A word found in a novel, a line from a TV show, a term read in the news: jot it down in your ALDO notebook. Every morning at 8:00 AM, it comes back in a 10-minute exercise, by email, corrected right away. Until it becomes part of your French.
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From: Aldo <assistant@aldo-learning.com>
Subject: Your exercise of the day · 10 min
Hello Margaret,
Here is today’s exercise, built with two words from your notebook: “flâner” and “une librairie”. Translate into French:
“On Sunday, I went for a stroll along the river and spent an hour in a lovely old bookstore.”
Today’s goal: reuse two words you noted this week.
Simply reply to this email.
Good luck,
Aldo
Books, films, travel, the news: when you love French, you come across words every day that you’d like to keep. But a notebook you never reread won’t help you progress, and apps know nothing about what you love.
Words jotted down day after day pile up, without ever being used again.
The same lessons for everyone, far from your reading and your passions.
Without regular practice, even a good level eventually fades.
ALDO starts from what you read, watch and hear, whatever your level: from the beginner taking the plunge to the polyglot refining their style.
During the day
A word, a phrase, a turn of phrase found in a book, a film or the news.
08:00
A short text to translate, built with the words from your notebook and matched to your level.
Right away
A suggested version, the nuances explained, and a score to track your progress.
The following days
Each word returns from a new angle, until it becomes part of your French.
The exercise
From: Aldo <assistant@aldo-learning.com>
Subject: Your exercise of the day · 10 min
Hello Margaret,
Here is today’s exercise, built with two words from your notebook: “flâner” and “une librairie”. Translate into French:
“On Sunday, I went for a stroll along the river and spent an hour in a lovely old bookstore.”
Today’s goal: reuse two words you noted this week.
Simply reply to this email.
Good luck,
Aldo
The correction
From: Aldo <assistant@aldo-learning.com>
« Dimanche, j’ai allé faire une promenade le long de la rivière et j’ai passé une heure dans un joli vieux librairie. »
« Dimanche, je suis allée flâner le long de la rivière et j’ai passé une heure dans une jolie vieille librairie. »
The auxiliary. “Aller” takes “être” in the passé composé: “je suis allée”, with an extra “e” because the past participle agrees with you.
The word from your notebook. “Faire une promenade” is correct, but “flâner”, the first word in your notebook, says exactly what you mean: to stroll with no particular goal.
The gender. “Librairie” is feminine: “une jolie vieille librairie”. And remember: a “librairie” sells books; a library is a “bibliothèque”.
Score:
16/20.A lovely, natural sentence. Your two notebook words are well on their way.
Tomorrow: “flâner” will come back in a new sentence.
Keep it up,
Aldo
A beginner starting out for pleasure, an adult getting back to French or a polyglot refining their style: ALDO adapts to your level, from A1 to C2, and to what you love.
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Technology replaces neither the teacher nor the learner’s effort. It removes friction, keeps learning going between lessons, and multiplies the impact of human connection.
ALDO was born in the classroom. An English trainer for companies and a philosophy student at the Sorbonne, Jade Suzor saw the same thing with every learner: learning doesn’t stop after school, but making progress while working full time is a real challenge. ALDO is the answer: a short, demanding daily ritual that fits into an already full day.
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No. Everything happens in your inbox, the one you already check. No tool to install, no password.
You simply send them, for example by replying to the day’s email with your new words. The exact format is still being designed: tell us in the questionnaire how you note your words today.
ALDO can also start from your interests: art, literature, history, the news, cinema. Your notebook fills up as you go.
All levels are welcome. Exercises follow the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), from A1 to C2, and adapt as you progress.
10 minutes a day. The exercise arrives at 8:00 AM, and you reply whenever it suits you.
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Why “Aldo”? For Assisted Learning Delivered Originally. But above all, it’s a first name: the one that came to mind when the project started. We later found out it was also the name of the owner of our favorite trattoria, in Paris’s 18th arrondissement. A place full of heart and generosity, just like we want every ALDO email to be.
