French
Accord, tense, register — all yours.
the shape of this subject
French rewards precision. Brainback nudges you to agree adjectives, choose tenses, and match register — without handing you the sentence.
Because french rewards the students who do the reps — and punishes the ones who outsource them.
- discipline
- Languages
- typical weekly load
- daily practice · 30-45 min · frequent recall
- covered on plan
- all plans (free forever)
Every french concept Brainback covers.
Add French as a Learn subject and every problem in these areas routes to the Socratic tutor — attempt-first, hint-laddered, output-guarded.
What one turn in french actually looks like.
Attempt → correction → guiding question. No answer. Ever. Verbatim from a beta session.
Quand j'étais petit, j'allais à la plage — imparfait for habitual past…
Passé composé or imparfait? What kind of past is this?
no answer · one guiding question · your next move
How real attempts start. How Brainback nudges.
- Quand j'étais petit, j'allais à la plage — imparfait for habitual past…
- Passé composé or imparfait? What kind of past is this?
the anti-pattern
What french looks like when the AI does the thinking.
Answer machines make french look like a solved problem. It isn't. The exam room reveals whose reasoning was built and whose was rented.
- M1Translating word-for-word instead of thought-for-thought.
- M2Skipping the sound of the sentence — reading only for meaning.
- M3Relying on cognates without checking gender / case.
- M4Practicing recognition (reading) at the expense of production (writing/speaking).
the recall card
What a spaced-repetition card looks like in french.
Every wrong attempt and low-scored explain-back becomes a card. SM-2 schedules them — the tricky ones come back tomorrow, the solid ones drift out to next week, then next month.
Recall the core concept in your own words. Then apply it to a fresh example under 2 minutes.
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The subject where wrong feels right — until Brainback slows you down.
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Systems, not slogans.
french — ready when you are
Start your first french session.
Attempt-first. Never the answer. Add it as a Learn subject in 30 seconds.