Don't know where to start

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Hello there, need some serious professional advice on understanding french language. It's been 2 months since I started learning french, i knew vew few things like numerals, alphabets, and i can able read and comprehend short sentences. My concern is that currently I'm doing everything and retaining nothing up in my brain. I'm watching YouTube videos and reddit and alot more things but unfortunately it's becoming tough day-by-day. I skipped the "conjugation part" and tried to learn vocabulary but that didn't click to me. I feel everything is there but I'm not getting it.

Zoran D · Answer

Hello, I feel the same way. It seems learning a new language is a very slow process. I read, it takes hundreds of hours of practice to learn a new language (600 for B1 level). Any place is good to start. Choose some materials for beginners which are interesting for you and spend some time on them every day. I try to learn for an hour a day. This website I like the most for grammar. I also watch some youtube videos for beginners for input, trying bunch of apps and websites and try to stick with those which click with me. I was in France for a week recently, I was happy that I could say some phrases and I could recognized some words, but felt lost and understood little. I realized, I have just started learning and got motivated to learn more!