Can you write down what you hear?
Listening comprehension in French

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 ANALYSIS  In an informal context, French people usually use C'est like It's and then repeat the same subject at the end. For example: "C'(1) est quoi ça(1 bis) ?" They also don't pronounce entirely ce, but instead say c'  (Ex: ce truc becomes c'truc).

 ANALYSIS  French people usually omit the first negative word ne.
For example: "Je ne le trouve pas" will be pronounced "Je ø le trouve pas" instead.

 ANALYSIS  This example is quite simple. French people are likely to distinctively pronounce words or entire sentences to emphasise their message.

 ANALYSIS  In this example, "ils" sounds like "y".

 ANALYSIS  You may have heard: "J'pense pas non" which is correct! When French people speak fast, they will not say "Je_pense" but instead, you will hear them saying "J'pense" or "J'peux".

 ANALYSIS  Prepositions or short grammatical words can be hard to recognise when a French person speaks fast! Keep practising with French TV series or podcasts.