Use "on" instead of "nous" in French. - Speak French like the French! - French speaking hack

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

What top tip can you give to others about studying French versus the French that the French themselves speak?

[@muntuk6424]

Have you made the video on the common usage of “nous”, Alex? If so, please give me the link… can’t find it 🙏🏻 Thaaaaaanks 🙂

[@RobWood-h6d]

I've been learning French for 9 months and remembering all the conjugations can be frustrating. When I listen to native speakers on utube they always use On and rarely Nous. I thought nous is more formal and therefore should be used when talking to people you are not familiar with. Apparently not. Great tip Alex, many thanks.

[@lll8112]

I will start here, I gonna watch all your videos.

[@deniseanneshaw533]

That's my plan as well. Subscribed to the newsletter too.

[@mickgoldtop3273]

... fantastic, thank you what a great idea. #cheers

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

You're welcome Mick. Merci d'être passé !

[@nancylindsay4255]

Salut Alex! So glad to find you! I've become a great fan of Oui in France (KZbin, blog) recently, too. Fifty years ago (feeling a little old here!) when I spent my (US) 11th grade in Paris, I found that French class for French kids (and any Americans who were there) included regular sessions of dictation practice. It was immediately apparent to me why: so MANY conjugations and tenses sound the same but are spelled differently that this kind of spelling practice was continued in the curriculum until at least 16 years of age. Now I want to cringe when I see so many misspellings in KZbin comments. The French language police must be pulling their hair out! (Note: yes, I'm also appalled by rampant poor spelling in English YT comments. I'm not perfect in spelling, but I do think it matters 🤨) All that said, yes, it could simplify learning to SPEAK French quite a bit by focusing on sounds, not spelling!

[@chromalusion15]

Please create difference of English vs French sentence construction simple to complex. Thanks

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Interesting idea. Thanks!

[@ninaschupp4025]

helpful! will do this, thanks!!!

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chromalusion15]

Also why it is hard to understand French. What is the technique in watching movie or listening etc.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

It's a foreign language. You need to train your ears. You can try watching videos that have transcripts, so you can recognise words by reading along to the transcript whilst watching. Try TV5 apprendre.tv5monde.com/en

[@jonathanmartindale4260]

is that always the case that the verb sounds the same as after 'tu'?

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Thanks for the comment Jon! It's rarely ever the case that you get a rule that is adhered to 100% of the time in a language, and here is no exception, but the tip applies to so many verbs that you can't really go wrong.

[@TheCMLion]

I'm watching this and my French husband walks up behind me and is watching. "Well...?" He nods, "Yep, is true."

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Ha, my first video. You found it! Yep, please remove "nous" from the stressful job of learning conjugations. "On on on on on......"

[@denisarmengaud9409]

T'as raison, nous on s'en fout du qu'en dira-t-on!

[@ebrahimarayesh4723]

❤❤

[@nohisocitutampoc2789]

Fine but many English. I assume its a french lesson (and Eng is not my second nor third language).

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Yes, my channel is for English speakers learning French :)

[@salambaki5073]

U lost me in the 3rd minute dude! Just get into the subject !

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Haha! Well you are direct! This was my first video on my channel talking about French. Hopefully I've got a lot better 76 videos later!

[@khizarharoon8800]

nice vid but can u plz talk a little slower next time and make the into a little slower???

[@martymac4815]

Am I the only one that found the background music distracting? Good info though

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Nope. A few people. I've stopped using it since then