Faux amis - false friends in French

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  • Alexa teaches you some false friends in French: words which have one meaning in English, but a different meaning in French.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 109

  • @juyeonpark2682
    @juyeonpark2682 2 місяці тому

    I came to know Alexa while preparing for TEF Canada. It’s been more than 20years since I studied French in my university. I love every single your lesson. Thanks a lot!!

  • @princeadomako85
    @princeadomako85 7 років тому +25

    In fact i love this woman, you're a blessing to those of us who are very much interested in learning french, may God bless you and protect you for me

  • @jadawin10
    @jadawin10 6 років тому +1

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  • @evelynvigil-montano7564
    @evelynvigil-montano7564 5 років тому +2

    Thanks Alexa! You are a very gentle and great teacher!!! I hope you continue making your great videos!!

  • @depepop
    @depepop 7 років тому +9

    thank you for all the videos Alexa, I really enjoyed learning French with you. merci beaucoup

  • @guilhermeparanhos
    @guilhermeparanhos 7 років тому +2

    I'm Brazilian, I speak english, spanish and portuguese, now I'm learning French because next year I'll go to Paris and bordeaux to work, it's amazing language, thx teacher I love your classes ! like we say in Brazil Muito obrigado ! Merci

  • @79Sawsan
    @79Sawsan 7 років тому

    You have smart lessons, and seems to teach from your heart thanks alot

  • @alchemist585a
    @alchemist585a 2 роки тому

    Thank you!
    You are wonderful. You come across as easy going and down to earth.

  • @usa8529
    @usa8529 6 років тому +1

    Merci Alexa! j'aime apprendre la langue du francais parce que tu le fais amusement. Tu as une bonne journee.

  • @TashiDeleck
    @TashiDeleck 6 років тому +3

    Thanks Alexa.
    It's great learning learning from you and it's really help. Keep it up👌👌👌

  • @rarepearl8354
    @rarepearl8354 3 роки тому

    It's quite simple and straight to the point hence easy understanding

  • @sayagray5366
    @sayagray5366 5 років тому

    You help me so much with your lessons thank you and God bless you

  • @kisemboisaac502
    @kisemboisaac502 9 місяців тому

    Am always blessed with yr videos

  • @believeonChriststaystrong7589

    Wow sooo helpful! Thanks! Très très très utile pour mes études en français. Merci Alexa!

  • @laurenpalumbo5510
    @laurenpalumbo5510 7 років тому

    This kind of thing is so helpful thank you Alexa!

  • @openmind4641
    @openmind4641 7 років тому +1

    You're right that there are a lot of false friends between French and English. One that comes to my mind quickly is 'placard' for 'wardrobe'. Protests would be extremely difficult if we all carried french 'placards' :) Thank you for this video Alexa.

  • @MyspaceSpot732
    @MyspaceSpot732 4 роки тому

    You teach us very well. You are a great teacher

  • @dorukyalcinsoy
    @dorukyalcinsoy 7 років тому

    Now i see why its complicated to french people. Great video, thanks a lot!

  • @EmilyVerdict
    @EmilyVerdict 7 років тому +2

    Tu es incroyable! Merci! J'aime apprendre de vous!

  • @axelangelesrebolledo8139
    @axelangelesrebolledo8139 7 років тому +1

    Gracias Alexa...Por enseñarnos Francés...

  • @alexangundo1926
    @alexangundo1926 3 роки тому +1

    J'aime bien vos cours en ligne et j'en profite énormément.

  • @JazzyJ96771
    @JazzyJ96771 7 років тому

    Thanks a lot Alexa!

  • @IDoNotFeelCreative
    @IDoNotFeelCreative 7 років тому +11

    *Magasin* could be one of them.
    It reminds me of the word "magazine" but actually means "store"

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 4 роки тому

      That's what magazine meant in English too, but particularly pertaining to ammunition.

    • @archnof0
      @archnof0 4 роки тому +2

      And the french language influence on Russian made it the word for store in russian too

  • @rodrigocarvalho1806
    @rodrigocarvalho1806 7 років тому +1

    Muito obrigado, Alexa! Connaître des faux amis est très important pour nôtre apprentissage!

  • @abbasiabdulghafoor448
    @abbasiabdulghafoor448 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you Miss Alexa.✌🏾❤️

  • @khansardar4809
    @khansardar4809 5 років тому

    Beutyful explainations i love it 🌹

  • @biggsleezy
    @biggsleezy 4 роки тому +1

    Preservatif= Condom
    French has a faux amis as well, e.g. "Le foot" is short for " football" but they might as well have called it "Le pied".

  • @a.ma.m9249
    @a.ma.m9249 3 роки тому +1

    Merci beaucoup alexa ......

  • @niyastudios5086
    @niyastudios5086 7 років тому

    merci beaucoup madame.

  • @kindnesss3
    @kindnesss3 8 років тому

    Très très utile leçon.

  • @vafc613
    @vafc613 8 років тому +1

    Merci Alexa😀

  • @thomasallan8113
    @thomasallan8113 Рік тому

    I knew a few of these only thanks

  • @muqadaspanjsheri7239
    @muqadaspanjsheri7239 8 років тому +5

    thanks Alexa

  • @vandaalmeida3777
    @vandaalmeida3777 6 років тому

    Bonjour Allexa, merci. ..❤

  • @user-gu4tw2uf6s
    @user-gu4tw2uf6s 7 років тому +19

    you're so nice and gentle you make it fun to learn i love you :D thank you so much i learned a lot!! you bring back the motivation to one :-)

    • @ibtisammmm
      @ibtisammmm 3 роки тому

      Did you learn itt 🥺

  • @raghadal-hindawi3223
    @raghadal-hindawi3223 Рік тому

    Amazon video thank you so much ❤

  • @nasir.m2305
    @nasir.m2305 5 років тому

    Merci beaucoup 💖💖

  • @nourhassan9210
    @nourhassan9210 7 років тому +1

    Alexa you are such a beautiful and helpful teacher thanx alot I just recently start laerning french
    can you help me I want english french dictionary on my phone

  • @rarepearl8354
    @rarepearl8354 3 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @abigirlmutanha8895
    @abigirlmutanha8895 4 роки тому

    Merci madame

  • @biancotuzolasana893
    @biancotuzolasana893 2 роки тому

    Beautiful, I like it.

  • @alexhaydukov250
    @alexhaydukov250 7 років тому

    I love Alexa !

  • @tracyxu4982
    @tracyxu4982 7 років тому

    c'est parfait!

  • @jesusislord4956
    @jesusislord4956 6 років тому

    Merci Alexa,ma French is getting better

  • @michaelyosief7321
    @michaelyosief7321 5 років тому

    Merci beaucoup c'est claire

  • @sirachbenisrael1839
    @sirachbenisrael1839 7 років тому +2

    Merci beaucoup professeur.

  • @karimast4172
    @karimast4172 3 роки тому

    Merci beaucoup madam alexa

  • @ismailhabib8210
    @ismailhabib8210 7 років тому

    merci professeur

  • @sanyasuk.8003
    @sanyasuk.8003 2 роки тому

    Are you teacher in your professional life ? Your teaching is great.

  • @zdrastvutye
    @zdrastvutye 3 роки тому

    i remember from a french school book a malentendu
    "il faut desarmer!"
    le homme militaire"oui, il faut des armees!"

  • @m.h.j4075
    @m.h.j4075 7 років тому

    merci alexa dear✌👌

  • @pluto5776
    @pluto5776 4 роки тому

    These are also called fake cognates in english a word similar in 2 or more langauges is called a cognate ex pizza in french,english,spanish,etc

  • @omidtranslate1793
    @omidtranslate1793 7 років тому

    merci très bien

  • @sheadawg3030
    @sheadawg3030 7 років тому +1

    My favorite is crayon/pencil

  • @gunkim217
    @gunkim217 7 років тому +7

    tres tres utile!

    • @lu_lu1
      @lu_lu1 7 років тому +1

      Yeah!

  • @ShanoyHylton
    @ShanoyHylton 5 років тому

    Great video

  • @sumithradesilva2590
    @sumithradesilva2590 3 роки тому

    Woow. Alexa I like very much your way that teach. N some times you are funny. 😁😁😁😁😁😁

  • @Ismail907
    @Ismail907 7 років тому

    merci beaucoup vous êtes très gentil je d'or la vidéo !!!!! *****

  • @fahimehvaezi519
    @fahimehvaezi519 7 років тому

    c'est tres tres bien

  • @sadattv5429
    @sadattv5429 3 роки тому

    Very nice

  • @nleytman
    @nleytman 6 років тому

    s/b commence instead of commerce?

  • @shailendrak3757
    @shailendrak3757 7 років тому +2

    Hi Alexa,
    vous avez oublié de mentionner quelques autres faux amis: Priest = CURE and Comment = How. (Please tell me if the sentence I have written is correct or wrong?)

  • @vicny7572
    @vicny7572 6 років тому

    Can you please explain the difference between your paid lessons on your website and these on UA-cam videos? This is my third time attempting to learn and advance my French. Your videos have filled a lot of gaps and made learning interesting. This is the 5th language for me, in my experience at a certain stage if not from the beginning, I need to get rid of the translation and just listen and speak all in that new language. Do your classes offer that?

    • @learnfrenchwithalexa
      @learnfrenchwithalexa  6 років тому

      bonjour, the difference between my course and these lessons is that every lesson are grouped and categorised by level from beginners to advanced. They all come with support guides. I also post new exclusive videos all the time and you get to learn Live with me every week and I have a podcast! :)

  • @stereotypea123
    @stereotypea123 6 років тому +2

    "Just pause the video, DO something here" ;;___;; thanks for shaming me into participating Alexa! (just to be clear i mean this in a joking positive way)

  • @zdrastvutye
    @zdrastvutye 3 роки тому

    le menu etait
    excellent
    execrable?

  • @UltimateXsusanno200
    @UltimateXsusanno200 4 роки тому +2

    tres utile pour moi! il a ya beacoup plus faux ami que je trovare ;)

  • @khanismail8787
    @khanismail8787 7 років тому

    merci alexa

  • @expertfinanciertresor
    @expertfinanciertresor 4 роки тому +1

    You are the best

  • @girllittlemorbid
    @girllittlemorbid 7 років тому

    is "faire de la lecture" more like 'to do the reading"? What's the difference between "lecture" and "lire"?

  • @florianm22
    @florianm22 5 років тому

    "Allure" peut aussi signifier "démarche" comme dans "Il a une drôle d'allure".

  • @archnof0
    @archnof0 4 роки тому

    Speaking of assister and attend how about attender not meaning attend but rather to wait like in Spanish too

  • @ashoksenchuri2146
    @ashoksenchuri2146 4 роки тому

    great

  • @lfcbangla5957
    @lfcbangla5957 6 років тому

    In Bangali we say "d'accord" as "to look at" & "mal" is like "goods" but not the opposite of "bien"..

  • @lalitkakkar9950
    @lalitkakkar9950 7 років тому +1

    Hello.....You have given a word "Assister" , which means to attend, likewise we have another word "Attendre", which seems like "to attend" but the actual meaning is "to wait"

  • @aksiiska9470
    @aksiiska9470 3 роки тому

    j ai trouve quelque chose dans mon livre des mots
    minerai vs plaquette mineralogique
    au lieu, on peut dire plaque d'immatriculation
    taxi vs taxidermiste (mais un mot dont on n'a pas besoin chaque jour)
    panne vs panneau
    muer =developper deu. mausern mais maus deu.=souris

  • @ektaupadhyay903
    @ektaupadhyay903 7 років тому

    another faux amis between french and hindi the word : Ravi.
    in Hindi it means , the Sun but i guess in French it means happy to meet you..

  • @4it4k
    @4it4k 8 років тому +4

    For the word 'agenda' - do you mean 'calendar'?

    • @kindnesss3
      @kindnesss3 8 років тому +4

      No it means diary.

    • @4it4k
      @4it4k 7 років тому

      But don't you mark dates in your calendar? I mean, notebook is something of a broader meaning.

    • @sanjaymoncrieffe7126
      @sanjaymoncrieffe7126 7 років тому

      I would have said 'on your calendar'
      I wouldn't go with calendar as the translation

  • @fahimehvaezi519
    @fahimehvaezi519 7 років тому

    merci beacoup :-)

  • @kuwwiilady9499
    @kuwwiilady9499 4 роки тому

    I must said that" you are the best.

  • @zdrastvutye
    @zdrastvutye 3 роки тому

    chevre, capricorne, brebis, belier, monnaie=span.moneda=russ.valuta
    equipage=crew equpaje (espanol)=bagage

  • @yourmissingc0ckring759
    @yourmissingc0ckring759 3 роки тому

    I immediately understand what "bras" means, because in Tagalog, it's called "braso" (I know how to speak Tagalog🇵🇭)

  • @user-un6sb4kn2z
    @user-un6sb4kn2z 7 років тому

    why is in the text written ''d'en entree'' instead of ''d'entree'', why should we add 'en'? help, please. :-)

  • @aksiiska9470
    @aksiiska9470 3 роки тому

    5:14 assistir portugais=ecouter/regarder francais

  • @maleknossirat6451
    @maleknossirat6451 4 роки тому

    bravoooo

  • @tharshitharshini8801
    @tharshitharshini8801 7 років тому

    bonjour madame

  • @saibabu1246
    @saibabu1246 7 років тому

    maintanent - now

  • @lalitkakkar9950
    @lalitkakkar9950 7 років тому

    Alexa..... Je voudrais vous dis que vous etes un bon prof. (j'ecris bon prof parceque le Professure est toujours masculin, est-ce que c'est correcte??)

  • @yosoy_edgarleija
    @yosoy_edgarleija 7 років тому

    Salut, Alexa!
    Félicitations pour votre vidéos, très utiles!!! Tu es très jolie!!! Bisous!!!

  • @GauriV297991
    @GauriV297991 6 років тому

    ✌✌

  • @omarettazi07
    @omarettazi07 7 років тому

    nice i like you

  • @universityofknowledge1339
    @universityofknowledge1339 5 років тому +2

    Je m'appelle mobin
    J'habite a Delhi dans inde'
    J'apprend francaise de la universite' a Delhi
    Je veux 'job' en paris

  • @japhetgaba2803
    @japhetgaba2803 7 років тому

    Je voudrais parlaer beaucoup de fracais mais,... Come to my aid please. Lol

  • @kadpeace7258
    @kadpeace7258 6 років тому

    Baayyee gaariidha galatoomi

  • @awatfutsum9789
    @awatfutsum9789 4 роки тому

    Merci,but the classics music is I hate you,please change.

  • @silsuphan5764
    @silsuphan5764 4 роки тому

    No I will not join cause I got no moneyz LOL :P

  • @GururajBN
    @GururajBN 5 років тому

    Oh Lord, why do the French people write what they don’t read or speak. Are there words in French at all which are read or pronounced as written!?

    • @florianm22
      @florianm22 5 років тому

      Yes, a lot, even if french is overloaded with too many superfluous letters (mutes, doubled) and strange digrams or trigrams.
      For exemple the word "fil" is pronounced /fil/, but it's an exception :p

  • @ashoksenchuri2146
    @ashoksenchuri2146 4 роки тому

    great