Can American Find Hidden French between French Speaking Countries? (US, France, Belgium, Swiss)
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Do you think French from France, Belgium and Swiss are different?
Can American find the hidden French between those three countries?
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As Sophia mentioned Quebec , someone from Quebec would be good in a video together with the others
She is from Quebec as both her parents are, she just didn't grew up in Quebec.
Québécois makes me laugh so hard. I Came across one in Paris looking for direction
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Laugh ? Don't be rude it's an accent
@@ommsterlitz1805 I wasn't being rude I mean cuz it's hard to understand them les Québécois.
@@ommsterlitz1805 to be FROM a place you have to be born in there, so... No, she's american, she borns in the US.
Aside from how they call 80 and 90, I was able to know that Marie was from France because she called dinner as "diner" while the other 2 refer to it as "souper" which is the same as that of Quebec and Acadia 🍹🍹🍹🍹
Among them , the one who sounds more different for me is the lady from Switzerland , Switzerland has more languages and probably it influences the accent , i think she also speaks German , which is the most spoken language in Switzerland
As French. It's not surprising. The Swiss are mostly speaking Germans on the eastern of Switzerland
However there are small minorities of French speakers on the Western Side.
Afterall we European neighbor's
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German in Switzerland has many dialects and not all swiss german understand each other .. Swiss german is completely different from German in Germany ... they dont understand each other ... but the french language is universal in all french countries minus some slangs ... The official languages of the European parliament is French ... The official langue of theOlympics is french
I knew there was something I liked about her, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
@@jeanbolduc5818 all swiss german know standard german (hochdeutsch) they would have no problem communicating
Well Belgium has as many languages as Switzerland unless you count Rumantsch which seems to be more of a dialect, and you'd kinda have to count Wallon for Belgium then
That's basically impossible for an American. I'm a Canadian who speaks French and didn't know until the number question.
"Why do you all have french names ? Very french names " lol , i couldn't handle this one , and also Sophia can sounds like a french name 😂
Lol what kind of question is that ? Why some Americans and British have French names. That's called "influence"
Correction. It's "Sophie 🇫🇷" not Shophia
Yeah strange statement about names.
But Sophia doesn’t sound the least bit French to me. Sounds Greek to my ears.
@@christophermichaelclarence6003
It’s not just a matter of “influence”. Many Americans are of French heritage and their first and last names reflect that. In the city where I lived most of my life, names like Boudreaux and Dedeaux are like Smith and Jones. As in super common.
@@anndeecosita3586 Yeah it actually is Greek and means Wisdom. Many other countries use the name though, sometimes written Sofia instead, and in French it is Sophie which the "ie" pronounces like the E in "we"
@@meksil8776Anytime I see a word with ph I associate it with Greeks. I have seen it with an f as well.I think Sophia/Sofia is more common in my country the USA than Sophie. I like the name Sophia better. I think women’s names that end in ique, elle, ine and ette when I think of French.
Vive la francophonie !! 🇲🇫🇧🇪🇨🇭🇲🇶
Il manque beaucoup de drapeaux 😉
My French experience has been from knowing people in Congo, Togo, Senegal. My French professor was a wonderful man from Congo. One interesting cultural niche that I haven’t heard of in other French speaking countries outside of Africa, is that children should call many adult male relatives Papa.
Sophia had some pretty good questions, but I'm thinking she was maybe just fishing for compliments when she asked them to describe her outfit. Well, it worked, so wth. Smart lady.
Lol actually its scripted questions 😂 but thank u!
I guessed who's 🇫🇷 French when they said the numbers. And 🇧🇪 she had a kind of Dutch vibes when she spoke English, so I got her nationality right immediately. Alongside my major 🇪🇸 Spanish, I studied the basics of French at the university 🇫🇮 because I really wanted to follow 🇨🇦🏒 ice hockey news in French. But I gave up in the middle of the second basic course (two beginners' and five continuation courses) because I just wasn't able to remember the numbers 70-99. 🙃Thanks to this video, they makes now sense to me. 😊
even with the Swiss or Belgian pronunciation, a French person would quickly understand.....because it is the phonetic sequence of 30/40/50/60
80 is special because it is literally 4*20 (“quatre-vingts”/four twenty)
it is a base 20 numbering whose origin is quite mysterious.
I got so excited when Camille was from Belgium because I am too lol 😆
The French spoken in France, Belgium and Switzerland is exactly the same. Except for the numbers 70, 80 and 90. It would be interested to add a Quebecer and an Acadian.
Include also Louisianan, Haitian, and New Caledonian 🤞🤞🤞🤞
its difficult to tell i’m from quebec and i can’t really tell the difference between french and belgian french i only could tell southernand northern french accent other than that nah😊
They are all Frenchies, the swiss born and the belgian born Frenchies in fact looks more 'ethnic French' than the proper French, maybe because the makeup. I don't know.
I am a Pole with just a basic knowledge of French, but the word "dinner" made me suspicious and I was leaning towards Maria, but when I heard 80 and 90 then that was it, it had to be Maria, everyone with even basic French knows the way the French pronounce it.
As a Quebecer, I had problems at first because their French is all excellent.
"Tomber dans les pommes" was my first clue but as soon as it came to the numbers, I could immediately identify the French lady as we use the same here.
40 % of english vocabulary comes from the french language .. England used to speak french for 300 years , French was the language of The court of England and The Monarchy ... I am from Quebec and though our roots are from France , we say diner like The Swiss and Belgium . Only France has different words for the different meals of the day .. As for numbers , we use the same words as France .. Belgium and Switzerland use the same words for numbers ...
It is easy for an english speaker to read french than any other languages since 40% of english words comes from french language .. like
Station, competition, sports etc even in medecine since latin is part of the vocabulary : cardiologue ( cardiologist) , neurologue ( neurologist), dermatologue ( dermatologist ) etc
My first guess was Lucie from France, but once she said "souper" i said okay it's Marie then😂
I don't think anyone on this channel grew on me as much as Sophia. She seems much more comfortable in the most recent videos ☺
Sophia which means wisdom,...is so Gorgeous!! But in fact, she seams so ingenous,....lol,.....the girl in the middle looks like very french in order of appearence, her accent, way to count numbers,....adding plus to the next,...etc I like Sophia but she makes mistakes 😅
i get who is the french girl when she say ''quatre-vingt-dix'' very french way to say numbers, its like 4x20+10
Étant français, quand elles parlent les 3 normalement, on ne peut pas vraiment dire d'où elles viennent , à part les expressions ou les mots spécifiques
As a swiss american I am proud to say I knew Lucie was the swiss one immediately. Don't really know why
I would have identified by the number. I didn't know before that in Belgium and Switzerland they count differently. But it was obvious to me which girls are not French. I learned it the French way.
Oh Vraiment ?
I learned it the French way too. I'm Belgian but a Flemish speaking Belgian. I do understand French because they teach us in school. However I poorly speak it and with an accent I assume. so my French isn't good enough to hear the different accents to pinpoint them to a country. To me they were all from France. Until the counting part I would have never figured out who is the real French not even who is the Walloon girl from my own country. The counting part gave it away for me too. Non of them was Canadian French I knew that much from the start because I heard Trudeau speaking in French to the people of Quebec on TV. I hope he is as bad in pronouncing French as I am and the native people in Quebec don't sound like that at all. It was awfull not "chique" like these girls. sorry but this is how I feel to the Fench speakers of Canada if you do sound like that.
I couldn't tell by the accents, but I guessed just by assuming that the other European countries would not have that many people who looked like that. That is probably a wrong stereotype on my part, but the number stuff confirmed my guess.
I live in belgium for a year back in the day and I could tell the Belgian apart instantly. I figured which was swiss when she used some weird chalet expression, like a mountain cabin. Only the swiss would have an expression about mountain cabins.
Thank you for sharing this awesome convo with speaker from French speaking countries 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇨🇭 and US 🇺🇲.
I don't understand how there could be so many foreign models in Korea.... it's so so challenging to get around there with English!!
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It seems to me the French lady wasn’t explaining the numbers exactly right. Perhaps a language issue? She says 90 was saying 80 plus 10. But isn’t it really saying 4 X 20 + 10?
Yes and no :)
Because 80 is by itself a number
It's not incorrect to say that 90 is the sum of two numbers: 80 + 10
But you can also see it like that quatre-vingt-dix = 4(20)+10 = 80 + 10
To be honest for a native speaker we will never think about 70 (soixante-dix) / 80 (quatre-vingt) / 90 (quatre-vingt-dix) being special, it's just how we were taught so they are their own thing, but it's tricky for someone trying to learn the language yes.
@@halmyrachI can totally understand something being second nature when it comes to language. I speak English and Spanish and have taught both. So many times my students have asked me questions that I had never given any thought to because I know what “sounds right”.
I guess I mean the way it’s worded in French seems like the literally translation would be 4(20) + 10 versus what she said 80 + 10. Whereas other numbers like quarante would translate as forty in English and cuarenta in Spanish.
Can you put "Switzerland" instead of "Swiss" in the title?
why
@@user-ms6hm9ei7z To be consistent. US, France and Belgium are countries. Swiss is an adjective. The country is Switzerland.
@@user-ms6hm9ei7z Your country is called the Netherlands, not Dutch. In the same sense, her country is called Switzerland, not Swiss.
@@DexM47 how do u know where im from
@@user-ms6hm9ei7z You're asking the wrong person
As a french, by looking at them, i thought Lucie was the french girl cause she gave me french vibes. Then when it was the expression part i immediately guessed the 3 bcs Swiss and Belgian French uses so much old words so you can guess easily when its someone from France or no
Bagaimana sesetengah orang Eropah mempunyai ciri ciri rambut hitam?
@@Kane_2001 It's very common with people of southern european heritage and in the south of France.
@@jaaj624 I don’t think it’s more common in the south of France, I’m from the south and actually more people have black hair in Paris than in my city (because of immigration etc.). Most people have brown / light brown hair
As french,I would say that we can't obsessed only by cheese , cause whe possess 1 200 cheeses !! And don't forget that US is a french création.
Tu pousses le bouchon un peu trop loin Maurice. Les USA se sont créés tout seuls.
@@yannrousseau5437 après oui. On les a bien aidés…
@@sibelius66 je ne dirais pas le contraire
"Why do you have very French names?"😅😂 2 Latin names and 1 Jewish that is pronounced in French manner💁♂
And why do you have Greek name Sophia ?😅 Lol
Following her logic, I should ask her why she doesn't have a Celtic name. She has Irish background😅
Greetings to French speaking newcomers!🤗
PS I found hidden French🇫🇷❤
God I love the accent, especially the third girl in pink. 🩷 Oh-là-là .. 😍🥰
Sophia is just adorable 😊 this was a fun video
80 itself is 4 X 20....90 is 4 X 20 + 10
The numbers and the word for "dinner" gave it away. Only French speaking Belgium and Switzerland say numbers like that. Middle girl could technically be from Quebec or French speaking Africa as they say "quatre vingt dix" for 90 as well, but she doesn't have the accent from these countries, and one of them had to be French, so it had to be her. (But regarding Africa - do they use Belgian numbers in The Congo as it is a former Belgian colony??)
Swiss French dialect sounds similar to Quebec French dialect as both dialects have nasil sounds.
@cjhan9816
No not really and i'm swiss german. Geneva for example is more related to France and they say the numbers like in France. We have cantons in Switzerland with two languages like Fribourg (german/french) with a bit german influence.
@@cardaveux: I would like to read a comment reply by Quebec French person's point of view. Merci beau coupe.
@@cjhan9816
Thanks. Quebec has more english influence. The French from Switzerland has often influence of swiss german especially near the language borders. The Area of Alsace in France near Basel speak french like a german accent. Alsacien is a german dialect but not a lot of people can speak it in Alsace.
@@cardaveux: I shall wait for Quebec French person to reply on this info. Merci beau coupe again.
I identified the middle one as French when she said tomber dans les pommes. That’s the second French slang I’ve learned, and the first one is haut comme trois pommes, which means someone short
I've identified the Belgian one because of the word "brol", which is a word only used by Belgians
Bonjour et bienvenue Camille!
Sophia is very cute.
Yeah, numbers is a sure tell 😁
10:11 but 99 is not really “eighty plus ten plus nine” though, it’s actually “four twenties plus ten plus nine” 😭 Oh France, why can’t you just follow Belgium and Switzerland’s example and adopt “nonante” instead of your ridiculous “quatre-vingt-dix” 😂
We also use the same words in Quebec for numbers as in France ... Belgium and Switzerland do not make the majority of french speakers
Agreed. I was ready to quit French when the teacher got to the chapter on numbers. PITA.
@@jeanbolduc5818 well in that case y'all Québécois also need to change to septante, huitante, and nonante pronto LOL. Swiss French FTW!
@@anndeecosita3586 IKR, real PITA. As if the language is not hard enough as it is 😂
@@kilanspeaksDon’t we language learners have enough to try to remember without having to do math equations in our heads at the same time. 😂😂 Je ne suis pas prête.
They do all have great english accents, good video👍👍
I immediately knew just by their looks and style that the middle one was French. When I listened to their accent, I was a little bit taken aback because she sounds different than people around me (I’m Parisian) so I assumed maybe she was from Belgium (I know not everyone sounds like Parisians in France). However, when they all said expressions from their country, I only understood the one from France. I would’ve never guessed the meaning of the Belgian and Swiss one haha.
By their looks I had a suspicion. But tbh there are coloured, but as well pale white french people and so on. My ex-coworker was from the north of France and she was really pale and in Belgium they have lots of coloured people as well. So you can't always go by your typical stereotype of someone from Paris. From the accent I couldn't tell it at all. I don't know either the different sayings. Just the numbers gave it away for me.
@@somersault4762 when I said their looks and style, I meant clothes and make up, not their skin tone
@@YusufAlMansouri I see. However, France is a big country. And people from The North were different clothes then from Paris, the South or the West. Not everyone is wearing the Paris posh style.
@@somersault4762 when did I say she is wearing the Paris posh style ? I said she looked French, not Parisian.
1:35 it's so funny because she's the only one with a outfit that is not typically French so I kind of knew already she might be from Belgium or Switzerland.
Her accent gave it away immediately 😊
Then one sounded French and the other even more French. Only people from Switzerland sound more French than French themselves😂
Also "souper" wasa huge hint
When Marie said Quatre-vingt Dix, I absolutely know she's from France because before this I've learn basic French number 1-100 and it's sounds so familiar 😂
"Souper Dinner Souper" easy clap this one
don't know how but i guessed the belgian lady right away
I have to put the video to 1.5 when Sophia appears
Sur ce coup là ça n'était pas très sympa pour l'américaine. C'était très compliqué à trouver. Mais c'était amusant quand même 😉
Don’t put American and British in every video it’s boring to watch.
I guessed from the first sentence, when they introduced themselves who was who! And I was right ! 😉🤫😅
Her mom grew up in Quebec but she cant say it right?
I grew up in Italy with an Italian father and a Swiss-German mother. My mom and I never spoke German or Swiss-German. I started to learn those languages when we moved to Switzerland and I was already 18.
I think Sophia wasn’t thinking the supper/dinner thing through. English speakers use both dinner and supper. Some people use them interchangeably but for others supper is a later meal than dinner. But these words are of French origin anyway so that some French speakers might use one over the other just like English speakers do is expected.
I did see a video recently (not on this channel) where the Belgian lady said supper and the French lady dinner, so I guessed her right from that, but Lucie does have a beautiful accent, I got those 2 flipped because I don't know French well enough.
@@EddieReischlthat’s interesting. I wonder if French people have stopped using souper/supper. In the USA it tends to used regionally.
@@anndeecosita3586 Yeah, it's pretty much used all over here in Wisconsin, to the extent that families eat meals together, which isn't very often anymore.
As a Belgian, I recognized the Belgian instantly from her accent.
Weirdly enough from the accent I was a bit confused and if I had to guess with only that I'd have been mistaken but it came all clear when the Swiss one said "ça va l'chalet?" (are you crazy?).
It's kinda funny Marie thinks "quatre-vingt" is "eighty" when it's "four-twenty"... "eighty" would be "huitante".
The number question gave it away, because it the past video comparing French from Belgium, France, and Quebec, they explained the "80+10" system used in France.
Huitant? I never heard this before and why does Switzerland say huitant but not Belgium?
We use both in French-speaking Switzerland, huitante but also quatre-vingt. However, huitante is only used in the cantons of Vaud, Valais and Fribourg, while quatre-vingt is used in the other cantons. I myself saw huitante,.although I come from the quatre-vingt commandment, as it is the most logical to me
I guessed it right because of the number 80
I cringed when she said "kuebec". It seems like grandpa didn't teach her well.
That’s the English exonym for Quebec
I had them figured out almost immediately.
I have never been to Switzerland, but I'm curious if the average Swiss citizen speaks both a Swiss variant of French and the Swiss variant of German or if it is strictly regional.
Do you mean if they speak both languages? If so then no. The languages are strictly regional. There are two regions tho where one part speaks french and the other (swiss)german. I come from the german speaking part and i‘ve had 5 years of mandatory french lessons and the french speaking swiss people have mandatory german lessons but we all forget everything and just end up speaking english with each other most of the time. I‘ve heard that they speak standart french mostly but, we in the german speaking part speak swiss german, which sounds completely different than german and we got different dialects as well in every german speaking canton. We also have one region that speaks italian and they suffer the most 💀 I think they have german french and mandatory english lessons😭
marie... just marie
How can February be a french word if the spelling is American till my iPad told me differently
It originates from Latin
I knew the middle one was French as soon as she said tomber dans les pommes because that was the only one of those expressions that we learned in school
Hidden Frankish still a Germanic language.
Sophia💎
Just curious.... doesn't Marie look MiddleEastern??
So what? France is a mixed country, she’s defo French
@@ilyrose9086ask any Muslims living in France and they'll say they were never treated and considered as French!!!
@@rakuraku8043 yeah right, like you can speak for all of them. Fact is if you’re born in France you are French.
@@ilyrose9086 merci mon Amie!!
I ONLY speak for those that have been marginalized in the French society.... lots of blacks and muslims were born & raised in France but so what?? do they feel like being accepted as one of the locals? there's a reason why there are always riots!!!@@ilyrose9086
Quebec, please ❤
I immediately knew the Belgian one, the 2 others were easy thanks to the expressions 😅
Latin America carries this channel
Europeans are better than Latinos
Latin Americans are the result of the Spanish Colonies
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It's easy to spot the Real French person. Listen carefuly.
Facile de repérer la personne française. Écouter attentivement
The Swiss People mostly speak German on the eastern side.
The Belgian has a bit of accent. But they do understand French
The Only differences between those 3. 🇨🇭 doesn't use the "€ " euro currency
That’s because you may know French. For we the foreigners, ALL sounds almost the same, especially 🇫🇷&🇧🇪. (until the numbers)
@@Ssandayo Understood. Cuz, well. We European Neighbor's 🇫🇷 🇨🇭🇧🇪