Before posting, please look into our FAQ and resources. This is to limit the amount of reposts, and questions/requests already accounted for in these pages may be removed.

Be respectful

We aim for a friendly, encouraging atmosphere. Rudeness and unkindness are unwelcome. Do not make disparaging remarks about race, religion, gender, nationality, etc.

No blanket statements and cultural assumptions

No statements such as “The French are…”, “Americans are…” and other blanket statements about any nationality or group are allowed. Talking about your own experiences and feelings about the language is fine, but spreading or discussing assumptions about cultures is not welcome.

No glottophobia

Glottophobia (discrimination against dialects or other language varieties) is not allowed. We welcome language diversity. “Mistakes” should be explained with open-mindedness; prefer saying “this would be considered wrong in x context” rather than “this is wrong”, for example.

On post requirements, translation requests and transcription requests

Posts must require live human help and be learning-related. This is to say that translation and transcription requests are not allowed, unless self-research proves insufficient and if you have made an attempt but find yourself stuck or in doubt. You must include said attempt in your post.

Easily googleable questions and very low-effort posts will be removed at the mods' discretion.

For translation requests unrelated to French-learning, try r/translator.

No advertising

Advertising or self-promotion of any type is prohibited, as well as invitations to advertise. If OP expects personal benefits in return from posting other than constructive answers, it will be considered advertisement. This includes anything that you're associated with in any way.

Polls, requests for feedback and research-related posts may be approved. Contact the mod team beforehand if you'd like to make sure that we would allow your post.

No requests for interactions

This sub is about helping people as a community. Every question and every answer can help other people.

As such, the sub isn't a place to find language exchange partners, or set up one-on-one sessions. You can, however, look into our Discord server, and specifically the #correspondances channel for language penpals.

No homework help

Homework help is not allowed in any form. Help requests should be directed to r/frenchhelp.

Posts must be related to learning French

All posts on r/French must be related to French learning discussion and/or about the language.

No NSFW Posts

Due to the large number of underage users who frequent r/French, we request that posts remain SFW. Specifically, avoid posting content of a sexual nature.

Our Discord server has a channel for asking questions that might not be allowed here.

No memes or AI content

This community generally doesn't want memes (try r/FrenchMemes). Additionally, AI is not always a reliable learning tool, and we may remove AI-related posts that we deem to be misleading.

Mod discretion

Mods are the final arbiters of justice. The rules are guides, but the mods can overrule them if they see fit.

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Meet our mods!

u/Orikrin1998 (they/any) — I'm Eowyn, a 1998-born autistic creature from France. I'm into learning languages, conlanging, mapmaking, and making music. I have a blog about linguistics, I love writing, linguistics, sociology, cats, and online communities moderation and management! Yeah, I'm a bit all over the place. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

u/Deeb4905 (she/her) — I'm Deeb, a French hermit & language lover. I'm also a Computer Science student, and that's a pretty much exhaustive description of me I think? When I'm not doing those things, I'm either watching random shows/streamers, sleeping or staring at a wall.

u/loveableRogue07 (he/him) — Bonjour-hi, everyone. My name is Jeremy. I am a proud Francophile who has had the pleasure of living in France and Senegal. I hope to do more future travel in the Francophonie. My favorite sports are 🏈 and 🏒.

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