Random French Phrases i Learned In Class

Executive Dysfunction & ADHD study tips! 😙 🌷 😘

I’ve collected study tips from myself and others who struggle with studying. Here’s a masterlist of strategies people use to help :) For those curious, #3 is my personal favourite and is probably the main reason I didn’t flunk all of my classes this year. Feel free to add your own!

Sleep, eat, exercise. The basics. Treating my body right helps me keep a routine and makes me less prone to impulsivity. This makes it a little easier for me to do the things I need to do and fight back my executive dysfunction.

Play idle games while working. Anonymous says “I get bored very, very quickly and need constant stimulation, so every time I have to wait for something, I will immediately divert my attention. Having an idle game running helps me not to lose too much focus, so I get more work done as a result.”

Use a tutor. Since I can’t follow self-imposed deadlines, I create external deadlines by booking tutoring appointments. This forces me to make sure I have at least a basic understand of the material before the session so I know what to go over. Most schools have free peer tutors available, so take advantage (if your school doesn’t, try a study group)! This is a great way to create deadlines you can follow, and it always helps to study with someone who can answer your questions and keep you on task.

Play music. @luminarily says “Sometimes I sit in silence and I get bored of it or I get a song stuck in my head or something. But I have forcibly linked music playlist and actually doing something I need to do so that when I put on music I am automatically forced to do the work I was supposed to do. So it makes the work and the listening more enjoyable both and it’s easier to stay on task… I use unpaid youtube on my phone so I can’t leave the tab or else I can’t listen to music anymore so I can’t go on my phone. And also youtube mobile lets you set watch time timers, so when my music stops I take a break and don’t burn out!”.

Play ambient noise. Similar to #4. I am not stimulated enough when taking notes, reading textbooks, etc., but listening to music can be too much and makes me stressed. I like to play ambient noise (my personal nerdy fave is Slytherin dormitory ambience on Youtube lol). It’s enough to stimulate my brain, but not overpowering to where I get distracted or stressed.

Block out time to do work. @tidal-rose​ says “I find it easy to do stuff by saying ‘I’ll do it tomorrow.’ But I don’t mean the procrastinate-y ‘I’ll do it tomorrow,’ I mean plan to do it tomorrow. Set aside a block of time when you are going to do nothing but the task. …I just realized this sounds like such a neurotypical answer oh gosh. It really does work to hack my executive disfunction”

Have a plan. If I don’t have a straightforward + actionable plan for right when I wake up, I will just do literally nothing all day. I have to know what I’m going to be doing when I wake up, like “shower, be at the library by 10am, and do practise problems there”. If I only have a vague plan like “study chemistry tomorrow” it’s a lot harder for me to do anything.

Start small. It often feels impossible to do even the bare minimum. When I can’t even get myself to write a single sentence of my paper, I try to do even less than that. Literally just open up a Word document. Even just opening up a blank page is a fantastic start, and starting is the hardest part.

Change locations. The longer I sit in one space putting off an assignment and stewing there in my anxiety about it, the harder it is to start. So I move. Even if I just go from my desk to the floor. Sometimes this can change my headspace enough to make it easier to do what I need to.

French Covers of English Songs

I’ve seen posts about French songs and French Disney songs, but there are also lots of French covers of famous songs that are originally sung in English, and I don’t think they’ve been mentioned on tumblr before (within the langblr community at least), so here’s a not-so-comprehensive list I compiled:

Photograph - Ed Sheeran (cover by Kéo)

Hello - Adele (cover by Sara’h)

All of Me - John Legend (cover by Sara’h)

7 Years - Lukas Graham (cover by Chloé Stafler)

Diamonds - Rihanna (cover by Exo)

I Hate You, I Love You - Gnash ft. Olivia O’brien (cover by Sara’h)

See You Again - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth (cover by Marvin Dupuis)

Chandelier - Sia (cover by Natacha Adréani)

All I Want - Kodaline (cover by Djodie Grz)

All these songs are in French; of course the lyrics aren’t exactly the same but they’re pretty close the originals (well, the ones I’ve heard at least; I’ve yet to check out the entire list… I did hear at least a snippet of each song though).

I wrote the English titles instead of the French ones so that you can easily recognize the songs. Each of these artists has many more French covers so be sure to check out their channels.

Also, I made a PLAYLIST right here where I put all the covers I found (the ones that sounded reasonable at least) and I’ll keep adding to it. Or you could just search Youtube for “french cover songs” or “cover français” and you’ll get a whole bunch of songs and playlists as well. Enjoy ;)

how to learn french (a step by step guide)

so, the title is maybe a little misleading since i’m not fluent in french or anything, but i’ve been studying it for a year and i’ve made a bunch of progress. there are a ton of ways to learn a language but i’m going to put the way i’ve been doing it. i’ve seen a lot of masterposts with lots of resources and i want to make my own with the things that i liked and thought worked well. also, this could be good for someone who has never taken a french class, like me. this is going to be long, so i’m going to put it under a read more.

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Podcasts

Knowledge :

Au coeur de l’histoire (history)

les chasseurs de nazis (nazi hunters)

france musique 

on ne parle pas la bouche pleine (food + literature)

les chemins de la philosophie

le collège de france (advanced)

il était une fois (fairy tales)

la main verte (gardening)

la méthode scientifique

regardez voir (photography)

sur les épaules de darwin

very good trip (rock n roll)

chroniques du ciel (aviation)

la tête au carré (popularization)

les p’tits bateaux (pros answering children’s qs)

les grands musiciens (interview with a pro musician)

littérature moderne et contemporaine

Society :

Arte radio (politics, health, history, tech…)

slate (similarish to ted talks)

hashtag (debating very current problems)

quoi de meuf (women talking about pop culture)

affaires sensibles (trials)

les gentilshommes (relationships men/women)

bouddhisme et méditation

kiffe ta race (about racial problematics)

le flow (well being)

sois gentille dis merci fais un bisou (portraits of women)

les couilles sur la table (men talking to women)

miroir miroir (destroy social norms)

du grain à moudre (debating sensible questions)

coucou le q (casual sex ed)

change ma vie (about personal growth)

la poudre (powerful women’s interviews)

nice to hear you (talks with creators, ceos, artists and nice humans)

mortel (to reconcile you with death and mortality)

la menstruelle (periods)

Movies + tech :

La cartouche (gaming)

la chronique ciné

studio 404 (tech)

geek inc (nerd chatter)

nouveau monde (innovations)

2h de perdues (shitty movies)

silence on joue (gaming)

radio rôliste (role playing, mmorpg)

nociné (pop culture/movies)

season one (to discover new shows)

Wiccan Vocabulary in French - Vocabulaire wiccane en français

La Wicca - wicca

Le Chamanisme – Shamanism

Le Néo-paganisme - Neo-paganism

La Mythologie – mythology

gréco-romaine – Greco-Roman

slave – Slavic

celtique – Celtic

nordique- Norse

Un culte à mystères – mystery cult

Un wiccan – a Wiccan

Une sorcière / un sorcier – a witch

Un coven- Coven

La pratique solitaire (de la Wicca) – solitary practice (of Wicca)

Les dieux païens – Pagan Gods

La Grande Déesse – The Mother Goddess

Le Dieu Cornu – The Horned God

La Charge de la Déesse - The Charge of the Goddess

Le Panthéon - Pantheon

Le credo wiccan – The Wiccan Rede

Fais ce qu'il te plaît tant que cela ne nuit à personne -  An it harm none, do what ye will.

La règledu triple retour – The threefold law

☸️La réincarnation - Reincarnation

Les éléments – The elements

🔥Le feu - Fire

🌊L’eau (f.) - Water

🌍La terre - Earth

🌬L’air (m.) - Air

👻L’esprit (m.) - Spirit

📓Le Livre des Ombres – Book of Shadows

⭐️Un pentagrame (droit/inversé) -  Pentagram (upright/ inverted)

Un Pentacle - Pentacle

Une baguette magique - wand

Le rituel - ritual

Le cercle magique - magic circle

🎉Les fêtes (fpl.) wiccanes – Wiccan festivals

🔄La roue de l’année -  The wheel of the year

Le Sabbat – Sabbat

Nouns’ plural

Most of the time you can create a singular plural by adding a -s. But:

Nouns ending in -s, -x, -z don’t change:

Le/es nez (nose), La/es noix (nut), Le/es mois (month)

Some nouns have a -x plural:

-au and -eu nouns: Feu (fire)

Seven -ou nouns: Bijou (jewel), caillou (pebble), chou (cabbage), genou (knee), hibou (owl), joujou (toy), pou (louse)

the singular -al nouns have a -aux plural: Un animal / des animaux 

Exceptions: 

Bal (ball), carnaval, chacal (jackal), festival, régal (food delight) take a -s

7 -ail nouns take an -x: bail (lease), corail (coral), émail (enamel), soupirail (cellar window), travail (work), vantail (door leaf), vitrail (stained glass)

How are you learning ASL? My local colleges don't offer any classes :(

That's a great question lmao! I'm currently on a break from active review and new vocabulary. But I have resources I can offer you.

Here’s emmastudies’ resource post

Here’s someone you can follow on instagram: Nyle DiMarco

Rochelle Barlow has a lot of resources. I caution this one, just because I’m genuinely wary of people who sell their method as being above all methods. She has some good points--language learning should be fun--but it also does take work and practice. You can just make those things a little less painful.

My old ass post about ASL still have a lot of resources I use, and the top one I recommend is ASL University. That’s where I got the majority of my basic vocab.

I am fortunate that we have Deaf Studies at this university, but it doesn’t have to be the only way. I would try to find a study buddy to hold you accountable--I’ve found, especially in the pandemic, it’s sooo hard and sooo isolating to endeavor with this kind of stuff alone.

Please let me know if you need more resources/help! 

Ma routine quotidienne : My daily routine

Le matin

Se réveiller : To wake up Se lever : To get up Se doucher/prendre une douche : To shower Se baigner/prendre un bain : To bathe Se raser : To shave Se brosser les dents : To brush your teeth Se brosser les cheveux : To brush your hair Se peigner : To comb your hair Se coiffer : To do your hair S’habiller : To get dressed Se maquiller : To put on makeup Manger/prendre le petit déjeuner : To eat breakfast Aller/se rendre à/au :To go to l’école (f) : school le travail : work en voiture : by car en bus : by bus en métro : by subway en train : by train en vélo : by bike à pied : on foot

L’après-midi

Travailler/bosser (l’argot) : To work  Étudier : To study Une machine à café : The coffee machine Une réunion : A meeting Un bureau : An office/desk Rechauffer : To heat up Le bavardage : Gossip/informal talk La bibliothèque : The library L’université (f) : University La fac (La faculté) : University Une leçon : A lesson Un cours : A class Suivre un cours : Take a class Une boîte à lunch (Qc) : Sack lunch/lunch box Déjeuner/prendre le déjeuner : To each lunch Dîner (Qc) : To eat lunch La cantine : The cafeteria

Le soir

Rentrer : To go home Se reposer : To relax/to rest Réviser : To revise/study Se préparer pour : To prepare oneself for Préparer : To prepare Cuisiner : To cook Dîner/Souper (Qc) : To eat dinner Le dîner : Dinner/Supper Faire la vaisselle : To wash the dishes Se déshabiller : To undress Se coucher : To go to bed S’en dormir : To fall asleep Rêver : To dream

Disney Movie Titles in French

Cendrillon: Cinderella La Belle et la Bête: Beauty and the Beast La Belle au Bois Dormant: Sleeping Beauty La Petite Sirène The Little Mermaid Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Le Bossu de Notre-Dame: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Le Livre de la Jungle: The Jungle Book Le Roi Lion: The Lion King Alice au Pays des Merveilles: Alice in Wonderland Hercule: Hercules Les 101 Dalmatiens: 101 Dalmatians Les Aristochats: The Aristocats Bernard et Bianca au Pays des Kangourous (Bernard et Bianca en Australie): The Rescuers Down Under Oliver et Compagnie: Oliver & Co. Pinocchio: Pinocchio Raiponce: Tangled La Reine des Neiges: Frozen La Belle et le Clochard: Lady and the Tramp Atlantide, l'empire Perdu: Atlantis, the Lost Empire Basil, Détective Privé: The Great Mouse Detective La Planète au Trésor : Un Nouvel Univers: Treasure Planet Frère des Ours: Brother Bear Rox et Rouky: The Fox and the Hound La Princesse et la Grenouille: The Princess and the Frog Les Mondes de Ralph: Wreck-It Ralph Kuzco, l'empereur Mégalo: The Emperor’s New Groove Merlin l'Enchanteur: The Sword in the Stone Dingo et Max (Complètement Dingo): A Goofy Movie Robin des Bois: Robin Hood Aladdin: Aladdin Cars: Quatre Roues (Les Bagnoles): Cars Dumbo: Dumbo Fantasia: Fantasia Lilo et Stitch: Lilo & Stitch Mulan: Mulan Peter Pan: Peter Pan Toy Story (Histoire de Jouets) : Toy Story

*Titles in parentheses are Canadian French

french winter vocabulary

l’hiver - the winter

décembre - december

janvier - january

février - februray

la neige - the snow

la boule de neige - the snowball

le flocon de neige - the snowflake

la glace - the ice

le froid - the cold

la manteau d’hiver - the winterjacket

les gants - the gloves 

l’écharpe - the scarf

le chandail - sweater

le manteau - the coat

la luge - the sled

faire de la luge - to go sledding

faire du ski - to go skiing

faire du patin - to go iceskating

renifler - to sniffle

le rhume - the cold (sickness)

le chocolat chaud - the hot chocolate 

le thé - the tea

le café - the coffee

la tasse - the cup

la cheminée - the fireplace

les fêtes - the winterbreak

la couette - the duvet

les oreillers - the pillows

un matin sombre - a dark morning

phrases

il neige ! - it’s snowing!

j’ai froid - i’m cold

j’ai un rhume - i have a cold

tu veux (voulez-vous) [faire de la luge]? - do you want [to go sledding]?

je voudrais [une tasse de chocolat chaud], s’il vous plaît - i would like [a cup of hot chocolate], please

[changeable] (formal) ! please correct me if i’m wrong !

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