If you’re learning French, you know how exciting it is to connect with a new culture through language! Of course, there are challenges, too, and it can feel frustrating to make mistakes in a new language. Those mistakes are a natural—and even necessary!— part of the learning journey , so take comfort in knowing other French learners are working through them, too.

We analyzed Duolingo data to determine the most common mistakes that early French learners make. Here are the top 5 errors you can expect in French!

5 of the most common errors French learners make:

Verb conjugation

Gender agreement in nouns

Number agreement nouns

Adjective agreement

Word order

1. Verb conjugation

Verb conjugation is one of the most challenging parts of French, especially for new learners. It will seem like French verbs change a lot more than their English counterparts! In French, you need to change the ending of the verb so that it matches the subject who is doing the action .…