ted.mosby

[calm quartz]

Please be patient

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[grizzled panther]

This is their Level 1. I'm clueless at counting, dates, and such. I have an okay grasp of how verbs/adjectives transform based on subject/gender/plurality (ie mange/mangeon/mangeons/mangent)

[empty moss]

what's better for you, working extra hard to catch up in a class that's a little beyond you or taking it easy learning stuff you already know mixed in with stuff you don't know

[grizzled panther]

Well that's a really good way to put it... 🤔

[ancient canopy]

don't forget that we're here to help you

not with your homework as such but with learning the concepts of the class when you dont understand them or need more practice

we can teach you conjugaisons, counting, dates, phone numbers, etc.

[stable belfry]

You could also see if they have any resources for that level - when I had similar classes I skipped a bunch of levels each time and they would let me borrow the books for each level I skipped to sift through, not necessarily doing all of the exercises but making sure I understood all of the concepts and had noted down any new vocab
And/or you can just take the concepts in that list and go over them, there are plenty of resources online.
In-person lessons tend to go much slower than what's possible on your own, so aiming a bit high is fine, if you're ever struggling just ask questions in here and we'll be able to explain and provide all the resources you could ask for
("Mangeon" doesn't exist btw)

[grizzled panther]

Merci beaucoup pour les inputs (? dunno the word). I ended up going with Level 1 to be safe. I felt like it's important for me to have a solid foundation.

[ancient canopy]

have fun with your classes!

[stable belfry]

Les idées

Ig most literally would be "les avis" but sounds a bit odd to me

Solid foundation often gets built up as you go along, a bit ironically, but I understand the concern

[empty moss]

right, i was going to say, the foundation of language ability is intuition built through immersion in the language, not some set of logical rules that you can learn from a book

which only serve to self-correct/check what your intuition tells you, generally

which is valuable to be sure, but far from the most important thing

languages are pretty much impossible to learn out of order imo, you simply won't absorb information that you're not ready for

so you don't have to worry too much about the shape of your path, you just keep walking and the foundation builds itself out of necessity

i find that beginners are often very concerned with doing things in the "right order" when really you just need to start somewhere and make progress until you get where you want to be

[empty moss]

as an example, take the subjunctive. when i was a beginner, i didn't notice it even when i saw it, i thought it was just a different verb and skimmed over it. Eventually though i got to a level where i knew something was up . I was like "hmm why is it puisse here and not peux" etc so I Googled it and voilà, i was learning the subjunctive. Noticing/questioning some language feature = you're ready to start learning it. just let your curiosity guide you