French Vocab

le rencard  not  le rancard  in L2 Survival Kit Love and Romance

In the country section at the beginning of the course under ‘points of the compass’:  le sud is pronounced with an ‘a’ at the end as in ‘suda’ but in looking online the information I'm seeing is that it's actually pronounced without the ‘a’ at the end. I...

When I make my own flashcards to review vocabulary, there is no audio when I use the flashcards.  I have checked the audio button in the settings.  Perhaps there is no audio for self-made flashcards?

In the commentary of lesson 2.3 you repeat the phrase 'Désole d'être en retard', however in lesson 1.3 this is written 'Désolé d'être en retard' with an acute accent over the final e. Which is correct?

May we have a list of words of each module / level in pdf format, so it is easier for study and review

In this sentence: “Je vous amènerai tout cela demain matin”, from lesson 10.4, shouldn't the verb apporter be used instead of amener because it is talking about items and I thought the verb amener was only for people. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Than...

I'm an early beginner. What is the best dictionary app (paid or free) for finding the meaning of a french word. Thanks Rob

How do you “save” the flashcards that you want to review?  Thanks.  Loving Rocket French

Preface, I am not an expert in any way shape or form on phonetics. Second preface, I do not know if this is the correct sub forum for this so please let me know if I should move this or post similar phonetics questions somewhere else in the future. So ...

Does anyone know how many words each level of Rocket French covers? In other words, how many words someone will know after mastering each level. More than a thousand for each level?

I have never seen it described anywhere, but I'm nevertheless convinced that dernier and premier are pronounced more as dernière  and première , respectively, when they occur before a masculine noun that begins with a vowel or a mute h. ex. le de...

Do you recommend any beginner french books I can read? I am currently doing level 1 french.

In English we talk about being “suffocated” or “smothered” by a domineering person in a relationship. Does French use a similar concept, being unable to breathe in a relationship?  

What is the meaning of “ moyennant quoi” ? Please give examples of its use at the beginning of a sentence.

Salut tout le monde, The sentence above drives me crazy for several days: I have known the words before, but the sentence made no sense.  Consulted a very good dictionary, internet, still … no sensible translation.   Can anyone shed the light? Merci, ...

I do not get the french letters with accents when writing french during the lesson. I am using an Iphone

Salut, Is the distinction of the words neuf (9) and neuf(new) purely contextual?  If so consider: Quoi de neuf ?  could it mean “what kind of nine?!” if a store keeper charges you for nine items instead of, say, eight. Magnifique neuf.  Could it mean ...

Salut, from the very first Rocket French lessons I kept wondering about pronunciation of the word maintenant.  Some pronounce it as -what I would write-  mai-ntenant , some as ma-intenant.  Obviously, the voice recognition accepts both, no problem.  But...

Hi guys, I am just trying the Rocket French. Yesterday I did the first lesson and I must say I like how the course is done. How is review of vocabulary and phrases done at Rocket French? Are the reviews coming automatically (for example in form of flashc...

Bonjour, I have a long sentence, a simple one.  Except that it starts with a sequence that appears to be an idiom, as the translation word-by-word does not seem to have a bearing to what follows it. Du troupeau et d'exil, avec la certitude que tous les...

Bonjour,   I'm on the Hear It section of 1.14. The phrase is “mes devoirs”. But no matter how I try to imitate the speaker, it gets “mais devoir”.   Is this just an oddity of the speech engine, or is there a real difference in the pronunciation betwe...

Salut tout le monde, I have a sentence, a supposed pearl of wisdom, that seems quite easy to translate, yet the translation sounds like a dud. Un homme qui vécu sur un sol rien faire qu'y manger et dormir ne verra dans l'événement qu'un changement d'ha...

After typing a list of words to create  a new deck I push the create symbol and I get  a red error symbol sliding in to the screen from the lower left hand corner .Has anyone had this problem and fixed it?I have tried e mailing Support but got nowhere th...

I have recently started french through this course, I seem to be hitting a wall early on with the language and culture lessons they seem to be introducing too many new words quickly without any context which makes it harder for anyone to memorize, so any ...

In every part of lesson 1.4, whenever the phrase "Je voudrais un jus" comes up, no matter how I say it, Rocket recognizes it as "Je voudrais un j‍‍e‍‍u‍" ... what the heck am I doing wrong? 

The letter/word 'y' has two pronunciations. I'm trying to determine the rules.  For instance. Il y a  versus y-a-t il AND il n'y a rien à faire versus j'y vais Can you explain how to know which pronunciation to use? The best I can ...

The Lesson 14.1 has it both ways.  There is a sentence de certains des mes produits aux États-Unis, the there are about 5 other sentences having Etats-Unis.  Which way is the correct way? regards, Vit Novak  

Hello! Enclosing two examples from lesson 7.3 1. Montons au sommet de la montagne. 2. Descendons jusqu'au refuge de montagne. The first sentence sounds right to me. The second does not. Should it not be "Descendons jusqu'au refuge de LA montagne"? Or i...

Paul defines 'aucun' on its own as meaning 'a single' (although in the sentence it is not actually 'on its own' as it is part of ne . . aucun as 'Il n'y a aucun . . .' ). Can you provide reference/s to this translation because I can find 'aucun' reference...

Hi Working on 17.6: Verbs ending in -dre The explanation says ' Unlike the previous verbs ending in «  -dre  », «  prendre  » will lose its «  d  » as shown below: ' when in fact it looks as though it's the 'r' that's missing rather than the 'd' ie pre...

Hi It's great that I can download the conversations and lessons from the interactive audio lessons. But is it possible to download the individual phrases or words underneath the "Extra Vocabulary" section? Thanks Robert

I have a question regarding lesson 19.1. Is the sentence: «  Non, je vais aux musées aussi, surtout celui des beaux-arts  » correct? Specifically, why is it ' celui ' and not ' ceux ' as it appears to refer to ' musées ' and should be plural? The Engli...

Lesson 18.7 starts with the sentence:  « Salut et bienvenue une nouvelle fois pour une leçon de français particulièment savoureuse. »  " Hi and welcome back to a particularly tasty Rocket French lesson! " Should it be « particuliè re ment » ? I've c...

I am currently doing module 17.6 and am just wondering - is there a difference in pronunciation between "il vend" and "ils vont"?  Or can they only be distinguished by context? (Likewise with "elle vend" & "elles vont".) The first means "he sells" or "he...

I am at lesson 10.8 on past participles.  Just the name of the lesson gives me a headache, but when I try to conquer sounding of eu, the past participle of avoir, I feel like shooting myself in the head.  I had laughed enough in the past watching old fren...

Bonjour! A very quick question - In lesson 1.4 Ordering things in French we are taught the us of “J’ai besoin de..”.  My query is that Paul and Claire pronounce the “e” in  besoin differently. Paul pronounces it as “eh” whereas Claire pronounces it as “u...

How do I get it to bring up the next phrase or word to say?

How does one make their own flashcards?

In listing vocabulary words, many times rocket french does not list a preceding article which as you say is part of the noun.  Since gender is so important, why list the noun with no gender associated with it. is Ananas mas or fem. Is Lunettes mas or fem....

I want to know the pronouns (whether the object is feminine or masculine) in my vocabulary list or any time new vocab is presented to me.... is there an option to activate it or is that something this course doesn't offer?

I would like to empty my vocabulary list.  Is there a simple way to accomplish this without clearing all of my completed lessons?

After about half an hour of the lesson my voice recordings playback gets faster and faster with crackling noises in the background. This happens every time I use the lessons. It starts out OK. I can't really compare my recording to the instructor so just ...

A phrase that has appeared several times: 'je vais travailler aujourd'hui' which translates as 'I'm going to work today' and often is next to a picture of someone getting on a train. It's ambiguous (in English at least), how would you differen...

Is there any difference in usage between  rajouter  ('to add') and  ajouter  (also 'to add') ?

Please, what is the difference between "tous" and "tout"? Don't they both mean "all"? Thank you.

I enrolled my daughter into French and American Sign Language. My other daughter would like to learn Spanish and American Sign Language. I would like to learn Italian and American Sign Language. As my children are young, we all have the same email address...

Bonjour, J'imagine que "prenant" en anglais, c'est demanding, serious, time-consuming... pas exciting. Est-ce que l'expresson de traduction avait fait une erreur? La leçon 17.4 Working life   Jean Qu'est-ce que tu fais dans la vie Julie ...

In Lesson 11.4, the bank manager asks for a pay stub -- une fiche de paye  in the Interactive Audio, but une feuille de paye in the Conversation Transcript.  In the Rocket Review, a pay slip translates to une fiche de paye .  The dictionary translati...

Bon jour...  I'm trying to find a set of French flash cards to carry with me.  Are there any suggestions on which is the best, I see a few different types.  Merci Beaucoup. Richard....

How do I access flash cars and games?