Learn English from French the way people actually speak it
French speakers learn English for international business, academic research, and global travel. English dominates technology, science publishing, and international diplomacy — making it essential even for educated native French speakers who want to compete globally.
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Real Examples
French to English, word for word
These are real sentences that French speakers use every day. Each one comes with a translation and a grammar note to help you understand the difference.
Je veux apprendre l'anglais rapidement.
→I want to learn English quickly.
💡 The sentence structure is almost identical. French and English share SVO word order, which makes beginner sentences feel very familiar for French speakers.
J'apprends l'anglais depuis trois ans.
→I have been learning English for three years.
💡 French uses the present tense with 'depuis' for ongoing situations. English uses the present perfect continuous — a tense that has no single word-for-word equivalent in French.
Si j'avais étudié plus, j'aurais réussi l'examen.
→If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam.
💡 The French plus-que-parfait maps directly to the English past perfect in third conditional sentences. This is one area where French and English align closely.
Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement, s'il vous plaît?
→Can you speak more slowly, please?
💡 French formal questions invert the verb and subject. English uses the auxiliary verb 'can' at the front instead of inverting the main verb.
J'aime beaucoup la musique anglaise.
→I really like English music.
💡 Very similar structure — one of the many cases where French and English align well at the beginner level.
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Mistakes most French speakers make
These are the patterns that trip up French speakers most often. Knowing them ahead of time will save you a lot of frustration.
Grammar
How French and English differ
Understanding where the two languages pull in different directions makes it much easier to stop translating in your head and start thinking directly in English.
Word Order
French and English both use Subject-Verb-Object order, which makes the transition easier. The key difference is adjective placement — adjectives come AFTER nouns in French. 'Une voiture rouge' means 'a car red' but in English it must be 'a red car'.
Articles
French has gendered articles (le, la, les, un, une, des) that change based on noun gender and number. English articles (the, a, an) have no gender system at all.
Verbs
French uses more verb tenses in everyday speech, including the subjunctive which appears far more frequently than in English. The French subjunctive has uses that simply do not translate directly.
FAQ
Questions people ask us
Here are the things French learners ask most when they start their English journey.
How long does it take a French speaker to learn English?
French speakers typically need 600 to 750 hours to reach English fluency — one of the fastest timelines for any language pair. French and English share around 30% of their vocabulary due to the Norman French influence on English after 1066.
What are the most dangerous false cognates between French and English?
The most confusing false cognates include: 'sensible' (sensitive in French, not sensible), 'librairie' (bookshop, not library), 'actuellement' (currently, not actually), and 'sympathique' (nice or friendly, not sympathetic).
Is English grammar harder or easier than French grammar?
English grammar is simpler in some areas — no noun gender, fewer verb conjugations. But English spelling and the sheer number of phrasal verbs make it harder in other ways. Most French speakers find English vocabulary relatively easy but spelling very frustrating.
What is the best English learning app for French speakers?
Rozy explains grammar rules in French, specifically flags false cognates so you avoid the most common French speaker mistakes, and provides practice conversations designed around the challenges French speakers actually face.
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