Anis Étoilé

[frank saddle]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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[prime ice]

The only real advice is practice, practice, practice

The more experience you have of listening and hearing French, the easier time you'll have hearing where words end and others start

You'll also get used to some common phrases, so you'll know they're most likely to be [something] than [other thing that sounds the same but is less common]

And finally with more knowledge of the language, you'll know the context more often, and that's key to understanding automatically what's said

(like true, « je l'apprends » sounds like « je la prends », but with context it should be obvious which one was used)

There is a learning technique called shadowing, it's about trying to repeat what you hear at the same time as you're hearing it (the quickest you can after hearing it)

It's supposed to help with pronunciation, but I'm sure it can also help with comprehension and "analysis" of what's said

[fresh crescent]

oh that's true sometimes a second listen or saying it to myself helps me realize what it actually was

"il est très soulagé et euru...?"
"...soulagé et eur- AH heureux!"

ill try the shadowing more thanks!