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[calm monolith]

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[wary terrace]

Oui, c'est tout à fait possible. Si tu fais de ton mieux tous les jours (en y consacrant une ou deux heures) tu t'amélioreras jusqu'à ce que tu puisses faire autant que possible en français. Que ce soit parler ici, regarder des films/émissions, lire etc.

Il est important que tu n'abandonnes pas l'apprentissage. Si tu continues à te servir de la langue, ça va aller.

[safe jacinth]

A major or a minor doesn't magically confer linguistic ability on people. I've known people who majored in French who (in my opinion) could barely speak the langauge. I've also known people with no formal education who can speak and understand French at a (near) native level.

There's no magic to it. Speak, read, listen, write: use the language. That's the only way to maintain and improve your level.

[sinful kiln]

J'ai du relire la phrase pur bien être sûr du sens derrière le mot "mineur"

[torpid scroll]

oh non 😭 le mot propre en français est différent je crois mais j'oublie

[sinful kiln]

Tu n'étais pas très loin !
Le mot usuel ce me semble c'est une majeure/mineure
Mais mon université utilisait d'autres termes

[brittle jackal]

i mean obviously it depends what you mean by fluent, but within 6 years someone putting the time in could easily learn to read and speak at a C1 level

[torpid scroll]

yeah C1 by fluent but eventually i wanna be able to read edgestuff (lacan, baudrillard, fanon) which i think is c2 but gives me a tangiblr goal too

[torpid scroll]

aussi merci je dois pratiquer au moins 1h ou je vais oublie (imo) tous les jours

[brittle jackal]

you don't C2 to read that stuff

for one thing, those language proficiency levels include reading, writing, speaking, and listening

while reading a book only requires, well, reading

also while Lacan is famously a confusing writer, at least that kind of stuff is actually a lot easier to read than basically any novel

because the vocabulary is a lot more constrained and "theoretical"

if that's your goal, i would say you should try reading it now and see how it feels. it's fine that you won't understand a lot. Come back to a particular text every couple months and you will see your proficiency improve

the other thing to remember is that you really only learn by doing, so if you avoid trying to read actual books until you're at a high enough level, you'll never actually reach that level

use a dictionary like wordreference.com and come here or google for grammar questions

[torpid scroll]

yeah i wanted to read harry potter rn but idk i wanna be able to read and write abiut college level french stuff at the same time

[brittle jackal]

start with harry potter, if you can't do that