Becoming French For My 1 Year Streak on Duolingo

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @KyleIvan
    @KyleIvan 3 года назад +97

    I can totally relate to not connecting with french in school and then going through the Duolingo process 😂 Never made it as far as you though, congrats!

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +7

      Thank you! Something about the gameified aspect of it keeps me going!

  • @BigBonk
    @BigBonk 3 года назад +38

    This warms my cold lil' french heart. Lâche pas! T'es pratiquement Québécoise maintenant! :p

    • @BigBonk
      @BigBonk 3 года назад +1

      Si jamais tu veux, on pourrais se parler en français une fois de temps en temps. We could have some bilingual zoom chats or whatnot. :)

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +4

      @@BigBonk ahh merci! Je suis tellement heureuse d'entendre ça! And thank you for the offer. I'm still feeling so nervous about trying to have a real conversation but I know at some point I'll need to start practicing with humans haha

  • @brandonsmith1198
    @brandonsmith1198 Год назад +2

    That took you to dressed French act, French and the jewelry is amazing and I also like the cake that you made cupcakes and now I’m craving for some

  • @4UR0RAV31L
    @4UR0RAV31L 2 года назад +16

    I am learning french with duolingo, and I think it’s better than the learning system in school. In England (or my school at least) instead of learning spanish we learn french. I never really got the hang of it because I would just forget and forget and forget. But now I use duolingo, I pretty much know a lot of things the teacher says. Once I got a 41 day streak then lost it😭😭

  • @compphysgeek
    @compphysgeek 3 года назад +21

    I know this is a video about French and an awesome 365 day streak, congrats!
    But I could have watched you make that gâteau for a full video.

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +2

      Thank you so much! 😄

  • @quirkyguy29
    @quirkyguy29 3 года назад +35

    I don't usually type many comments here on youtube, but I can relate so so SOOOO much to this!
    Turns out that I have a 252 day streak on Duolingo, but in the chinese course! I completed the tree a day or two ago, and I was SOOOO proud!!!
    Congrats on your 1 year on Duolingo! Keep it up!! And let's go for 1000 days! :)
    Oh, also! I don't know french, but I have to say you sound like a native!

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +3

      That's so awesome, way to go!! Let's keep it going!
      And that's so kind of you, thank you!

    • @jenniekim2454
      @jenniekim2454 2 года назад +1

      did you start another course?? ^^

    • @quirkyguy29
      @quirkyguy29 2 года назад

      @@jenniekim2454 I haven't! I'm still leveling duolingo's Chinese to legendary

    • @jenniekim2454
      @jenniekim2454 2 года назад

      @@quirkyguy29 good luck!!

    • @annieavakoci5038
      @annieavakoci5038 2 года назад

      how fluent are you in chinese? i wonder how effective duolingo is

  • @adamsakauye1395
    @adamsakauye1395 3 года назад +13

    I don't have any French knowledge, but I will say you're doing very well!!! MUCH better than I ever did :P

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад

      Haha that's very generous, thank you!!

  • @vivian.anette
    @vivian.anette 3 года назад +11

    Hi! I’m Mexican and I’m also learning French using Duolingo. I recently completed my first month streak 🙌

  • @RivkahSong
    @RivkahSong 3 года назад +25

    I love that you have La Vie En Rose playing and that the entire coffee section was in black and white. You had me cracking up all throughout the video! I'm trying to learn French, myself, though I've only been at it for a little over a month. If it helps, here's what I'm doing to learn. I do some combination of these about 3 hours a day.
    - Comprehensible Input - I chose 5 Ted Talks in French (since they have full perfect transcripts in English translated by an actual person and it gives me all that vocabulary in context with pronunciations to better remember and use it) and I'm watching them over and over again as I memorize the words and sentences they use to give me a base from which to build on (Once I have these down I'll choose 5 more and begin again with those). I'm also listening to and memorizing French songs and watching youtubers like French mornings with Elisa, alice ayel, and French in Plain Sight.
    - The actual textbooks/courses I'm using are Assimil French With Ease and Easy French Step-by-Step.
    - Output - I try to narrate what I'm doing to myself throughout the day while cooking, cleaning, etc and write down whatever I don't have the words for, I write a journal entry in French on something I've done/watched/read/etc, conversation practice with Google Assistant/Siri/Alexa
    - Apps that are helping the process - Learn Languages With RUclips And Netflix chrome extension so I can have dual subtitles in English and French on videos, Toucan Language Learning to randomly turn words on whatever page I'm on French to build vocabulary, Reverso to see vocabulary used in sentences, Duo Lingo, and Google Assistant for no stress conversation practice (building up confidence and knowledge base to start speaking to native speakers) since they're programmed AI that can have conversations, tell jokes, etc if you set your target language in the settings.
    I'm trying to build up my French foundations so I can start broadening my comprehensible input via reading. By the end of the third month I'm hoping to know enough to begin to read Harry Potter in French while listening to the French audiobook as well as start reading reading blogs about stuff I'm interested in (like art, cooking, etc). Hope this helps somewhat. Good luck!

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +3

      Thank you so much!! Wow you are doing way more than me, and it's inspiring me to try much harder. Thank you for all these awesome tips!

    • @RivkahSong
      @RivkahSong 3 года назад +3

      @@ZoeTowne You're welcome! Good luck, too, we can totally do this! I know not everyone has 3 hours a day to devote to learning, so I think choosing one or two of these a day will still get you plenty of progress!

    • @sunfvalley
      @sunfvalley 2 года назад

      isnt harry potter in other labgauges really hard btw? since jk rowling made up many words

  • @Valentina-qx1ul
    @Valentina-qx1ul 2 года назад +7

    I am native in French and your French is pretty good. So I went to school in Australia for a bit, and we had French class there, but no one learnt French, so I kinda understand.

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  2 года назад

      That's good to hear haha, thank you

  • @MGodfrey
    @MGodfrey 3 года назад +9

    omg wow this is so cool! french culture is so beautiful and the language is so cuuuuuuute!!! its like youre Zoe in Paris!!! im so jealous i wish i could just walk the streets of france and blend in perfectly and eat the yummy food and bask in the french sun

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣 I thought you were going to hate crime me but I'll accept this too

  • @JoelDelizo
    @JoelDelizo 3 года назад +3

    I loved, loved your video. Thank you for making this video. Congratulations on the one year streak!

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад

      Thank you so much!!

  • @snapman218
    @snapman218 11 месяцев назад +1

    J’adore ta robe rouge 😮

  • @JayeSunsurn
    @JayeSunsurn 3 года назад +9

    Thanks for this. I did actually laugh (quietly) out loud. :) I love the term Oui-aboo.

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +2

      Haha merci beaucoup!

  • @SmallBirdVspot
    @SmallBirdVspot 3 года назад +17

    This is genuinely hilarious.
    Also we have the same couch.

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +3

      Thank you!! And oh IKEA, what would we do without you?

  • @jakarina2214
    @jakarina2214 2 года назад +4

    Ahh it was amazing when i learned english, a whole new world just unlocked for me! Since I've been able to watch, read and listen in english, even speak without embarrassment... yeah i still do make some mistakes but it is what it is. If i get corrected I learn and i do appreciate that a lot!.... Now I wanna learn french and experience all the achievements again... I've been learning it for 8 years now and I still haven't achieved as much as I have with english in this amount of time, but i am positive that one day the day will come and I'll be able to proficiently use french whenever I'll want to as well as I do use my english 😝

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  2 года назад

      That's amazing! When I get discouraged in my learning journey I try to remember that people do learn other languages all the time. That's so cool that you're learning new ones too

  • @liso9674
    @liso9674 2 года назад +1

    Congratulations
    I just wanted to tell you that French in books and French in movies are very different and I think your French is very good ! Continue comme ça bravo

  • @sunny2355
    @sunny2355 2 года назад +2

    Don’t we all Canadians have this. Lol 😂 I went to Quebec City to learn French and then I came back in a Week 😂🤣😂

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  2 года назад

      Haha it's hard learning a language!

  • @Hi-ju1nn
    @Hi-ju1nn 2 года назад +2

    I’m half French and I’m learning French because of my culture so I’m trying to learn French on Duolingo 💁‍♂️🕺

  • @SarahMBreaux
    @SarahMBreaux 2 года назад +2

    I just hit day 109.... I'm hoping to make it to a year and beyond.

  • @rebeca4287
    @rebeca4287 2 года назад

    Hii, I just loved your video hahah! I'm brazilian and I'm trying to learn French by Duolingo too. It's such a beautiful and elegant language! 😍

  • @malcolmizm
    @malcolmizm 9 месяцев назад

    Trés super- j'apprendre le français aussi. J'adore ta video!

  • @a3msakh
    @a3msakh 2 года назад +1

    Well i can relate to this. I’ve also been learning French in school and it felt like a cycle that kept repeating itself. I'm learning French now on Duolinguo and I'm on a 200+ day streak. You should be proud of yourself 🤝

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  2 года назад +2

      Thank you! Same to you, we've got this!

  • @johnsmith8906
    @johnsmith8906 11 месяцев назад

    I've just started Duolingo French a few days ago and am hoping i'll make it the full year.

  • @toqa6735
    @toqa6735 3 года назад +5

    Today is my third streak I’ll try to reach your level ✨WE CAN DO IT

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +1

      You can ABSOLUTELY do it! I believe in you 😁😁

    • @sumandeb3046
      @sumandeb3046 2 года назад

      🙄🙄

  • @antiquenotdead7
    @antiquenotdead7 Год назад +1

    Love that dress. It completely distracted me. Where did you purchase it?

  • @patrickblake5788
    @patrickblake5788 3 года назад +7

    Je suis tres fiere de toi!

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +2

      Merci beaucoup monsieur!

  • @simsim5265
    @simsim5265 Год назад +4

    I am a native French-who likes a lot his language and culture-and I found out something kinda funny about this video. The way you dressed, it doesn't seem that strange to me, that cliché. It's actually something a French girl could wear just to go to college, or high school. And it wouldn't look weird at all, especially in the summer. I mean, yeah, the beret is probably not the kind of hat you would see most often in the street. But still! And my point is, it's kinda funny when you think about it, that the garment you have been wearing during the video doesn't feel outlandish at all for me; but it does for you. Just like you-or anyone else actually-have your culture, and what I consider as foreign and exceptional… may look normal and unexceptional for you. Idk, just a though watching this video. Your accent is very good, keep it up! Much love from an english/german student from Northern France :)

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  Год назад

      I love this perspective! Thank you for sharing it. What's funny is that a lot of what I did in the video, I don't think is outlandish either haha. I wore my own clothes except for the beret which I had borrowed from a friend. I guess it was more about just leaning into my life in more of a French way, and laughing at myself along the way. I'm still learning French and I hope to someday get the chance visit your country! :)

  • @babab_m
    @babab_m 11 месяцев назад

    Belle tansition, j'aurait vraiment pensé que t'est française si je t'ai rencontré par hazard quelque part. Your french sounds really good aswell, chapeau👍🏼

  • @markgoode4109
    @markgoode4109 2 года назад

    congratulations for hitting 365 days; onwards and upwards. Tres bien!.

  • @BriooNM
    @BriooNM Год назад

    I think I've seen that what I'm doing ain't wrong. Learning french on duolingo

  • @markgoode4109
    @markgoode4109 3 года назад

    Congratulations of hitting the one year target. I wish you well with your future French studies. Best wishes.

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад

      Thank you very much!

  • @Cation_bibliophile
    @Cation_bibliophile Год назад

    You’re amazing 😂😂

  • @jejehorizon2594
    @jejehorizon2594 2 года назад +1

    1:47 Baguette Moment

  • @enderpotato0088
    @enderpotato0088 3 года назад +2

    I’m starting German on duolingo. I also have other tools to help me along the way.

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад

      Ooh I hope it goes well for you!

    • @fluffy4874
      @fluffy4874 3 года назад

      Me too just hit my 23 day streak!!

  • @RichelleandManvi
    @RichelleandManvi 11 месяцев назад

    I’m also learning French in duolingo and I’m at section 3

  • @niccolopaganini1782
    @niccolopaganini1782 3 года назад

    Subbed, loved the quality!

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад

      Awesome, thank you!

  • @ramonalavigne8953
    @ramonalavigne8953 2 года назад

    Cet gateau etait tres bon. J'ai faim maintenant. Je peut visiter ta boulangerie, ou non? Je veux les cupcakes aussi. Tous les cupcakes.

  • @fabricematias8315
    @fabricematias8315 Год назад

    Excellente

  • @franciscosepulveda5261
    @franciscosepulveda5261 2 года назад

    "je travaille à la boulangerie" Soo duolingo 😁

  • @DalyanTekineci
    @DalyanTekineci Год назад

    I Speak English And Turkish And Im Currently Learning French On Duolingo As 3rd Language.

  • @Magnetshroom
    @Magnetshroom 2 года назад

    Because of that, she is already fluent in French.

  • @candicefehrsen1215
    @candicefehrsen1215 Год назад

    cela m'a fait rire. 😂
    Je l'aime.❤️
    Je suis au jour 325 sur Duolingo.
    C'est vraiment difficile oui ?
    Jusqu'où es-tu allé?
    Je suis uniquement sur l'unité 65 à l'or (le nouveau système).
    J'espère être fini en or d'ici mon anniversaire en mai... mais je pense que cela signifie environ 5 heures par jour.
    Avez-vous continué ?
    C'est épuisant, non?
    Mon mari a terminé et termine maintenant tout en violet.
    J'espère qu'on mangera encore des croissants à Paris un jour et parler avec un vraiment français.
    Votre accent est très bon. Le mien est terrible....très très mauvais.🙈
    Google traduction m'a aidé avec le message😂🤣😂🤣

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  Год назад

      Bonjour et merci beaucoup pour cette commentaire! J'ai honte de dire ça je suis seulement sur l'unité 32...
      Oui, je pratique encore et je suis au jour 1109 aujourd'hui, mais d'habitude je révisé les mêmes leçons.
      Je suis un peu paresseux 😂 J'ai pensé à faire une autre vidéo sur duolingo mais je ne sais pas encore. J'espère que tes cours se passent bien!
      Je m'excuse pour toute erreur 😂

  • @amorfati4096
    @amorfati4096 4 месяца назад

    Forget Duobimbo Natural is Natural

  • @QUIEROSERPOLIGLOTA
    @QUIEROSERPOLIGLOTA 3 года назад +1

    perfect video, very entertaining and motivational to continue learning the French language, thank you very much I liked your content 🤗

  • @lilmushroom4273
    @lilmushroom4273 2 года назад +1

    I love your personality and vibe

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  2 года назад +2

      That's so kind, thank you! My streak is still going strong, I've just been too shy to practice with other people

  • @simplica1
    @simplica1 2 года назад

    Very funny! My longest is 70 days so congrats!

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  2 года назад +1

      70 days is awesome!

  • @Aeduo
    @Aeduo 3 года назад +1

    My year of learning russian has been far more of a struggle and i haven't made it nearly as far heh.

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад

      Learning Russian sounds WAY harder, that's a whole other alphabet!

    • @Aeduo
      @Aeduo 3 года назад

      @@ZoeTowne learning the alphabet is the easiest part of the whole thing heh. There's only 33 letters.

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад

      @@Aeduo well I wish you luck on your learning journey!

    • @Aeduo
      @Aeduo 3 года назад

      @@ZoeTowne thanks. I'll need it. :P

  • @jejehorizon2594
    @jejehorizon2594 2 года назад +1

    J’adore aha

  • @erikadupuis9843
    @erikadupuis9843 2 года назад +1

    Hahah un oui-aboo

  • @nanoSaby5
    @nanoSaby5 3 года назад

    Felicitations chérie~

  • @toqa6735
    @toqa6735 3 года назад

    Adorableeee

  • @audreyleeyoung
    @audreyleeyoung 2 года назад

    I just hit my 6 month mark today. Are you still going?

  • @nathanconway131
    @nathanconway131 2 года назад +1

    Je suis aussi 'sur la rue' d'apprentissage la langue français :)
    Mon écoute n'est pas uhmmm magnifique mais a la même fois, je fais de mon mieux. J'ai adoré votre vidéo

  • @Matheus-cr2en
    @Matheus-cr2en Год назад

    Hot 😮

  • @MahmoudAdel-bq1xp
    @MahmoudAdel-bq1xp 2 года назад +1

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @ccsvenezuela2006
    @ccsvenezuela2006 Год назад

    Salut Zoe, c'est 2023 maintenant, le francais, ça va? :-)

  • @m-sa4335
    @m-sa4335 Год назад

    A year, how many minutes per day? How many units?! And was Duolingo the only source that you used during the last year ?

  • @Funchill608
    @Funchill608 2 года назад

    Hello, I’ve started learning french on duolingo.
    Were you able to complete B2 level on Duolingo ?

  • @brandonbarahona4814
    @brandonbarahona4814 10 месяцев назад

    How long do you practice for a day

  • @SnowS162
    @SnowS162 3 месяца назад

    I see this is a 3 yr video. Did you finish the Duolingo French?

  • @DopaSix
    @DopaSix 3 года назад

    which phone do you have, I love it

    • @ZoeTowne
      @ZoeTowne  3 года назад +1

      Thank you! It's a white Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G in just a clear protective case

  • @Abedv4fggrrgdggfdfxvd
    @Abedv4fggrrgdggfdfxvd 2 года назад

    Salut, comment ça va?

  • @donmock4240
    @donmock4240 2 года назад

    You stir your coffee backwards. No wonder, you probably can't see the cup considering those nice mountains blocking your view.

  • @hoshiii9227
    @hoshiii9227 2 года назад

    You can say skincare. Don't bother you with a ton of words.

  • @andrewfletcher1341
    @andrewfletcher1341 2 года назад

    For me you are american not British