Of the words you don’t catch during a conversation, at least half are words you already know but don’t recognize in spoken French. (You don’t know the “quickly-spoken version” well enough to recognize the word during a conversation.)
But what percentage are words you’ve never heard before or words you just weren’t expecting to hear?
To combat this problem of not expecting or not being ready for common expressions, please use these flashcard decks.
Flashcard deck: Be ready for la formation (training)
Flashcard deck: Be ready for afin de (in order to)
Note to subscribers: let me know if you want me to speed up the work on these by emailing me at david.tolman@fluentlistener.com
Here’s a list of ideas for new flashcard sets. I haven’t yet taken the time to do these because I’ve been working on other things that subscribers have asked for :
- prestataire, prestation
- au niveau de
- en fonction de
- parvenir à
- se rendre compte
- réussir à
- n’importe quoi
- peu importe
- en+temps versus dans+temps
- answer = répondre à, lui répondre…
- how to say, ‘to expect somethning’ – attendre, s’attendre à, le résultat attendu…
- consommer, consommation, for instance, here
- calme – un enfant calme, un quartier calme…
- flashcards to help us with “false friends.” How do you say ‘Actually, I disagree.’ Answer starts with ‘en fait’ and not the false friend ‘actuellement.’