naliea9700

[karmic orchid]

Please be patient

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[dull lintel]

i dont know if that qualifies for this channel 🤔 but ill answer regardless

i think its subjective, when i learned dutch, i watched tv shows in dutch with dutch subs

it helped me "map the words to the speech" if that makes sense

so even if you get nothing you can associate visuals with words, and those words to speech

hope that helps

[marsh oracle]

if you're a real beginner, having french subtitles may ruin you experience of the show

stopping the episode on each sentence, to try to understand it is boring

so it depends on your level i guess

[dull lintel]

im trying to say that even if you dont understand it as a true beginner, there are still take aways from french subs

[magic basin]

speaking from experience, I don't recommend it

your mind will tune out the French and only focus on the English subtitles. you won't retain any words if you don't engage with them

also remember to tolerate ambiguity. you don't have to constantly pause to look up every word as long as you get the gist