Plans differ at the end, not at the start. A move, an exam, a job and a trip all begin with the same stage: the everyday words and patterns people say most. Flua is a beginner course taught in sentence cards, built to get you through that stage in as few hours as possible, so each plan below uses it as the main daily study for that stage and adds what the goal needs.
The French deck is 1,058 cards teaching 730 words in the order people say them most, and the forms it teaches make up 71% of all words spoken in French film and TV, counted from subtitles. Flua’s working estimate, from its founder’s own tracked study rather than a test, is about 14 hours to A1, which Flua sets at 700 words; at the same pace per card, the French deck is about 16 hours of study, roughly five weeks at 30 minutes a day. Your own pace shows after your first session.
Written by Sora Kalden, who builds Flua, so these plans put Flua first. Each one says what Flua doesn't cover.
If you already follow everyday spoken French, around B1, the current French deck is below your level, so take the placement test in Settings first and spend your time on conversation and the level you need. The same first stage applies in Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, with that language's deck.
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