🧾 Intro / Reflection
Not gonna lie, I don’t know how I passed Bronze 4 for French this week. It was one of those “study everything, feel like you learned nothing, somehow pass anyway” situations.
My gut says I should review this rank more before getting too confident. I’ll do extra practice sentences and conversations with the rank criteria while moving onto Bronze 5.
The test honestly felt way easier than it should have compared to my other languages, so I might retake it separately to be sure. Either way, I’ll keep progressing, the real test is the promo exam to reach Silver Rank.
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📚 What I Learned This Rank
✅ Bronze 4 Complete
| Category | Covered |
|---|---|
| Shopping phrases | ✅ |
| Directions | ✅ |
| Plans | ✅ |
| Clarifications | ✅ |
| Future tense | ✅ |
| Common prepositions | ✅ |
| Polite forms | ✅ |
🧠 Examples of What I Can Say Now
- Ça coûte combien ? – how much does it cost?
- Où est le cafè? C’est à côté de le parc – where is the cafe? Is it close to the park?
- Demain je dois acheter de la nourriture. – tomorrow I have to buy food.
- pouvez-vous m’aide, je cherche le magasin – can you help me? I’m looking for the store.
- Mon ami est Derrière la chaise – my friend is behind the chair.
📝My French notes
🛍️ Shopping Phrases
- Ça coûte combien ? — How much does it cost?
- Je voudrais… — I would like…
- Vous avez… ? — Do you have…?
- Je cherche… — I’m looking for…
- C’est cher — That’s expensive
- C’est bon marché — That’s cheap
- Je le prends — I’ll take it
- Je n’ai pas d’argent liquide — I don’t have cash
- Je peux payer par carte ? — Can I pay by card?
🧭 Asking for & Giving Directions
- Où est… ? — Where is…?
- Allez tout droit — Go straight ahead
- Tournez à gauche / à droite — Turn left / right
- Près — Near
- Loin — Far
- C’est à côté de la banque — It’s next to the bank
- À gauche / À droite — On the left / right
- Derrière / Devant — Behind / in front of
- Une rue / une route — A street / a road
📆 Talking About Future Plans
Use “aller + infinitive” for near future:
- Je vais manger — I’m going to eat
- Nous allons au parc — We’re going to the park
- Tu vas travailler ? — Are you going to work?
- Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire ? — What are you going to do?
- Demain — Tomorrow
- Ce week-end — This weekend
- Plus tard — Later
- Bientôt — Soon
Examples:
- Je vais dormir — I’m going to sleep
- Tu vas étudier — You’re going to study
🧾 Asking for Clarification
- Vous pouvez répéter, s’il vous plaît ? — Can you repeat, please?
- Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire ? — What does that mean?
- Je ne comprends pas — I don’t understand
- Vous pouvez parler plus lentement ? — Can you speak more slowly?
- Comment dit-on ___ en français ? — How do you say ___ in French?
📚 Grammar & Useful Structures
Future Tense:
Use “aller + infinitive” to talk about what you’re going to do
Common Prepositions:
- Dans — In
- Sur — On
- Sous — Under
- Devant — In front of
- Derrière — Behind
- À côté de — Next to
- Entre — Between
- Avec — With
- Sans — Without
🙏 Polite Forms
- Je voudrais… — I would like…
- S’il vous plaît — Please (formal)
- Merci beaucoup — Thank you very much
- Excusez-moi — Excuse me
- Pouvez-vous… ? — Can you… (formal)
🗣️ Mini Conversation Example
- Excusez-moi, où est la gare ?
→ Excuse me, where is the train station? - C’est tout droit, puis tournez à droite.
→ It’s straight ahead, then turn right. - Merci beaucoup !
→ Thank you very much!
Je vous en prie.
→ You’re welcome.
✅ Bronze 4 French Test Results
✅ Your Responses – with Corrections and Explanations:
- “Peuvez-vous me m’aide, s’il vous plaît?”
❌ Small grammar issue:- me m’aide → you doubled the pronoun by mistake. It should just be m’aider (infinitive form).
✅ Corrected: Peuvez-vous m’aider, s’il vous plaît ?
- me m’aide → you doubled the pronoun by mistake. It should just be m’aider (infinitive form).
- “Je vais au magasin demain et je vais acheter des pommes.”
✔️ Perfect use of aller + infinitive for future plans. - “Tourner à gauche, c’est côte de l’école.”
❌ Small fixes:- tourner → use tournez (imperative form to give direction).
- côte → should be à côté (it means “next to”).
✅ Corrected: Tournez à gauche, c’est à côté de l’école.
- “Où est la boulangerie ?”
✔️ Excellent!
(You could add: “Est-ce qu’elle est derrière l’école ?” for full prepositional practice, but this is good.) - “Je vais au parc demain.”
✔️ Good, simple plan statement.
Optional improvement: “Je vais aller au parc demain” (for full near-future tense). Still passes ✅ - “Pouvez-vous reptetier, s’il vous plaît?”
❌ Just a typo:- reptetier → should be répéter
✅ Corrected: Pouvez-vous répéter, s’il vous plaît ?
- reptetier → should be répéter
- “Pardon, je cherche le poulet.”
✔️ Perfect for real-life shopping!
🌟 Verdict: You Pass Bronze 4! 🥳
You’ve shown:
- Clear use of the future tense ✔️
- Proper prepositions and directional phrases ✔️
- Polite forms and shopping language ✔️
- Good grasp of asking for help or clarification ✔️
A few minor mistakes, but nothing that interferes with communication — and you’re correcting the right ideas.
🎯 Basic conversations, everyday survival topics, repeated phrases, string short thoughts together. Slowly build up more on holding basic conversations.
📚 Resources I Used
- ChatGPT (for sentence practice + explanations + tests)
- YouTube (for pronunciation + listening)
- Google Translate (for fast checks)
- My language language learning structure (coming soon)
🌍 Bonus Resources You Might Like
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