Practice your ear for French with clips from podcasts, the news, and music.
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Improve your ear with this clip of French that is fast and possibly a bit poetic. Some esoteric words and phrases to hone your ear with. Do you know “comme une béance” or “nous a entravés”? Hear them and others in this 12 second phrase. Take today’s transcription quiz! And what does your ear hear “un point de …”
Take on a short clip today, just 5 seconds long with 20 words. Can you catch all of the 240 words per minute? Nothing too tricky for grammar or nuance in this clip. How do you find it? Let’s continue with today’s transcription quiz, keep up the habit
Continue with French in real life with this episode from Transfert. Can you pick up: “a-t-elle dit”, “du côté des”, and “les vrais”? Try to fill in all 100% of the transcription in today’s fast clip.
Improve your ear with French in real life. Hear this quote from an acceptance speech repeated in the Transfert podcast. How much can you pick up? I highlight the word “d’accueil” for its nuance. What else would you highlight and dive into? Take on today’s clip. It’s fast and repetitive, perfect for practicing. Use the transcription quiz and improve your ear for fast spoken French.
French irl doesn’t get much more real than what someone said in their award acceptance speech. Esoteric and nuanced, can you pick it all up? Hear words like “les récits” and “nous manquent” among others. How much of this short clip can you follow? Hear it and take the transcription quiz today!
I’m loving some of the nuance in this clip. Hear phrases like: “débarque”, “un foyer”, “auprès des”, and “malmenés et meurtris”. I wanted to highlight foyer because it is different from our word foyer in English, even our use of “hearth” in English doesn’t contain the depth of meaning here. Take on today’s fast quiz!
Improve your ear for French with this snippet from Transfert podcast. It’s 28 words in 8 seconds, how many can you hear and understand? Short clips are the best way to improve your French listening comprehension. Try it today!
We dive into toxic chemicals… but don’t worry about those, what about the words “pires” and “rouler par” in the context of this clip? Hear it all and see if you can pick it out. Type in what you hear to our transcription quiz!
Dive into a French language PSA and see how much you can follow. I love this episode as it goes from formal to colloquial. Hear this colloquial bit of French with “les gars:”, “ça marche à tous les coups”, “truc là ”, “assez bien”, and “bah rien”. Oh yeah, and a swear, but you probably already know that word. Hear them all and follow along with our quiz of boardroom colloquial French with today’s 4th installment of a PSA!
Follow along with the next clip of this French PSA, it’s the pitch of an idea. Can you track all these words in fast spoken French: “des trucs dégueulasses”, “se rendre compte”, “le plus tôt possible”? Follow along with our fill-in-the-blanks transcription quiz perfect for learners at any level, even when the clip is
Hear a bunch of ideas pitched to the boss. Can you follow along? Listen for “on peut pas ?”, “une usine de retraitement”, “la dernière fois”, enfouir discrètement”, “les écolos”, “sur le dos”, & “moins regardant”. Take on today’s quiz and improve your ear with fast spoken French in real life!
Practice your French listening with a PSA about smoking. Whether you agree or not, it’s important to understand PSAs and other announcements in French. What about this one in a business meeting setting? Can you pick up the phrases “fair venir en urgence”, “déchets toxiques”, “sur les bras”, “il faut absolument”, & “et vite”? Take a listen and follow along with our French listening quiz.