
Bonjour dylane,
I am a new subscriber i learnt the prepositions by seeing your vedios. I want you to continue to make vedios.
MERCY BEAUCOUP!
Merci à toi 🤩
I got your channel today it is very useful and helpful .
I have been looking for these 8 tips for last 3 months lol.now I got them thanks a lot indeed.
Somehow I missed your comment! I am so sorry!
I am glad this video helped you, thank you for your comment, I am always happy to read that my videos helped ❤️
No that's fine not mention.
I regularly watch your videos of french lessons.
Hi! I found you on Sunny's Page and wanted to check out your channel and spread some positive vibes! I hit the 👍 button, best of luck with your channel!
Amazing French language lessons. Easy to understand.
Thank you so much from India.
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Thank you! 😃
Salut Bonjour ! hahah thank you girl :)
I have somehow reached upto intermediary level with my haphazard way of learning French which I am enjoying so much these days, yet I am back to first lesson. No running away or fooling around with basics. As I now want to be fluent with French. Let's say I am dreaming in French! 😉
Amazing 🤩 I am so impressed with your dedication!
10:57 Excellent clarification. Merci!! Now I can imagine why we use "Il fait chaud" to describe the weather is hot. Because it "makes" hot, so I "have" hot (J'ai chaud) 😃. Also I am a non-English native speaker and I had exactly the same reaction when I heard the word "similarly" being used that way, feeling quite funny lol.
I am glad it helped you :D It took me a while to get used to the English way :D
❤Great methodology Dylane . Excellent you advise Pronunciation first🙈
Thank you! 😃
thank u soooo much i wish i found this channel earlier you are the goat
Thank you for your comment, it made my day ❤️
Merci beaucoup for this leçon, God bless you. here I am during this pandemic learning more French so when go back to school guess who is gonna speak 4 languages. lolololol take advantage of your time.
yesss! I love that! The person you will be in a year depends on your actions today 👏
I like your mild humor🙂
Mild is a good word ahah. I try to stay professional tho 🤓
Good!
Merci :)
Effective French lessons
Merci :D
Love your lessons, but a mic would make it so much better for the sound!
I do have one now ;) I just listened to this one again and god it's awful. I am better now I promise 😅
Hi teacher thanks a lot for lesson😊😊
I'm Mutaasm from syria and i study in high school, in syria we study languages such as french and english and of course arabic.
I wish i could speak french in the futur. This lesson is very important and i remembr how teacher give me this lesson it was hard for me.😂😂
*la différece entre le masculin et le féminin
Masculin:
1-al= un journal
2-ail= un travail
3-eil= un soleil
4-age= un voyage
5-isme= un tourisme
6-ement= un appartement
7-ament= un médicament
8-eau= un gâteau
9-euil= un fauteuil
10-as = un repas
11-is = un tapis
12-eur= un acteur
13-iel= un ciel
14-in= un jardin
15-oir= un devoir
But there are irregular words as such: une page, plage, nage, image, cage, charge, peau, eau.
Féminin:
1-ée= une entrée
2-tion= une natation
3-té= une activité
4-ure= une voiture
5-ude= une habitude
6-sse= une tendresse
7-euse= une chteuse
8-aison= une maison
9-cette= une cigarette
10-ance= une élégance
11-ence= une patience
12-eille= une bouteille
Welcome on my channel Mutaasm 🙂 It's funny that you left this comment today because I just released a video specifically about Masculin - Féminin 😆
Practice a bit everyday and you will make a lot of progress.
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane
Oh realy 😂😂 i go to watch the video.
Merci beaucoup. ❤❤
My name is siraj I am frome Afghanistan now i am in belgem i follow your lesson thanks a lot of
You are welcome Saraj :)
What was the rule you didn't know about? Or what is the one you struggle the most with?
Bien sûr le genre des noms. C'est très difficle a me souvenir.
I struggle the most with ‘thinking French’.
I have serious trouble communicating ideas that are a tad more complex. Soon as I make longer sentences or write assignments, they don’t make sense because I am trying to translate English to French.
Let’s try an example: Des que j’essaie de crée des phrase plus complex, enfin, ça ne pass pas en Francais parce que les structures sont pas pareil.
(Excusing the spelling too ;)
@@purplepuma123 'Thinking French' -- oh la la! I don't even know how French people do that! LOL
One of my favorite examples:
John's little black book = le petit livre noir de Jean (the little book black of John)
French splits the adjectives before and after the nound, with the possessor at the end.
You almost have to think backwards! 🙂
Doucement mais surement. Bon courage!
@11:00 Quite : an adverb, meaning to a full extent, entirely, utterly Similarly: an adverb also, meaning in Like Manner, equally , uniformly. So to me it sounds like if you say " Quite Similarly" , you would mean " Absolutely Identically " --- which I don't think that it is the case. But, omitting quite will correct the sentence and reduces the weight. " Event though we use them Similarly = We use them the same way"
where can i buy your books and video Dylane thanks
Roger all the links to my books are in the description box 🙂
Would you agree that “if you already speak English and Spanish it makes it easier to learn french?” Awesome channel.
I totally agree! As well as Italian and Portuguese as well :D
I suspect Spanish will be more helpful than English. As an expat American living in France and growing my vocabulary and grammar, I've come to learn just stupid English is sometimes. Given there is no gender, agreement with adjectives, no gender specific articles, etc, it can really make the transition to French confusing. But you have to start somewhere. :)
A trick which helped me learn 100% of the words that I encounter and much much faster is using a card app (e.g. AnkiApp) where you make your own cards and then revise them infinitely. Before using this app I wasn’t able to learn any language by myself without giving up but now using this method I have already passed level A1 in German and I’m using it for French now as well.
Daria yes, flashcards are amazing 🤩
20%
Thank you for this informative video.
As an absolute beginner in your opinion what should I start focusing on, vocabulary or grammar or should I start by studying both of them together?
One more question, what does conjugation mean?
I see you have a separate book for that,
Thank you very much & have a great day : )
As a beginner, you should start with pronunciation. Go to my website, click on Freebies, and grab my self-study guide. You just need to follow the lessons.
Conjugation is for verbs :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane
Great, I will do just that.
Thank you so much & I appreciate it
To expand, conjugation is the changes we make with verbs. English does not conjugate as much as French.
For example, in the present tense:
je mange = I eat
tu manges = you eat (singular/familiar)
il mange = he eats **
nous mangeons = we eat
vous mangez = you eat (plural/formal)
ils mangeant = they eat
You can see how English uses "eat" five times, ** "eats" once. French changes almost every time.
So, conjugation is the details of how verbs change according to the subject.
Of course, we haven't addressed past tense, future, conditional, imperfect, subjunctive... well, let's not go crazy, eh?
I have some trouble with word order, because sometimes it's not that different than English, but I don't always know when it is and when it isn't.
Your problem could be what we call the "pronoms toniques", lui = him, elle = her, etc.
We don't use them like in English and it confuses a lot of people. I will do a video about that soon I think.
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane Merci !
All words ending in "ation" in English become first group verbs in French. Obligation - Obliger. Reparation - Reparer. Simulation - Simuler.
Correct :)
Want to dig French brain.. the concept of mute letter is nuts
It is, I tried to make a song out of it for my younger students. Big fail, didn't work lol
Well.......... in English we have honor, queue, yacht, just to name a few with mute letters.
Also, we have silent "e" everywhere, and they change the sound of words. Examples:
fin - fine
don - done
cur - cure
Then there is:
later - water but waiter
but
daughter - laughter - after
English is nuts, too. 🙂
In Spanish people usually say "ellos" when there are, for example, three women plus one man, but it is more correct to say "ellas". This might explain some people's confusion in French, regarding when to say "elles" or "ils".
That could really well be, thank you Mike for the info :D
Hello dylane. I have just discovered your channel and I’m happy for that. I still try to learn french. And as you imagine it’s a tough and requires “longtemps”. I have two questions for you. The first one, I don’t have any partner to speak with, how can I improve my speaking skills without a partner. In reading I understand somethings better but when I try to speak or listen it’s being like a disappointment :( the second one how can I understand somewhere there is a linking (liaison) or not ? For example “parlez-vous anglais “ in this sentence the translate pronounce it “parle vu zangle” but when I ask the french people They tell me that there is no liaison. So which one is correct? And why in this sentence there is liaison or there is not? Merci d’avance et bon courage
So sorry for the late reply! I somehow missed your comment!
To fix your first problem, you need to make connections in your brain :) Spend time reading and listening to something at the same time. You need to connect the speaking and the reading. (check out my other channel - French chit-chat with Dylane). You can also try to read out loud. (check out my French speaking practices on this channel).
For the second issue you have, we have optional liaisons. So sometimes we can link words, and sometimes not. I have a video on that in my French pronunciation playlist.
I hope it helps :)
PS: All the things I recommend here are free to watch on this or my second channel.
Another suggestion: I'm not sure where you live, but could you possibly connect with a local school French club/class? Being with students who are also learning French could be an excellent opportunity for you both. You can practice speaking and listening at the same time.
c’était top comme toujours! merci
Merci 🤩
I will like to know, between french and english, which came first? One was created later to simplify or complicate things the more.
How on earth do you create a masculine or feminine for nouns? For what purpose exactly? Which other language has this feature?
Many languages have this actually, including Spanish, Arabic, and Russian. I am not sure which one came first tho ;)
Rule 8 made me understand what I have been seeing and did not understand.
Can you tell me from were to start in learning French
Yes :) I have a free self-study guide on my website (link in description), go to "freebies" and download it :D
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane oh amazing! :) merci :)
Are all nouns ending in "eau", masculine ??
Mostly yes, besides La peau (skin) and l'eau (water) 🙂
knowing spanish and english makes it somewhat easy
It definitely does I think :D
In the description you have "Il + elle = Elles", which seems backwards.
Thank you so much for catching that! I fixed it 🙂
In the part of your lesson when you link your words together,
Elle a , no link
Elle ont , plural
Elle zont , were did the z come in , ? Confused on last part.
Elles sont when it's plural, the s makes a Z sound :)
@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane o ok, thanks so much for getting back to me , I will write that down ,I am enjoying your videos
Do you have online classes?
No but I have courses that you can follow if you want :)
If you mean " Additional Tips" it is Further Tips --- it is extending beyond :)
Thanks :)
Mercie pour telling us about masculine or feminine I'm so much confused
Pas de quoi :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane j'aime apprendre le française avec toi madam et I like your way of teaching ☺️
How I can improve my reading ?
Check out my playlist about French reading practices, that will help you a lot I am sure :D
Le rendez-vous est annuler. I'm confused because there is no liaison between " rendez-vous est" ?
Hey Malcolm,
So here we don't link between "Rendez-vous" and "Est" because Rendez-vous is a singular noun, even tho it ends with a S we don't link in this case 🙂
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane Very many thanks. Another rule for me to forget !
@@malcolmnicholls2893 just stop stressing and approach with a blank mind and continue learning 😄😇
i didn't get it, we memorize all the words with its "la, le, les" or this technique is only for the irregular 20% ?
It's better to memorize all words but if you don't know one the 80% works :)
Number four- maybe students should be thought that all together should be used with the verb in plural. Meaning plural with plural. In English we can’t use They is because of the plural, that’s why They are is correct disregarding if it is feminine or masculine.
Good point :)
I love French language but i don"t know how to speak well.
Did you see that I have a free pronunciation course on this channel? This could really help you :)
I have a question.In case of living being they have a gender of their own.But why does la souris has to be féminin ? Why can't a mouse be masculin ?And if the mouse is actually a male then what do we do?
That's a very good question! For pets and more common animals, we have a difference between female and male : Un chien - Une chienne | Un chat - Une chatte
But for souris we will just say "une souris mâle" if we really have to specify. There is no real rule of why this animal or that one is feminine or masculine, besides the rule with the 90% chance that the ones ending with E are feminine
Okay got it!Thank you so much ♥️ I had this question for long time ♥️
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane Perhaps this explains why car is feminine (la voiture) and truck is maculin (le camion)? 🙂
😮This is going more difficult than I anticipated!😅
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Merci :)
Your absolutely beautiful and I could listen to you speak all day long
J'ai sommeil. Je veux dormir. Bonne nuit.
Mam I need your help if u have a instagram can u give that
You can find me at TheperfectfrenchwithDylane. The link is in the description box
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Been trying for 500 years now to learn French😔
Did you see that I have a free pronunciation course on this channel? That's a good way to start, just one lesson a day ;)
Do you have email? So I can text you
I do, it's at the bottom of my website. But if you have a question just ask here. I only respond to emails about technical support for my books :)
French is a Callous language
Hi I am from india and I have my youtube channel I want you to upload your video on my TH-cam channel so that all Indian people can view your skill and that would
Please just refer people to my channel but don't take my videos 😉 Thanks
Help me read French I’m gonna fail😭😭😭🙏🏼
Go check out my pronunciation course playlist, that will definitely help you :)
Madam, French R is problem, while you read sentences please repeat and go slow .
I have a lesson about that on my channel, it's on the pronunciation course playlist :)
If you go to the settings in the video (the little cog wheel thingie) you can slow down the playback speed so it goes slower and you can listen easier. Also, rewind and listen again. It helps me a LOT!!
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@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane Il y en a un dans chaque foule.