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charred tree
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Thanks guys 💕💕

sand flume
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The first one is correct (J'étudie le français pour l'école)

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Any short word ending in a E like "je" has to contract when it's before another vowel

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And as for your other question, French uses articles differently than English. Basically, there are very few cases where you'll have a noun with no article, compared to English where it's pretty common and the lack of an article actually means something in itself

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In addition to meaning "the", the definite article (le, la, les) is also used for a generic expression of something.

eternal orchid
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Exactly.

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sand flume
# charred tree What does contract mean

It's when two words combine, basically. Technically I should say elision, but as far as we're concerned it's the same thing here.
In French it's super common, and in cases were it's possible, you HAVE to elide the vowel. Not doing so would sound wrong. Compare English, where you can say "I'm here" vs "I am here" which might mean different things (e.g. "I am here" could have different emphasis), whereas in French saying "je étudie" simply sounds unnatural.
Any short words ending in -e in French, like je, ce, se, me, te, que, must drop the E when the next word starts with a vowel.

sand flume
# charred tree What’s an article

In English, there "a/an" and "the". Also not using an article is technically a type of article. Little words that vaguely identify which thing you're talking about.
In French there are a few more and they're used differently than English.

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Here's an article (ha) talking about french articles: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/articles/
If you click on the links for "definite article" and "indefinite article" it tells you how they're used in French, including that generic sense I mentioned.
There's also the partitive article if you like, but you can leave that for later if this is already a lot to learn. It's still important, but a bit harder since there's no English equivalent.

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charred tree
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Is it more casual than formal or is it just more normal

sand flume
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je + ai -> j'ai (je ai would sound unnatural, I'm not aware of any dialect where that exists in any capacity - it can't be broken down this way)
que + il -> qu'il
te + es -> t'es

charred tree
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Like could you actually say je when j’ isn’t mandatory or is it very weird

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Ohh

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Yess i get it thank u

sand flume
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As I said, there's no case where the j' isn't mandatory

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If there's a vowel next, it elides

charred tree
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Oo

sand flume
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It's not a choice, it's not formal or casual, it's just how the language behaves

charred tree
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They need to teach this to me in school no one tells me this thanks so much your so helpful

sand flume
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Well there' s a lot to teach 😛
I would imagine they hope this one kinda clicks on its own, since you'll never see these forms without the elision

charred tree
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Yaa makes sense

charred tree
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Do you know any way i could learn french not fluent but well kinda fast i have my exams next may

sand flume
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No but I've known it all my life and went to a french speaking uni

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The only way to learn a language is time and effort. The more time and effort you put in, the better the results.
If you're worried about exams though I'd just recommend normal school stuff like good sleep, participating in class, and asking questions when you don't understand

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You don't need to be a language learning master to pass a french class, just keep it simple

charred tree