French Flow for School
Like Duolingo, but for French Flow for School. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Mastering the Narrative and Academic Polish. It assumes you already know the basics.
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Key ideas in French Flow for School
- The Imparfait sets the scene by describing ongoing conditions like weather or time
- 'Pendant que' introduces a continuous action in the Imparfait
- The Passé Composé captures completed, 'video-like' actions that move the story forward
- The interrupting event must be conjugated in the Passé Composé to show it broke the flow
- Using 'pendant que' to bridge a continuous state with a sudden interruption
- Internal states like emotions and physical feelings use the Imparfait
- Static descriptions of people or objects provide the 'state of being' in a story
- Internal states and static descriptions use the Imparfait
- Adverbs like 'soudain' and 'tout à coup' signal a sudden shift in the timeline
- Triggers mark the start of a new, discrete action in the Passé Composé
- The Imparfait inherently carries the meaning of 'used to' or 'was doing'
- Identifying which types of descriptions default to the Imparfait
- French does not use a separate helping verb like 'used to' for past habits
- Reacting to adverbial triggers that demand the Passé Composé
- Using the Imparfait to express habitual past actions without auxiliary verbs
- Use 'en' to replace nouns introduced by 'de' or expressions of quantity
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives French Flow for School the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
When you use 'pendant que' (while) to describe something you were doing, which tense follows it?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where French Flow for School takes you
Bridge the gap between basic vocabulary and fluent academic expression. Learn to connect your thoughts, master the past, and sound more like a native speaker in your essays and presentations.
- 1
Mastering the Narrative
- Telling Stories: The Past Tense Duo
- The Logic of Pronouns
- 2
Academic Polish
- Connecting Your Thoughts
- Thinking in French
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
French Flow for School is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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