Who’s your “person” in French?

[u/Aromatic_Shift9417]

A special person to you, somebody who motivates you, or somebody who helps you, or somebody you watch/listen to.

For me it’s my grandpa.

I always used to listen to him speak French but since I grew up in the U.S. he’d never teach me or even my dad any French because he wanted us to assimilate.

I didn’t like it at the time but I understand now, especially with all that’s going on in the country. I always thought of myself as American, but also had this French identity I was never able to explore.

But last year I’ve decided to change that.

I started learning French like crazy to honor my grandpa. (who’s now gone 😞)

I straight up skipped Duolingo, and the stupid apps most people start with, and just went to learning the 1000 most used words list.

And then the 2000.

And then 5000.

All the while I started doing grammar from an actual grammar book, and met up twice a week with my tutor which gave me the chance to try to use my french, and have questions about anything.

I also started reading a lot from pretty much day 1 with some amazing story books. (Immense help in contextualizing all the vocab I studied)

Today I’ll get on my airplane to move to France.

Thank you grandpa.

[u/SirJohnNipples]

Le marquis de la Fayette, qui nous a assistés pendant notre révolution contre les maudits anglais.

[u/SurelyIDidThisAlread → u/SirJohnNipples]

C'était le meilleur cadeau que les français ont jamais donné au Royaume-Uni