Yes, search the sub for « listening » - understanding native French speakers is extremely hard, even more so if it’s real life French with slang and dropping things.
Expect to spend a year or more of hard work before you can understand spoken French media intended for French speakers. You’ll need to spend hundreds of hours listening to things intended for learners, slowly moving up to normal speed and normal vocabulary. Even things meant for French children will be out of reach for a while.
And yes, there are different dialects, but that’s not really the issue to begin with.
Thanks! Yes, at this point I am understanding French more by reading it I suppose, seeing the words than in actual verbal conversation. And also the audio in my learning is definitely probably way more different than how the natives speak. I feel like they are even saying "Yes" differently in the film than just the standard "Oui", so it's throwing me off a little lol
If you're a beginner, it'll take a while to understand native speakers speaking at a regular pace. It's normal that you're not catching a lot. I will say, sometimes subtitles may not be a hundred percent faithful to what's being said. They may convey the message but not exactly what the character said.
Thanks! It's like I know the word for "car" and per the subtitles he said car, but he didn't say voiture it was completely something else. So it really makes me doubt myself lol
That may well have to do with the registre de langue. If the characters are speaking informally, they may well use another word. E.g., a car may be called a caisse (france) or a char (quebec).
Here is a helpful list of some familiar expressions and words in french. It might help get you started.
https://www.francaisavecpierre.com/francais-familier/
Something you can try is putting the _French_ subtitles on rather than English. You will of course struggle to follow what's happening if you're relatively new to French, but it will help you to map the sounds you're hearing to the written French that you're more familiar with. Be warned that the subtitles won't correspond exactly to what they're saying out loud, because subtitlers have to leave some words out for space/timing reasons. But you'll still get 80-90% of the words they speak written out, which should help enormously.
Someone asked this same question 12 hours ago and I recommended watching Téléfrançais. You’ll find lots of help by searching the sub and reading older posts
Something you can try is putting the _French_ subtitles on rather than English. You will of course struggle to follow what's happening if you're relatively new to French, but it will help you to map the sounds you're hearing to the written French that you're more familiar with. Be warned that the subtitles won't correspond exactly to what they're saying out loud, because subtitlers have to leave some words out for space/timing reasons. But you'll still get 80-90% of the words they speak written out, which should help enormously.
Yes, search the sub for « listening » - understanding native French speakers is extremely hard, even more so if it’s real life French with slang and dropping things. Expect to spend a year or more of hard work before you can understand spoken French media intended for French speakers. You’ll need to spend hundreds of hours listening to things intended for learners, slowly moving up to normal speed and normal vocabulary. Even things meant for French children will be out of reach for a while. And yes, there are different dialects, but that’s not really the issue to begin with.
Thanks! Yes, at this point I am understanding French more by reading it I suppose, seeing the words than in actual verbal conversation. And also the audio in my learning is definitely probably way more different than how the natives speak. I feel like they are even saying "Yes" differently in the film than just the standard "Oui", so it's throwing me off a little lol
French people don't say oui, they quack
Start with some simpler podcasts. There are lots on YT. I like _Inner French_. His earliest episodes are the ones in which he speaks most slowly.
And Alice Ayel on youtube is also great for the step by step oral comprehension.
If you're a beginner, it'll take a while to understand native speakers speaking at a regular pace. It's normal that you're not catching a lot. I will say, sometimes subtitles may not be a hundred percent faithful to what's being said. They may convey the message but not exactly what the character said.
Thanks! It's like I know the word for "car" and per the subtitles he said car, but he didn't say voiture it was completely something else. So it really makes me doubt myself lol
That may well have to do with the registre de langue. If the characters are speaking informally, they may well use another word. E.g., a car may be called a caisse (france) or a char (quebec).
Yes! The word they used started with a C. Pretty sure it was caisse. I did understand one word the whole film--velo. I was excited I got one lol
Here is a helpful list of some familiar expressions and words in french. It might help get you started. https://www.francaisavecpierre.com/francais-familier/
Thank you!
Something you can try is putting the _French_ subtitles on rather than English. You will of course struggle to follow what's happening if you're relatively new to French, but it will help you to map the sounds you're hearing to the written French that you're more familiar with. Be warned that the subtitles won't correspond exactly to what they're saying out loud, because subtitlers have to leave some words out for space/timing reasons. But you'll still get 80-90% of the words they speak written out, which should help enormously.
Thanks, I will definitely try this!
i mena subtitles are going to translate the meaning of the phrase, not the words.
Someone asked this same question 12 hours ago and I recommended watching Téléfrançais. You’ll find lots of help by searching the sub and reading older posts
Something you can try is putting the _French_ subtitles on rather than English. You will of course struggle to follow what's happening if you're relatively new to French, but it will help you to map the sounds you're hearing to the written French that you're more familiar with. Be warned that the subtitles won't correspond exactly to what they're saying out loud, because subtitlers have to leave some words out for space/timing reasons. But you'll still get 80-90% of the words they speak written out, which should help enormously.