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French is a reading language. Half of it is silent when spoken, but every letter earns its place on the page. Lex leans into that: real texts, vocabulary you meet in context, essays you actually write.
Un matin Ă Paris.
Ce matin, je suis descendu à la boulangerie du coin. J'ai commandé une baguette et un café. Le boulanger m'a parlé du quartier. Là , j'ai rencontré un nouveau voisin.
boulangerie
bakery
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READ. WRITE. REMEMBER.
Reading from A1 → C2
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01WHY THIS PAIR
French grammar,learned by reading it in the wild.
Passé composé and imparfait. Gender that changes the adjective ending. Subjunctive after certain triggers. These are not things you learn from a chart — you internalize them by seeing them, reading them, and slowly writing them yourself. Lex is built for exactly that.
02FROM TEXT TO DICTIONARY
Learn the word in a sentence.
Click a word or select a phrase. Add the translation yourself, or use MAX to let the AI do it.
Un matin dans le quartier
French
Ce matin, je suis descendu à la boulangerie du coin. Il faisait frais et les rues étaient encore calmes. J'ai commandé une baguette et un café. Le boulanger m'a parlé du quartier.
FROM THE READING
Ce matin, je suis descendu Ă la boulangerie du coin.
J'ai rencontré un nouveau voisin.
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03YOUR NEXT TEXT
Save it today.Meet it again tomorrow.
Pick a topic, level, and length. On MAX, the AI can generate a text using words from your dictionary — so the words you saved come back in a new context.
apprendre
to learn
“Chaque jour, j'apprends quelque chose.”
Word detail sample. MAX adds translation, example, tags, and conjugated forms when you save.
04FROM FIRST DRAFT TO NEXT
Your ideas,in clearer French.
Pick a topic. Write the essay. See specific corrections, what worked, and an AI estimate of the level.
Topic
A morning in my neighborhood
Ce matin, je suis descendu à la boulangerie du coin. Il faisait frais et les rues étaient calme. J'ai commandé une baguette et un café. Le boulanger m'a parlé du quartier.
Devant la boutique, j'ai rencontré un nouveau voisin. Il habite dans mon immeuble depuis quelques mois. Nous avons parlé du marché du dimanche. Je reviendrai demain.
First draft · Sample with intentional mistakes
Adjective must agree with the plural feminine noun.
→ Use 'les rues étaient calmes' instead.
A correction you can use.
See the original phrase and the suggested fix side by side. Use it in your next draft.
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KEEP WHAT YOU LEARN
The words you savedbecome your next practice.
Review your dictionary with spaced repetition. The words you chose while reading become the words you rehearse.
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boulangerie
bakery
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05YOUR FIRST SESSION
Start small.Finish having learned something.
No perfect study plan required. Start with one text and a few words you'd actually use.
01
Read a text.
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02
Save a few words.
Save the words you'd actually use.
03
Write your own thought.
Write a short essay, then use the feedback to improve it.
AFTER THE TRIAL
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BEFORE YOU START
A few good questions.
No. A1 texts use present tense and short clauses. If you can read one, you can start. The 400-word French starter pack covers the core of everyday vocabulary at each level.
YOUR FIRST TEXT IS A GOOD START
A new language.In your own words.
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