4 Americans Try to Pronounce French Words!! (Is It The Real Pronunciation?)

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  • Опубліковано 15 тра 2023
  • Do you know any word in french?
    Today, We invited 4 pannels from each states of America (Atlanta, New York, Ohio, California) and 1 pannels from France!
    They try to pronounce French Words, and check it is right!
    Also, please follow our pannels!
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    @chelci_chuu_portfolio
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  • @aurorezbeub8189
    @aurorezbeub8189 Рік тому +4094

    As a french person , I’ve never felt so satisfied to see people failing to pronounce french words lol

    • @sachman3119
      @sachman3119 Рік тому +99

      Me too XD

    • @thibault_dg8524
      @thibault_dg8524 Рік тому +166

      @@sachman3119 pk tu lui réponds pas en français mdr😂😂

    • @I-am-that-guy
      @I-am-that-guy Рік тому +70

      ​@@thibault_dg8524c'est vrai ça, pk? 🤣

    • @Tony56000
      @Tony56000 Рік тому +20

      mais elel est trop mauvaise prof ! pour le "em" de printemps elle dit "e+m is "HEIN" comme le chiffre 1, alors que c'est AN comme un an ..

    • @cyplt
      @cyplt Рік тому +21

      non, elle a dit « E+M is “an” » et « I + N is “un” »

  • @Noah_ol11
    @Noah_ol11 Рік тому +1113

    -"I was close" , "no , i wasn't" lol 😂 her confidence is everything

    • @didierlemoine6771
      @didierlemoine6771 Рік тому +2

      confidence in french :))

    • @mic498
      @mic498 Рік тому +6

      yeah this girl was fun

    • @mic498
      @mic498 Рік тому +1

      @@didierlemoine6771 It's exactly the same word in French lol

    • @kiliwick
      @kiliwick Рік тому +7

      @@mic498 Not really, in french we say "confiance", it's close but not the same word
      We also use "confidence" but it has another meaning, and I don't know how to explain it tbh 😅

    • @mic498
      @mic498 Рік тому +2

      @@kiliwick Oh yes, you're right ! My bad

  • @MaximeICN
    @MaximeICN Рік тому +739

    J'adore le fait que dans notre langue, il faille expliquer toutes les lettres que l'on ne prononce pas x)

    • @deboradesaint-d4611
      @deboradesaint-d4611 Рік тому +22

      Oui,la langue Française est compliquée.

    • @febed01
      @febed01 Рік тому +29

      Comme dans "oiseau", aucune des voyelles ne se prononce comme littéralement écrite, pour expliquer sa prononciation, bonjour ^^

    • @ryomaanime4563
      @ryomaanime4563 9 місяців тому +3

      @@febed01 expliquer ça va, au-eau et oi sont des bases de la langue, le truc c'est qu'il faille expliquer

    • @PokyAOZ
      @PokyAOZ 9 місяців тому +2

      @@ryomaanime4563 On utilise "faille" uniquement lorsque qu'on parle d'un truc incertain, autrement il faut utiliser "faut". Par exemple : il est possible qu'il faille l'expliquer/le truc c'est qu'Il faut l'expliquer.

    • @LOLOVAL-os3pq
      @LOLOVAL-os3pq 9 місяців тому +1

      comme le mot double Américain poo poo , qui veut dire caca !! je comprend pas l'origine de ce mot bizarre ! j'imagine pas dire , je vais faire poo poo !!!

  • @clementwymiens7955
    @clementwymiens7955 Рік тому +1294

    As a French person, I have to say I was really impressed by Ian's pronunciation. Linguistic crush on him! And I think Lucie had one too 😂❤

    • @guillaumelagueyte1019
      @guillaumelagueyte1019 Рік тому +36

      I was kind of blown away by the mille feuilles, expected nobody would get it but he did!

    • @TheHumility101
      @TheHumility101 Рік тому +19

      Franchement, il est vraiment bon!

    • @juniormt505
      @juniormt505 Рік тому +14

      Ce ian est vraiment trop chaud j’en suis même arrivé à me demander s’il ne côtoyait pas des français ou francophones

    • @sylvainherbin2936
      @sylvainherbin2936 Рік тому +3

      @@juniormt505il disait au début je crois qu’il a déjà été en France etc mais jsp si c’était une longue période ou non

    • @Mattmerrison
      @Mattmerrison Рік тому +2

      ⁠@@guillaumelagueyte1019 Mille Feuille is kind of known around the world though. So more English speakers would be close than you think

  • @radiscalisation6194
    @radiscalisation6194 Рік тому +242

    right, the adverb "inébranlablement" is much rarer than the adjective it is derived from, "inébranlable", which is still not an everyday word. it does not exactly mean "that cannot change", but rather "that cannot be moved/shaken", and it mostly describes a human attitude, determination/strong will and ability to overcome without flinching any dire situation, opposition or criticism.

    • @thedark.knight3678
      @thedark.knight3678 Рік тому +9

      Je suis français et je ne sais même pas ce que cela veut dire également, c'est un adjectifs que personne n'utilise dans la langue courante. 😅

    • @melouuuu4861
      @melouuuu4861 Рік тому +8

      ​@@thedark.knight3678oui c’est surtout à l’écrit et dans un langage soutenu, et comme dit plus haut c’est ”qui ne peut pas être bougé/ébranlé. On peut caractériser une personne, un système, une décision, etc

    • @Hadurra
      @Hadurra 11 місяців тому

      @@thedark.knight3678 c'est parce que c'est un adverbe, pour commencer :p
      C'est vache d'avoir mis ce mot ^^

    • @Kaybye555
      @Kaybye555 11 місяців тому +3

      Oooh it's like "inquebrantable" in Spanish

    • @saturn2896
      @saturn2896 11 місяців тому

      @@melouuuu4861 Je lis beaucoup en français et j'ai jamais vu cet adverbe-là. Son usage est vraiment rare.

  •  Рік тому +580

    We collectively agreed that Ian was the star student here hahah
    Had a blast filming with these amazing humans! Thank you for teaching us, Lucie! And thank you for having us, World Friends!

    • @ricartlu
      @ricartlu Рік тому +16

      you’re the best! so nice to meet all of you guys

    • @mickaelhardouinduparc5933
      @mickaelhardouinduparc5933 Рік тому +3

      I'm French and for me, your accent was the cutest =)

    • @guillaumelagueyte1019
      @guillaumelagueyte1019 Рік тому +1

      You did great as well Hunter! From my experience, just repeating a word after it's told to you is complicated when you're not super familiar with all the sounds, but you and everyone did great (except with inebranlablement, but nobody uses that word!)

    • @ahouais5620
      @ahouais5620 Рік тому +1

      I guess Lucie didn't tell you that "inébranlablement" could also be interpreted as "something that can't be jerked off" lol. But that word is so rare in french we barely even use it (also because of this interpretation)

    • @simonrichard1871
      @simonrichard1871 Рік тому +3

      And now to mess it all up... Quebec's French next! :P (or Canadian French)

  • @JosephOccenoBFH
    @JosephOccenoBFH Рік тому +408

    I think Ian did well in French class.😄

    • @anndeecosita3586
      @anndeecosita3586 Рік тому +12

      Ian suspect has mastered the French tongue but I need a French 💋 from Ian to be sure. 😂😂

    • @axeli1847
      @axeli1847 11 місяців тому +4

      Bruh

    • @alinagluzman8624
      @alinagluzman8624 10 місяців тому +3

      @@anndeecosita3586oh là 😶

  • @gillesmendes6649
    @gillesmendes6649 9 місяців тому +71

    The biggest difficulty for you guys (appart from the fact that we don't pronounce all the letters) is that french is not a tonic language. We pronouce the whole word "evenly" I'd say... Which is why the french have a hard time speaking english, because they either ignore the tonic accent inside a word, or put it in the wrong place. ;)

    • @GDitto
      @GDitto 8 місяців тому +6

      English is stress timed. French is syllable timed.

    • @TurboGauchiste
      @TurboGauchiste 7 місяців тому +1

      French people don't have a hard time pronouncing English is a myth, french accent in English is far more close to native accent than anglophone people accent in french

    • @Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmiam
      @Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmiam 7 місяців тому +1

      @@TurboGauchisteat least you’re confident

  • @hueypautonoman
    @hueypautonoman Рік тому +489

    I love that the tiny french girl had all the power. 😆

    • @clemy5511
      @clemy5511 Рік тому +84

      Do not ever mess with a tiny french woman, never.

    • @MelodexGaming
      @MelodexGaming Рік тому +29

      @@clemy5511 you mean never mess with a FRENCH, never ?

    • @tekla_
      @tekla_ Рік тому +1

      @@MelodexGaming 😂😂

    • @ryanolsen294
      @ryanolsen294 Рік тому +1

      @@MelodexGaming Français😂

    • @thesweetbunny-fazbear
      @thesweetbunny-fazbear Рік тому +3

      ​​@@MelodexGaming we are king of embittered and manifestation(at least we was)

  • @henri191
    @henri191 Рік тому +68

    Where's is Shannon ? She would be perfect for this along the others

    • @chillinginmars
      @chillinginmars Рік тому +3

      I guess there weren't enough chairs for everyone 🤷‍♀️

  • @dangrth
    @dangrth Рік тому +435

    Even as a French man, hearing this, I realize just how much fun the Académie Française had when we invented the rules for written French to make it as weird, illogical and confusing as possible... They had centuries of advance to the Monty Python on absurdist humor !

    • @coraliemaillard8161
      @coraliemaillard8161 Рік тому +18

      Mais oui ! Meilleur commentaire 😂

    • @saturn2896
      @saturn2896 11 місяців тому +9

      Even natives speakers struggle, both at oral and written lol

    • @Shirubani
      @Shirubani 11 місяців тому +17

      C'est très très souvent un héritage du passé. Des voyelles qui disparaissent et qui font qu'on ne prononce plus les consonnes qui allaient avec sauf qu'on les garde parce qu'à l'origigne elles faisaient partie du mot.

    • @jolicaveau3394
      @jolicaveau3394 11 місяців тому +18

      Au contraire tous les mots, grammaire et conjugaison sont logiques liés à leur origine
      un truc cool à faire est de regarder l'étymologie des mots et tout devient beaucoup plus sensé :)

    • @camillesolange182
      @camillesolange182 11 місяців тому +1

      People don't know how to write because they don"t study enough. I could write properly at 7-8 years!

  • @lucas_heredis
    @lucas_heredis Рік тому +38

    I'm French and it's so fun to watch you try to pronounce French words correctly !
    + one subscriber !

  • @Henri-zh6kf
    @Henri-zh6kf Рік тому +56

    The funniest part is that "droit" means straight (the direction), right (the direction) it also means law as in "law studies"

    • @Nolemina
      @Nolemina 9 місяців тому +2

      Also mean being moraly correct !

    • @micah4973
      @micah4973 7 місяців тому +3

      And "avoir le droit de" means "having the rights to do something"

    • @beanapprentice1687
      @beanapprentice1687 6 місяців тому +6

      That word caused me a lot of hassle when doing driving lessons in French (I'm quebecois, but french is my 2nd language). Having to distinguish between "tout droit" and "à droite" while driving in a busy and noisy environment added a lot of stress.

    • @cadfg7908
      @cadfg7908 2 місяці тому

      It does mean both directions, but loi is law, and it also means the other right as in les droits de l'homme et du citoyen like what @micah4973 said

    • @MarieAnne.
      @MarieAnne. Місяць тому

      "Droit" has multiple meanings as "right".
      - Opposite of left. As a direction, we'd usually say "droite", but as an adjective we'd use "droit" or "droite" depending on the gender of the noun (right hand = main droite, right foot = pied droit).
      - Right as an entitlement (you have the right to vote)
      - Right angle

  • @lothariobazaroff3333
    @lothariobazaroff3333 Рік тому +74

    I liked that she wasn't hitting them on their heads, but on their shoulders instead.

    • @ricartlu
      @ricartlu Рік тому +6

      they had their hair done, that’s no nice to ruin it aha

    • @sarahpaty6108
      @sarahpaty6108 Рік тому +4

      I ageee I get headaches easily and have a soft spot so would prefer the shoulder

  • @purplevelvet2148
    @purplevelvet2148 Рік тому +19

    The lady in pink has what it takes to learn easily: confidence, humour, curiosity and strategies ( when she asked about the 2 l, and searched on the basis of " oui" to try and figure out "grenouille". It doesn't work here, exactly because of the 2 ll, like it was in bouilloire, but, she's on the path)
    This was tricky, but you can be assured that, if some of are critical over other french people when they fail ( I'm from south-east of France, and believe me, northern french people make fun out of me because my pronunciation not being standard), you have nothing to fear!
    Actually, most of us are delighted when a foreigner tries to speak french. No matter if the pronunciation is not totally exact, we'll correct you almost only when we can't understand.
    But, we really appreciate the effort, and may find a foreigner's accent lovely. Meanwhile, we are generally ashamed of having bad accent in english ( it's mainly due to the way langages are teached in school, were we mainly learn to read, write , listen. But sometimes, during a one hour lesson, not a single minute is spent on speaking and pronunication), so If you want to communicate with a french person in France, even if you don't speak french, here is the key: you'll have to learn at least ONE sentence.
    " Excusez-moi, je suis étranger/ étrangère. Je ne parle pas français. Est-ce que vous parlez anglais" ( I beg your, pardon, I'm foreigner, I don't speak french, Do you speak english?" )
    The answer may be yes or no, but at least, asking this in french can really help the person not to feel ashamed about his own english accent.

    • @topherjn
      @topherjn 7 місяців тому +2

      I'd add "bonjour/bonsoir" before the rest of your suggested sentence. Anglophones, at least Americans, don't always find it necessary to say "hello" first in order to be polite, but in my experience the French prefer that you do.

    • @kunfupapa8162
      @kunfupapa8162 Місяць тому

      @@topherjn Oh yes this is so true ! I'm french and sometimes I forget to say "bonjour"... and they don't like it. EVEN IF you say "excusez-moi" (excuse me) to start a conversation, they are to resent that you didn't say hello first. Be warned !

  • @henri191
    @henri191 Рік тому +42

    After being the first so many times and go hit and when Chelsea's pronunciation of "Droit" was so good , love her vibe

  • @prenomnom2812
    @prenomnom2812 Рік тому +79

    To clarify 8:30
    *After an i:*
    the "ll" is _almost always_ pronounced as a *short i,* like the *y* in "you".
    *After any other letter:*
    the "ll" is pronounced like a *regular "l".*

    • @prenomnom2812
      @prenomnom2812 Рік тому +5

      /gʁənuj/

    • @biggus_blobus8647
      @biggus_blobus8647 Рік тому +4

      @@pradieusmith643 You're wrong as well, one counter-example to what you wrote is "pillage" for example, which is pronunced with a short i. Same thing with "sillage".

    • @raphaelnassitti7161
      @raphaelnassitti7161 Рік тому +1

      @@biggus_blobus8647 Yeah, but aside from exceptions, which are a plague in French, maybe, he forgot to add, that it must be pronounced as the last syllabe of the word like : grenouille, fenouil, fouille, souille, trouille, touille, brouille... si la syllabe /uj/ is the last one, it's always with the /j/, which is named glide...and, after verification, even with your words, pillage is pronounced with the glide /j/

    • @biggus_blobus8647
      @biggus_blobus8647 Рік тому +2

      @@raphaelnassitti7161 Pillage : \pi.jaʒ\, village : \vi. laʒ\
      You cannot use "always" semantically if there are exceptions, and there are many of them to the rules he expressed before.

    • @prenomnom2812
      @prenomnom2812 Рік тому

      @@raphaelnassitti7161
      ill = /ij/ (with some exceptions)
      vowel + ill = vowel + /j/
      Is that what you meant?

  • @murozaki82
    @murozaki82 Рік тому +121

    La prononciation est variable suivant la nationalité. C'est toujours intéressant d'entendre que la sonorité des syllabes dépend des règles linguistiques que nous avons appris. Pour le dernier mot, heureusement que vous n'avez pas dit anticonstitutionnellement, ils auraient été en PLS 😅. Great and very interesting video.

    • @amina-873
      @amina-873 Рік тому +11

      Même pour un français c'est pas facile de dire "anticonstitutionnellement". Heureusement que c'est pas un mot qu'on utilise fréquemment.

    • @murozaki82
      @murozaki82 Рік тому +2

      @@amina-873 d'ailleurs je pense que ce mot n'existe pas vraiment, il a été inventé justement pour voir si les gens arrivent à le prononcer correctement.

    • @raphaelnassitti7161
      @raphaelnassitti7161 Рік тому +1

      @@murozaki82 et ben si, et ça signifie de manière inébranlable...

    • @Tyranastrasza
      @Tyranastrasza Рік тому +10

      @@raphaelnassitti7161 Non, ça signifie "de façon contraire à la constitution"

    • @raphaelnassitti7161
      @raphaelnassitti7161 Рік тому +1

      @@Tyranastrasza Manifestement, nous ne parlons pas du même mot, qt à moi, j'évoquais celui de la vidéo...

  • @chishh2554
    @chishh2554 Рік тому +17

    I love the New York woman! Her expressions are everything lool

    • @saga_oneil
      @saga_oneil Рік тому

      as a French person who speaks English fluently - for the most part lol - I am still completely unable to differentiate American accents 😭

  • @njiscott2399
    @njiscott2399 Рік тому +7

    The french lady is so adorable

    • @ricartlu
      @ricartlu Рік тому +3

      so nice of youuu

  • @libellulareading8859
    @libellulareading8859 Рік тому +7

    Interesting.. Grenouille is the name of the psychopathic main character in the book Perfume by Patrick Suskind.. The book takes place in Paris, but I never knew it meant frog!

  • @Itsukazutrap
    @Itsukazutrap Рік тому +79

    0:54 aaand no, french fries are from France. It's a bit complicated. The idea is from France, the overall thing is. Simply, the current recipe used around tbe world is from Belgium. Belgians decided that the potatoes had to be cut in a specific shape, fried twice, with duck grease (or some animal oil)

    • @k.v.7681
      @k.v.7681 Рік тому +17

      Beef Fat*. But yes. Fries are quite the European story. The french started fryng potatoes as street food. A german guy like the concept, opened an eatery in Brussels selling that exclusively, fried in duck fat. Belgians liked it but were "could be better". So they perfected it with a cheaper, more availlable type of grease: "blanc de boeuf".

    • @Zedem0n
      @Zedem0n Рік тому +10

      Yes and no. American troops discovered the "french fries" in french-speaking Belgium. So actually if we're talking where the term french fries originates from, it's from a mistake/misconception by American soldiers that did not distinguish the language from the nationality of the dish.
      Now as you said, fried potatoes might be a french invention to start with (although nothing's actually for certain, but as far as we know, it's the definite origin) but yeah, the way the recipe is done is in the Belgian style.
      So when all is said and done, it should be called belgian fries because the french fries use the belgian receipe. Saying french fries are from France is like saying the french have also discovered the potatoe to begin with. Or like saying cavemen invented french fries because they discovered fire and how to cook food.

    • @saga_oneil
      @saga_oneil Рік тому

      @@Zedem0n or we can just call them fries :D

    • @resh6701
      @resh6701 Рік тому +1

      I'd say common fries are not Belgian fries BECAUSE Belgian fries are made with fat and not oil

    • @hkm3482
      @hkm3482 Рік тому +7

      ​@@Zedem0n Not at all, it was the Parisians who invented fries, the Belgians made it a traditional dish by doing it in a particular way, but the Americans do not make them at all like the Belgians. To say that fries are Belgian would be equivalent to saying that the Japanese invented the car because you drive a Toyota when it is a European invention.

  • @AfjeerOf
    @AfjeerOf Рік тому +112

    0:30 Does anyone know that the French girl actually said "nice ass" instead of "a lot" 😂

    • @militorosa8720
      @militorosa8720 Рік тому +4

      i noticed

    • @grantlink8384
      @grantlink8384 Рік тому +3

      I'm an anglophone and I didn't catch on. I thought the way she pronounced the "ou" in "beaucoup" was weird but I didn't know the "l" in "cul" is silent 😆.

    • @serenity6010
      @serenity6010 Рік тому +13

      “beau cul” 😭

    • @ricartlu
      @ricartlu Рік тому +30

      ahaha because he said that he was always making mistakes between beaucoup (a lot) and beau cul (nice ass) when he was pronouncing it but it got edited out ahah so it looks like i just came up with it ahah

    • @anndeecosita3586
      @anndeecosita3586 Рік тому +7

      @@ricartlu Yeah, it looks like they edit out certain parts to create jokes for kicks.

  • @cecile436
    @cecile436 Рік тому +98

    Ian is really good. I mean, still has an accent, but completely understandable.
    I know that a lot of foreigners struggle with the "in" "en" "on" sounds, but I never thought of how weird "ouille" is for a non native speaker XD

    • @Mattmerrison
      @Mattmerrison Рік тому +9

      On first read of ‘ouille’ no English speaker would guess it correctly. But once you have heard it, it’s very easy for us to pronounce

    • @johnathanjackson6258
      @johnathanjackson6258 Рік тому +2

      You just have to use clues. Ouille... Oui + lle. It's pretty similar to "wheel" in English.

    • @cecile436
      @cecile436 Рік тому +4

      @@johnathanjackson6258 I don't need hints, it's my mother language. But ouille doesn't sound at all like wheel. Doesn't sound like oui either.
      Ou-ille

    • @johnathanjackson6258
      @johnathanjackson6258 Рік тому

      @@cecile436 if a native English speaker were to mimic a French accent and say the word wheel, you don't think it would sound SIMILAR to "ouille"? I didn't say they sound exactly alike, just similar.

    • @_houndead
      @_houndead Рік тому +3

      ​@@johnathanjackson6258The way we say "oui" (yes) as "we" is not a correct rule in any word with a double L afterwards. Ouille is pronounced like 'Boo! Yellow' said quickly if you cut the B and ellow sounds. It's OO + Y, not W + EE + L
      Ouille = Oo Y (no expiration at all at the beginning, no W sound, with Ye sound, like in yellow, yoga)
      Ouistiti = Westete (weesteetee but very short ee), with the W sound and the 'i' letter pronounced so a lot more similar to wheel
      We are used to hear people pronuncing grenouille 'gren-wheel' so we would get it, but it's incorrect. Like if I say pillow "pie yo", or speaker like "spiky". It would be similar too, but still wrong.

  • @Okinawatrip
    @Okinawatrip 7 місяців тому +6

    Inviting an FLE teacher would have been a good idea to explain quickly and easily what group of letters make what sounds.

  • @fs400ion
    @fs400ion 10 місяців тому +7

    By doing so they can realize how easy spoken French actually is. It's much more straightforward than its written form

  • @yourikhan4425
    @yourikhan4425 Рік тому +1

    That's way more fun to watch that I'd have expected.

  • @jeanbolduc5818
    @jeanbolduc5818 Рік тому +57

    The french language is a diplomatic language because of the softness ( not aggressive for the ear and very calming ) , rich vocabulary, and sensual .... French like Italian are sexy languages when spoken at a slow rythm

    • @AmokBR
      @AmokBR Рік тому +13

      Lol, no

    • @joshsatian9208
      @joshsatian9208 Рік тому +19

      @@AmokBRlol, yes

    • @AmokBR
      @AmokBR Рік тому +11

      @@joshsatian9208 That’s not at all the reason it’s the diplomatic language

    • @k.v.7681
      @k.v.7681 Рік тому +1

      French isn't a "diplomatic" language anymore. It was the language of the courts of Europe during the Middle-Ages because France was the cultural powerhouse of the continent. Followed closely by "Italian" (It's version of the time) because of the Renaissance and the well regarded universities in the North of today's Italy. French retook again a bit of Fame in erudite circles with the Lumières. French hasn't been a "Lingua Franca" since shortly after the Revolution.

    • @gabilax2745
      @gabilax2745 Рік тому +22

      @@k.v.7681 It is still a diplomatic language because it is an official language in a lot of international organisations so by definition it is a diplomatic language even if it not as used as english.

  • @auriane.k9253
    @auriane.k9253 Рік тому +23

    The word "Droit" also means "Law" (like Law studies) , especially when its written with a big D

  • @adrack6722
    @adrack6722 Рік тому +3

    I love this kind of video with French pronunciation or testing our food, liek the cheese, I'd love being in it and make taste our specialities to others, that's awesome (also trying world food would be great !)

  • @FOUAD07SMT
    @FOUAD07SMT Рік тому +19

    Watching from Morocco, french is my second language nd that was funny xD

    • @sss1969
      @sss1969 Рік тому +1

      تتكلم عربي؟

  • @Terab75
    @Terab75 Рік тому +5

    it's fine to see people to speak french. Our language is very hard. Merci à vous pour ces vidéos sincèrement.

    • @NoktarYoutube
      @NoktarYoutube Рік тому

      Oe c’était intéressant, surtout le mot "inébranlablement"

  • @janslavik5284
    @janslavik5284 Рік тому +50

    Bro wanted to get hit hard but his knowledge of French betrayed him 😂

  • @zinebbokbot658
    @zinebbokbot658 Рік тому +85

    Chelsea 's energy is everything 😂😂❤

  • @rosechoco4466
    @rosechoco4466 Рік тому +56

    I’m Japanese.
    I have been studying French.
    I got how to pronounce all words in this video.
    Maybe, you memorise even some pronunciation rules, I think it would be surely easy.

    • @queen_9212
      @queen_9212 Рік тому +7

      I'm french and I wish you good luck! I know french is a very difficult language.😂

    • @philippelemoine4301
      @philippelemoine4301 Рік тому +2

      I agree with @Queen_92. Our language isn't an easy one. But keep on trying, that's how it works ! Ganbare ! (がんばれ)

    • @dianealline4083
      @dianealline4083 Рік тому

      @Billard FH bonne chance with japanese it's also a hard one to learn haha ^^'

    • @bobbob22146
      @bobbob22146 Рік тому +2

      @@philippelemoine4301 がんばれ is kinda rude though, you only hear that in anime and between close friends but with strangers I think がんばって would be more appropriate if you want to stay casual.

    • @esunisen3862
      @esunisen3862 Рік тому

      You can't really figure how to pronounce words only seeing the letters.
      Ex: "temps", "tant", "taon", "t'en", "tend", "tends" all sound the same :D

  • @sdafkay
    @sdafkay 7 місяців тому +1

    C'est franchement cool de voir des gens galérer à parler notre langue qu'on parle parfaitement

  • @morwenk4910
    @morwenk4910 Рік тому +17

    Chelsea is so cute!! But she really surprised me when she called Lucie teacher in Korean lol, my brain processed it then went …Wait. Was that Korean just now? I was nOT expecting it! I like understanding all 3 languages used in this video hehehe

    • @ranaemancer
      @ranaemancer 11 місяців тому

      Haha same, it caught me off guard and had to double check lol.

    • @maiths7533
      @maiths7533 7 місяців тому +1

      Same i was surprised to ear teacher and hello in korean, Ian said hanneyonhaseyo at the begining of the video

  • @sollyrose
    @sollyrose Рік тому +11

    0:29 Ian: "Beaucoup" (with American accent)
    Lucie: "aaah, beau cul" 😂😂😂
    (beaucoup = a lot, beau cul = nice *ss)

  • @arisbariffi
    @arisbariffi 6 місяців тому +1

    French: written and spoken are two different languages, but at least there are fixed rules.
    English: sometimes you pronounce letters in a way, sometimes in another. No rules just randomly.

  • @apollineb2113
    @apollineb2113 Рік тому +2

    The french way is softer, not like Jazz hitting their heads with a sadistic smile.

  • @himimedak656
    @himimedak656 Рік тому +5

    damn Ian you got that french finesse ayee!

  • @Mcgoohan6
    @Mcgoohan6 Рік тому +92

    Bravo les américains ! Ils on bien assuré ! Et avec le petit accent j'adore ! Good job ! 😘

    • @mic498
      @mic498 Рік тому +1

      Ils sont trop mimi

    • @Ikikay70
      @Ikikay70 Рік тому +2

      J'adore tellement les accents anglais qui parle français ... c'est tellement charmant ....

    • @topherjn
      @topherjn 7 місяців тому

      Vous etes trop gentille!

    • @leyentieclb8099
      @leyentieclb8099 4 місяці тому

      C'est vrai que c'est souvent mignon les accents

  • @elberethvarda5270
    @elberethvarda5270 Рік тому +6

    French is a challenging language to learn, whether it be the grammar or its pronunciation. No wonder why French is the 5th hardest language to learn in the world. But I guess teaching my students English pronunciation is a difficult task as well. Most of them struggle with the R's and TH's, not ot mention the short vowel system vs. long vs diphthongs.

  • @florentvauxion3664
    @florentvauxion3664 Рік тому +23

    Même les mots '' loyer '' et '' royal '' peuvent être très embêtants pour les gens qui apprennent le français.

  • @moutrouille
    @moutrouille Рік тому +9

    Je travail en boulangerie et c’est mon plaisir coupable d écouter les étranger essayer de dire mille feuilles ils sont tellement choux avec leurs accents

    • @ReloGP14th
      @ReloGP14th Рік тому +1

      cest pareil avec les gens qui parlent francais puis ils essayent de prononcer les mots en anglais

  • @kaderbueno6823
    @kaderbueno6823 Рік тому +58

    I love Chelsea !!! More of her please 😃😃😃

  • @Kivas_Fajo
    @Kivas_Fajo Рік тому +3

    The guy not only pronounces it well, he also looks like a French guy.

  • @antibash691
    @antibash691 Рік тому +16

    Stop saying fries are Belgian. It has been proven that they are French. Food historian Pierre Leclerc, a Belgian, gives the origin of French fries. "It is clear that the fried potato was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Paris", he explains to the media Brut. "It was born in the Parisian street, it was born in the hands of the Parisian street fry vendors. And it was they who made the fried potato the popular emblematic Parisian dish of the 19th century before this fries be exported to Belgium. So it is clear that the fries are of French origin".

  • @catchoupiote
    @catchoupiote Рік тому +51

    The interesting thing is that the difficulty mostly comes from the spelling. Each langage has its ways of writing sounds. If you forget about the spelling and just listen to the word itself, it's actually easier.

    • @Eniramoi
      @Eniramoi Рік тому +3

      Meh, unlike English, French pronunciation is consistent. You can read a word right even if you've never seen it before. You just have to know how letters work together to form sounds.

    • @groudonvert7286
      @groudonvert7286 11 місяців тому +4

      @@Eniramoi Not really, there are many exceptions in French. It's far from as difficult as English of course though.

    • @Eniramoi
      @Eniramoi 11 місяців тому

      @@groudonvert7286 in terms of how words read there's not that many exceptions. I can't even think of a single one right now. Oh or maybe just persil and fusil and the fact the final L isn't pronounced whereas it is in hôpital.

    • @groudonvert7286
      @groudonvert7286 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Eniramoi Well persil is an exception ahah. The pronounciation of the final L depends on where we come from. In my case, I pronounce it.
      One example I have in mind are the words finishing with "ent". The pronouncication highly depends if it's a verb or an adverb.

    • @Eniramoi
      @Eniramoi 11 місяців тому +1

      @@groudonvert7286 the pronunciation depending on whether it's a verb or an adjective doesn't make it an exception, since there's a clear rule: the -ent ending is silent if it's a verb (ils content) but not if it's an adjective (il est content)
      It's the same in English with "record" depending on if it's a verb or a noun the pronunciation slightly changes

  • @maciekus363
    @maciekus363 10 місяців тому +4

    Oh jesus as a french newbie getting almost all of these words made me feel so satisfied

    • @RestfulRoom
      @RestfulRoom 6 місяців тому

      Let's say Jesus only when we pray. Have a lovely day. Take care.

  • @lenolioskeleton8906
    @lenolioskeleton8906 Рік тому +1

    I love how gentle she was with that hammer 😭😭🤌

    • @HermioneGranger-sr4vz
      @HermioneGranger-sr4vz 11 місяців тому

      She was definitely gentle with Ian that’s for sure. I think she had a crush on him 😂

  • @Kizuo_Gaming
    @Kizuo_Gaming 9 місяців тому +8

    C'est un pure délice de pouvoir tout comprendre

  • @thedeadman82988
    @thedeadman82988 Рік тому +8

    Lucie!!! Hi lucie! You’re so beautiful and awesome! Sending you hugs from the USA!

    • @ricartlu
      @ricartlu Рік тому +2

      hiii! thank you :)

  • @BecomingChelciChuu
    @BecomingChelciChuu Рік тому +5

    We love Lucie🫰🏽💜 I know some French, but not any of the words they had here😂

  • @Alxmir23
    @Alxmir23 Рік тому +9

    mille feuille =thousands sheets. puff pastry, pastry creme and white fondant

    • @grantlink8384
      @grantlink8384 Рік тому

      In Canada and the U.S., a mille-feuille is called a Napoleon.

    • @Vinterfrid
      @Vinterfrid Рік тому +1

      @@grantlink8384 It has the same name in Sweden.

    • @grantlink8384
      @grantlink8384 Рік тому

      @@Vinterfrid Oh cool. Didn't know that.

  • @jerzinho92
    @jerzinho92 9 місяців тому

    The guy is really l'ose nearly every time! Well done man!

  • @laurielkami1100
    @laurielkami1100 Рік тому +5

    anticonstitutionnellement would be pretty fun to hear

  • @camlau585
    @camlau585 Рік тому +3

    I never though that french could be hard to prununciate. The video was pretty fun and really cute. ❤

    • @Tony56000
      @Tony56000 Рік тому +1

      I'm french, I admit learn english for a french is easier that the reverse ^^

  • @yannguillemard3492
    @yannguillemard3492 9 місяців тому +1

    The longest french word is "anticonstitutionnellement " repeat after my "😁

  • @LilAdoris
    @LilAdoris Рік тому +2

    I love Chelsea's energy.

  • @fabiannicoles
    @fabiannicoles Рік тому +11

    Hunter is so United States 🇺🇲

  • @niceperson6412
    @niceperson6412 Рік тому +7

    I've been to Atlanta multiple times and I'd say Chelsea is the most Atlanta-like person I've ever met 😂

    • @iamothemakhnovist20
      @iamothemakhnovist20 Рік тому

      for me it's just the average american craziness (I'm french). Y'all tend to overreact to everything

    • @niceperson6412
      @niceperson6412 Рік тому +1

      @@iamothemakhnovist20 i don't think you understand what I am saying, because I am pretty sure you've never been to Atlanta.

  • @lignox7570
    @lignox7570 11 місяців тому

    The face of the french girl at the word Inébranlablement is priceless

  • @ivanohemartin
    @ivanohemartin Рік тому +1

    Chelsea is the bravest, great energy. Ian defo has some experience with the language. The other two girls made absolutely ZERO effort LOL.

  • @ESC_Thomas
    @ESC_Thomas Рік тому +4

    Chelsea is such an icon LOL

  • @YK36Deadezio
    @YK36Deadezio 9 місяців тому +3

    Les frites sont FRANÇAISES.. c’est historiquement prouvé par des historiens belges en prime.

  • @Malik_Sylvus
    @Malik_Sylvus 4 місяці тому +1

    "Inebranlablement"... The root is the verb "ébranler" (to shake) "ebranlable" is the adjective "shakable".... "ebranlablement" is the adverb "Shakably".... The négation form is "Inebranlablement" (unshakably).

  • @RicoZed
    @RicoZed Рік тому +1

    So funny, they are good for lot of these words, bravo à vous !

  • @Lex_en_vrai
    @Lex_en_vrai 9 місяців тому +6

    As a french, i don't know why but knowing how to pronounce the words from my own language made me feel proud 😂😭

    • @rogerwilco3854
      @rogerwilco3854 9 місяців тому

      Well you are french, by definition you are proud.

    • @Lex_en_vrai
      @Lex_en_vrai 9 місяців тому +1

      @@rogerwilco3854 not really no, being french isn't really something to be proud of nowadays, being a decent human being is the most important

    • @rikazuuuu
      @rikazuuuu 7 місяців тому

      ​@@rogerwilco3854your comment is so stereotypical

    • @rogerwilco3854
      @rogerwilco3854 7 місяців тому

      @@rikazuuuu For real? Are you telling me every single person from a country isn't the same?

    • @rikazuuuu
      @rikazuuuu 7 місяців тому

      @@rogerwilco3854 Exactly, that's what i'm telling you. You are very insightful.👏

  • @personne1341
    @personne1341 Рік тому +4

    As a french I had a good laugh

  • @Senbonzakura_XIV
    @Senbonzakura_XIV 9 місяців тому +1

    I swear the guy on the right is among us, he's so close everytime, either hidden french or he's learning the language haha ! Was fun

  • @ponfed
    @ponfed 10 місяців тому

    I really like that people can have fun with that. And not hate, just have fun. And learn.

    • @ponfed
      @ponfed 10 місяців тому

      I know it seems kinda of like almost childish. But it's good.

  • @Marc-zw8jh
    @Marc-zw8jh Рік тому +8

    Something like that with Dutch words would be nice :)

  • @christophermichaelclarence6003
    @christophermichaelclarence6003 Рік тому +26

    As French speakers. Let me tell you this, speaking French is quite hard for beginners.

    • @_un3_7ille3
      @_un3_7ille3 Рік тому +4

      I’m frensh and we have difficult for grammar to write and oral sometimes

  • @akatsuki1049
    @akatsuki1049 Рік тому +1

    ohh Ian is quite good, very impressed, but I really enjoyed they all tried nicely ♥

  • @laurenpouyet2971
    @laurenpouyet2971 9 місяців тому +2

    omg it was deeply satisfying to see them struggle this hard since some americans are like yeah french is like baguette croissant and they can't even pronounce croissant correctly

  • @Thunderworks
    @Thunderworks Рік тому +12

    Even modern Belgian historians says that the french fries are from Paris.

    • @ESC_Thomas
      @ESC_Thomas Рік тому +2

      exactly, it got just exported to belgium and was popular there

    • @guigui78340
      @guigui78340 Рік тому +1

      and on top of that the recipees are not the same. french fries are thin and crispy. and belgian fries are thicker and not crispy.

    • @pvdaele
      @pvdaele Рік тому +1

      No they don't. Etymologically speaking, it refers to the verb "to french", which tells you exactly how they should be cut: to cut in thin lengthwise strips before cooking

    • @kerdart351
      @kerdart351 Рік тому

      @@pvdaele Historians disagree with u

  • @anndeecosita3586
    @anndeecosita3586 Рік тому +4

    Whether we pronounce h in English depends. Herb like the plant. The h is silent in American English and pronounced in British English. But Americans pronounce the H for the person named Herb but not in the name Hebert. No t sound at the end of Hebert either.

  • @zennitio9569
    @zennitio9569 Рік тому

    Using a piko hammer for that is actualy pretty funny 😅 good to see a guy also among these Girls 😄

  • @uxy_
    @uxy_ Рік тому +1

    That freezer laugh tho at 4:28

  • @colynez4385
    @colynez4385 7 місяців тому +3

    Ian is impressive. He even successfully pronounced inebranlablement which is very difficult according to me. the first "e" is é but there's no accent because there are two consonants just after it.
    Mille-feuille is really hard too. In mille we pronounce "ll" like "l" but in feuille it's kind of like "y"....
    As a native french speaker it sounds absolutely easy but most of us are not able to explain why like the frenchgirl in this video ! But I promise, there are official rules lol ! (However they are very complicated. For example the word "donc" (which means therefore) was modified a few weeks ago. It's grammatical class isn't the same anymore 🤣. In fact, the people who decided to change that debated and finally thought that it was more logical that way...
    Sorry about my english skills (obvisouly, I'm French !). If sth isn't correct please don't hesitate to tell me.

  • @aexma
    @aexma Рік тому +10

    I don't care, Ian is French. His prenounciation was way too good 😭

    • @buzzbuzztv6266
      @buzzbuzztv6266 9 місяців тому +1

      Not french maybe he is from Québec

  • @Boc_Xanders
    @Boc_Xanders 8 місяців тому +2

    Facts : french fries are really from France not belgium...they started at "pont neuf" in paris...pure French street foodt here, then a German dude learn it in France and then go to belgium and open this business there. If you compare the dates France are the first since Mister Partmentier brings potatoes in FRance from latin america. Yes belgium started yo have a big culture about it but everything really started in France. So yep, Americans are totally right when they call it " French fries "

  • @bp.dessart
    @bp.dessart 10 місяців тому +1

    Ahah c trop drôle. Trop bonne ambiance en vrai, c'est trop cool :)

  • @anivijudi
    @anivijudi 7 місяців тому +3

    For the "ill" sound they are struggling with it's pronounced very much like the "y" in young, you, yellow, crayon. In grenouille the -ouille sound is basically like saying you but reversing the sounds like "ou-y" it's not an order English speaking people are used to using so it can take some mouth gymnastics.
    There are however quite a few exceptions where those letters are pronounced "il" as in "ee-L". These exceptions include the number 1 thousand which is in the word "mille-feuille" that they tried to pronounce here and any other word related to mille such as millionaire.
    Other exceptions if I remember my 1st grade reading lessons in France from 25 years ago include: chinchilla (loved that word as a kid), ville ("town" and all related words such as village), all words starting in ill- (illusion), all words ending in -illaire (capillaire), tranquille (and related words), a bunch of random medical terms (pénicilline...), and some names of places and people (Lilles, Achilles...)... and others I've surely forgotten!
    And there is as far as I remember no rule for when exceptions apply. It's one of those cases where you just have to try and hope for the best. As the words above are the exceptions you'll have a higher chance of success pronouncing it as "Y".

    • @AhnorGFT
      @AhnorGFT 7 місяців тому +1

      T’as de l’inspi

  • @vladimir907
    @vladimir907 Рік тому +4

    the language of romanticism and of the great classical writers.

  • @SonGoken
    @SonGoken Рік тому

    4:28 she started laughing like Frieza🤣🤣

  • @alb9229
    @alb9229 Рік тому +2

    Guy said ''beaucoup'' with a half decent accent and native French speaker corrects him by pronouncing ''beau cul'' = ''nice ass'' ??? What kind of parody is this 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Haazheelt
    @Haazheelt Рік тому +8

    Ian has a good pronunciation most of the time. And he's very handsome to perfect the whole.

  • @prenomnom2812
    @prenomnom2812 Рік тому +3

    9:06 actually, it's written inébranlablement, with an acute accent. Without this accent, the pronunciation changes. ;)

    • @prenomnom2812
      @prenomnom2812 Рік тому +1

      With the é accent, it's said the right way: /in *e* bʁɑ̃labləmɑ̃/
      Without the accent, it would be pronounced "e" /in *ə* bʁɑ̃labləmɑ̃/, which... means nothing.

  • @ewzinenhou9243
    @ewzinenhou9243 Рік тому +1

    Ian is a legend 🔥

  • @kath6720
    @kath6720 4 місяці тому +1

    Actually French fries are from France. The Belgian picked up on the trend in the early 20th century and brought it home. Same with chocolate ;-)

  • @thetonybug1188
    @thetonybug1188 7 місяців тому +3

    Très intéressante cette vidéo, et on s'aperçoit que notre langue n'est pas facile à prononcer, mais on ne fait pas non plus les malins avec les autres langues. :)

  • @Art_Gab
    @Art_Gab Рік тому +2

    As a French person I can tell you im so satisfied to see people struggling with my language 😅

    • @Art_Gab
      @Art_Gab 11 місяців тому

      @xohyuu im proud of you

    • @Art_Gab
      @Art_Gab 11 місяців тому

      @xohyuu dont worry i learn this since 6 years AT school

  • @manneianevski
    @manneianevski 7 місяців тому

    Ian is the kind of american guy that every french person would fall in love with.

  • @pbear06
    @pbear06 7 місяців тому

    The makeup artist let loose : their skins bright so much 😅

  • @alcar32sharif
    @alcar32sharif Рік тому +3

    "Inebranlablement" is legal term for something that is Irrevocable. Like a contract or a fundamental law.

  • @LeGnocchi
    @LeGnocchi Рік тому +4

    8:52 That's inÉbranlablement with a É not a E

  • @Ayan44
    @Ayan44 Рік тому

    Ian and Chelsea are my two favorite people!

  • @Cedric8401
    @Cedric8401 9 місяців тому +1

    Il faut le faire avec les mots français qu'ils ont emprunté : crème fraîche, touché, café...