| If you... | Fix | |-----------|-----| | Can’t hear liaisons ( les amis sounds like "lay zami") | Slow down playback to 0.75x on YouTube | | Mix up é (café) and è (père) | Find minimal pair audio: des (some) vs dès (from) | | Understand reading but not listening | Stop reading. Only listen for 3 days. Use transcripts after. | | Get bored repeating | Use music: Indila – Dernière Danse – listen for verbs you know |
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