Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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💡 Want to improve your spoken French? It’s time to drop ‘le futur’! Let me explain.
Spoken French is quite different from the technical, written French you learned in school. In fact, it’s almost a completely different lesson! School French unintentionally sets you up for failure to progress fast in speaking and understanding everyday French. For example, written exams prioritize grammar and conjugation that are rarely used in everyday conversations.

There are several verb tenses that you may have learned in school that we don’t really use in spoken French, such as le futur. Sorry to those of you who spent many hours memorizing conjugation tables! I’ll explain this further in today’s lesson, with some examples of what to use instead.

0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Don’t use “le futur simple”
2:02 - Practice with “le futur proche”
4:32 - Your turn now: Practice!
10:56 - Final Challenge

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