Your counterpoint to "two ducks are escaping" was so wonderful (especially your delivery) ... that I laughed so hard that I cried. Thank you. This is my new favorite video. You rock, Geraldine!
Je suis d'accord. Also, to pretend your 'playing ' a French character, deepen or change your voice and mannerisms etc. Helps you feel less self conscious and in a role
@@axisrestaurant1292 how many languages do you speak?
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@@axisrestaurant1292 As a born french, i do agree with you. She has an insanely bad accent. It's so obvious she's french just from hearing her talking english. I mean, i do know i have myself a noticable one, but not this deep! i'd have to make it on purpose to sound like her :o
@ maybe that's a bit harsh, but yeah - I don't think Geraldine even tries to have a perfect accent. I would say her English accent is okay, but obviously nowhere near native. And I must say that few things trigger me more than false praise. It comes from someone who is either overly friendly (at the cost of being truthful) or someone who's just bad at something and can't tell if it's good or not. It's also harmful, because some else can hear that accent and think it's how English is supposed to sound like. I'm from Poland, English and French are languages I've been learning and I can totally understand your point.
You shouldn't feel selfconsious about your english, you speak very well even with your accent; which I think is lovely by the way. Something to know about the english language is that it matters how you say something. So while the emphasis on a specific letter in a word isn't often important it is the emphasis and energy put behind the words you are saying that matters. Your tone tells us everything about the context of what you are saying. So you can say the same thing in different tones and have different meanings.
Another great, helpful video. Thank you. I love it when you say the English accent is cute, it makes me feel less embarrassed. I adore the French accent, it’s gorgeous, I never tire of it. You speak English so beautifully, extremely well indeed.PS I love the bit about the ducks. I often wonder if I’ve said something rude or funny.
There's so many accents in English there's no point in trying to not have an accent. As long as people can understand what you're saying it doesn't matter.
I learned the French accent in the late 60s early 70s by listening to a French long wave station Allouis. I passed the oral test of the French 'O' level exam despite never before having heard the Vietnamese French accent of the examiner.
Merci beaucoup Géraldine! Je parle français souvent à mon chien! :o) C'est une bonne idée! Yes, I struggle pronouncing some of the nasal sounds. (Je ne sais pas comment dire ça en français!) Je peux entendre les sons, mais je ne peux pas toujours les dire (?), alors je continue à pratiquer tous les jours. Aussi... if I ever see two ducks escaping in France, I will be saying NOTHING, just to be on the safe side! ^.^ I will be laughing about that every time I see a duck in future!
Now, here's a question.. We all know that the french accent is a very attractive accent. A french person speaking english with a french accent is traditionally seen as an attractive thing. 1: are there french people speaking english with a perfect english accent? cos that seems like a very unlikely thing. 2: When a person who is not french talks french with their native accent, are there any of those combinations that are similarly attractive to french people traditionally? and, how many non-native french speakers speak fluently without french accent? Cos we are taught to do the accent, the accent is what we are striving for.. How important is the accent in being understood? Thank you in advance for answering these questions.
great points! I notice the same thing with people who are learning English -- sometimes they overly focus on perfecting their accent, but, as you say with French, there are lots of different accents in English as well, and for anyone learning a language, the point really is to be able to communicate over having a "perfect" accent.
I was taught (in school, a long time ago) four nasal vowels: "un bon vin blanc". But I think the "un" always morphs into "an" or "in" in real life. But when I've been in France, it drives me crazy that words like "bien" "viens" and even "la main", which i was taught to say like "vin", sound to me like "en". Is this just a Parisian thing? Do these words sound like "vin" or "tant"?
For native French speakers grappling with English pronunciation (not spelling, that's another bottle of booze for THAT topic), the big challenges are: 1. Pitch/stress accent. e.g. PRO-duce (noun) vs pro-DUCE (verb), and DEZ-ert (sandy hot place) vs de-ZERT (yummy thing) -- often English emphasis is on the 2nd syllable but not knowing can throw off the listener. What makes it harder is that Americans and Brits have many words in common but different stress: e.g. Am. "WEEK-end" vs Brit. "week-END", and Am. "CON-tro-vers-ey" vs Brit. "con-TROV-er-sey" French stress accent is basically "flat" with a gradually rising tone over the entire sentence. My French friend had an epiphany when he realized why Shakespeare is so important for English speakers -- it's his rhythm which makes his works dance and flow. Translating them into other languages loses much of the intended impact of his work. 2. Differentiating between the long and short English "i" sounds. Similar to English speakers having a problem with the French "u" confusing it with "ou". e.g. ship/sheep, sh*t/sheet, slip/sleep, dip/deep, bit/beet
Yesterday I said to my partner I want to speak my French sounds more accurately and authentically! And here you are! PS Did he call you? PPS Are you the real Siri? Joking of course! 😊
Great lesson.. I think in English, a french accent is almost identical despite the region one comes from. Some of our sounds are as hard for a French native speaker as French sounds are to native English speakers. And in English lots of words have different meanings depending on how they are pronounced and the region of the speaker. The word "house" used as a noun is pronounced differently than the same word "house" used as a verb.
The syllable at the end is very important. Many times when I was beginning I was not understood because the stress was in the wrong place. "Sega music? Quoi? Ohhhh, Se-gahhh." A word of caution with your accent: I used a method that gives you a good accent extremely quickly. Because I had a good accent unusually early, everyone thought I spoke better French than I actually did, and would immediately starting speaking a million miles an hour, and with slang too. Although it's definitely a good idea to try to speak with a proper accent, don't get too good at it too early! ;-)
Yep, I live in France and encounter this every day. My French is beyond basic in most respects, but I have a "good ear" and worked hard on "setting" my sounds, learning transcription symbols, etc. I thought this would give me more confidence and a boost, which it did, but, as you say, this can be a hindrance in everyday conversations. K 😊
@@sonniamoran7695 Along with Michel Thomas (which isn't good for an accent!) I was using Rosetta Stone, with my computer in a corner for a good echo to hear myself. After each time the speaker speaks, you repeat the phrase until you can match it as best you can, and keep doing that before moving on to the next query. Rosetta Stone gets a lot of hate nowadays, but it is good for naturalistic learning.
I spent a Summer break as the Nurse on an International Summer Camp. One of the children had severe anxiety, especially with his health. I learnt all my anatomy and physiology terms by the time the Camp ended, apparently in a Swiss accent, bless him! 😂
I have a problem with my nose that makes me slightly nasal and I swear it helps me the R’s, French people tell me I do it unusually well for an English speaker. I hope when I get my surgery (after the pandemic) I don’t loose it 😭
Working for the Canadian government, I had to greet people in both languages. If they answered in French, I had to know how to tell them I’d get a fully bilingual person to help them. I was taken aback when a French woman was totally delighted with how cute my accent was. I shouldn’t have been surprised cause I love the accent when French people speak english.
Yep, I have huge problem with nasal vowels too. I tend to pronounce "en" a lot more like a nasal sounding "a" (as many teachers explain) than the French seem too. It is more of a nasal "o" in real life, although still very different from the nasal "o" as in bon, for which the lips must be rounded. "Un"/ "in" is near to impossible to pronounce correctly while speaking at speed, although I am aware of how the mouth should be positioned for it, in theory. K 🙈😜
The most important thing is to use your mouth, lips and tongue! English is a "lazy" language - by which I mean it is possible to speak with minimal physical effort. Think of Prince Charles who seems able to speak without moving his mouth at all - and why are nearly all ventriloquists from UK or USA ? (sauf Capucine ... !). If you remember to form the sounds clearly by moving the vocal parts it will become much easier.
What I just can't wrap my head around ,and I haven't been able to find anyone talking about it, is this sort of 'stitch' - (like lilo and stitch) sound. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Like I guess it's sort of a nasal sound , but you more so here it when pronouncing 'y'. I can't achieve it.
J'ai une question : Est-ce que les Français ont la difficulté prononcer le "r" quand leurs gorges sont sèches ? Je peux le prononcer mais la gorge et la bouche sèchent rapidement et après il devient difficile. 😅
So when I write a french paper and go back and try to read it at a more conversational pace I find myself tripping up over sounds like R’s for example. Any advice?
Il y a des années, un francophone m'a corrigé pour avoir prononcé "é" et "ait" sans différenciation . J'ai écouté attentivement pendant 30 minutes et j'ai finalement pu l'entendre ... mais je n'ai pas pu le faire moi-même ! Je voulais aussi dire que j'aime voir une femme qui porte une montre classique . Plus élégant que ces énormes montres en plastique .
Le é et le ait est différent dans certaines regions. Tout comme certains prononcent différemment "un mot" et un "plot". Dans le nord de la France,tout les sons "o" sont équivalents. Actually,in the first one you open your mouth more than in the second. But I promise, there's nothing to be worry about if you can't see the difference between both sounds. It's more something they do in Switzerland and Belgium. Hope I've been able to help you. Do not hesitate correcting me if there's something wrong in my sentences ! Haha I just realize that I don't know whether you're an English speaker or not x)
@@dorianhardy8239 Hello. Thanks for the reply. I lived in Belgium for quite some time, it's where that episode happened to me when I ventured over the 'language border' (I lived on the border region). I wasn't familiar with the differences in Switzerland until recently when I saw a video David Castello-Lopes made about the Swiss accent. ruclips.net/video/cKuxIOKagFs/видео.html
Moi quand je tombe sur une vidéo de français "non yamete j'en n'ai marre je préfère l'anglais pourquoi le français existe " (je suis français et je souffre)
@Beaudile I was taught (fifty years ago, if that makes a difference) that there were four. Thus the phrase "un bon vin blanc." It may be a little like the English-speakers who cannot hear the difference between the vowels in "merry," "marry," and "Mary." Which is the majority of Americans , i believe; but I'm one who was raised the hear the three distinct vowels. (And since my last name is "Berry," I am always irritated when someone spells it "Barry" and thinks that they sound the same.) Languages change, of course. I was just surprised to find that the four nasal sounds I had learned have apparently been reduced to three. (Or, as you suggest, maybe it's just for most speakers, but not all.) I should probably be writing this response in French.
Bon jour Geraldine et á tous. Merci pour cet video. Je parle anglais, mais ma langue maternelle est allemand. Que est-que un accent allemand ? Merci pour ta reponse (in advance🤔)
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Your counterpoint to "two ducks are escaping" was so wonderful (especially your delivery) ... that I laughed so hard that I cried. Thank you. This is my new favorite video. You rock, Geraldine!
Un professeur de français m'a dit "quand tu parles, tu dois utiliser l'accent français le plus extravagant que tu connaisses." Ça marche très bien.
Je suis d'accord. Also, to pretend your 'playing ' a French character, deepen or change your voice and mannerisms etc. Helps you feel less self conscious and in a role
Nathan Terry can I know what is flixzone?
I like the way you speak and how you talk to your audience. Lovely clear interesting. Merci. Je suis ravie de vous écouter.
Your English is very good, all grammatically correct! Merci beaucoup Géraldine.
it's fine Géraldine, your english is great! no need to be self conscious, everything you say is so comprehensible!
You have a very good English accent. I wish I could speak French as well as you speak English.
Come on, she does not. Let's be honest.
Lessons like this help. Language labs help, too when one is a student.
@@axisrestaurant1292 how many languages do you speak?
@@axisrestaurant1292 As a born french, i do agree with you. She has an insanely bad accent. It's so obvious she's french just from hearing her talking english. I mean, i do know i have myself a noticable one, but not this deep! i'd have to make it on purpose to sound like her :o
@ maybe that's a bit harsh, but yeah - I don't think Geraldine even tries to have a perfect accent. I would say her English accent is okay, but obviously nowhere near native. And I must say that few things trigger me more than false praise. It comes from someone who is either overly friendly (at the cost of being truthful) or someone who's just bad at something and can't tell if it's good or not. It's also harmful, because some else can hear that accent and think it's how English is supposed to sound like. I'm from Poland, English and French are languages I've been learning and I can totally understand your point.
You shouldn't feel selfconsious about your english, you speak very well even with your accent; which I think is lovely by the way. Something to know about the english language is that it matters how you say something. So while the emphasis on a specific letter in a word isn't often important it is the emphasis and energy put behind the words you are saying that matters. Your tone tells us everything about the context of what you are saying. So you can say the same thing in different tones and have different meanings.
Ron Schneider an entire bit about all the different meanings of the word "dude."
Another great, helpful video. Thank you. I love it when you say the English accent is cute, it makes me feel less embarrassed. I adore the French accent, it’s gorgeous, I never tire of it. You speak English so beautifully, extremely well indeed.PS I love the bit about the ducks. I often wonder if I’ve said something rude or funny.
Je vais garder mon accent germano-franco-alsacien... 😃
My goodness Geraldine, What a wonderful important lesson; Makes a big difference, specially coming from you!! muchas gracias.
Geraldine, your accent is gorgeous. You are the Wonder Woman of French teachers. (FYI... an accent is defined as sounding like you are not from here)
There's so many accents in English there's no point in trying to not have an accent. As long as people can understand what you're saying it doesn't matter.
I learned the French accent in the late 60s early 70s by listening to a French long wave station Allouis. I passed the oral test of the French 'O' level exam despite never before having heard the Vietnamese French accent of the examiner.
Bonjour Géraldine! Pouvez-vous faire un vidéo complètement en francais?!
Merci beaucoup Géraldine! Je parle français souvent à mon chien! :o) C'est une bonne idée! Yes, I struggle pronouncing some of the nasal sounds. (Je ne sais pas comment dire ça en français!) Je peux entendre les sons, mais je ne peux pas toujours les dire (?), alors je continue à pratiquer tous les jours. Aussi... if I ever see two ducks escaping in France, I will be saying NOTHING, just to be on the safe side! ^.^ I will be laughing about that every time I see a duck in future!
Now, here's a question.. We all know that the french accent is a very attractive accent. A french person speaking english with a french accent is traditionally seen as an attractive thing. 1: are there french people speaking english with a perfect english accent? cos that seems like a very unlikely thing. 2: When a person who is not french talks french with their native accent, are there any of those combinations that are similarly attractive to french people traditionally? and, how many non-native french speakers speak fluently without french accent? Cos we are taught to do the accent, the accent is what we are striving for.. How important is the accent in being understood? Thank you in advance for answering these questions.
Hi Géraldine, I love your channel, I can relate with you so much.
Merci! Coucou!
Very encouraging message!
Thank you !
great points! I notice the same thing with people who are learning English -- sometimes they overly focus on perfecting their accent, but, as you say with French, there are lots of different accents in English as well, and for anyone learning a language, the point really is to be able to communicate over having a "perfect" accent.
This video is so very helpful! Merci beaucoup! 💕💕💕
I was taught (in school, a long time ago) four nasal vowels: "un bon vin blanc". But I think the "un" always morphs into "an" or "in" in real life. But when I've been in France, it drives me crazy that words like "bien" "viens" and even "la main", which i was taught to say like "vin", sound to me like "en". Is this just a Parisian thing? Do these words sound like "vin" or "tant"?
Yes the nasal sounds are tricky for all students! Great reminder for them all :)
Very interesting!!! I often find it difficult to understand spoken French as I’m still learning how to differentiate the similar sounds
For native French speakers grappling with English pronunciation (not spelling, that's another bottle of booze for THAT topic), the big challenges are:
1. Pitch/stress accent. e.g. PRO-duce (noun) vs pro-DUCE (verb), and DEZ-ert (sandy hot place) vs de-ZERT (yummy thing) -- often English emphasis is on the 2nd syllable but not knowing can throw off the listener. What makes it harder is that Americans and Brits have many words in common but different stress: e.g. Am. "WEEK-end" vs Brit. "week-END", and Am. "CON-tro-vers-ey" vs Brit. "con-TROV-er-sey"
French stress accent is basically "flat" with a gradually rising tone over the entire sentence.
My French friend had an epiphany when he realized why Shakespeare is so important for English speakers -- it's his rhythm which makes his works dance and flow. Translating them into other languages loses much of the intended impact of his work.
2. Differentiating between the long and short English "i" sounds. Similar to English speakers having a problem with the French "u" confusing it with "ou". e.g. ship/sheep, sh*t/sheet, slip/sleep, dip/deep, bit/beet
Yesterday I said to my partner I want to speak my French sounds more accurately and authentically! And here you are!
PS Did he call you?
PPS Are you the real Siri?
Joking of course! 😊
Great lesson.. I think in English, a french accent is almost identical despite the region one comes from. Some of our sounds are as hard for a French native speaker as French sounds are to native English speakers. And in English lots of words have different meanings depending on how they are pronounced and the region of the speaker. The word "house" used as a noun is pronounced differently than the same word "house" used as a verb.
The syllable at the end is very important. Many times when I was beginning I was not understood because the stress was in the wrong place. "Sega music? Quoi? Ohhhh, Se-gahhh."
A word of caution with your accent: I used a method that gives you a good accent extremely quickly. Because I had a good accent unusually early, everyone thought I spoke better French than I actually did, and would immediately starting speaking a million miles an hour, and with slang too. Although it's definitely a good idea to try to speak with a proper accent, don't get too good at it too early! ;-)
Yep, I live in France and encounter this every day. My French is beyond basic in most respects, but I have a "good ear" and worked hard on "setting" my sounds, learning transcription symbols, etc. I thought this would give me more confidence and a boost, which it did, but, as you say, this can be a hindrance in everyday conversations. K 😊
Which method?
@@sonniamoran7695 Along with Michel Thomas (which isn't good for an accent!) I was using Rosetta Stone, with my computer in a corner for a good echo to hear myself. After each time the speaker speaks, you repeat the phrase until you can match it as best you can, and keep doing that before moving on to the next query. Rosetta Stone gets a lot of hate nowadays, but it is good for naturalistic learning.
Merci Geraldine.
Interesting to hear the different accents. It would be much easier to differentiate them if they were saying the same sentence.
C'est bien épicé !
As a fluent Spanish and English speaker, African French accent is the easiest for me to understand.
For me, the accent arabic is easier for me, then the accent belgique/suisse then l'accent français et puis l'accent québécois
I spent a Summer break as the Nurse on an International Summer Camp. One of the children had severe anxiety, especially with his health. I learnt all my anatomy and physiology terms by the time the Camp ended, apparently in a Swiss accent, bless him! 😂
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Great Teacher
I have a problem with my nose that makes me slightly nasal and I swear it helps me the R’s, French people tell me I do it unusually well for an English speaker. I hope when I get my surgery (after the pandemic) I don’t loose it 😭
I love your top.... It Verry... French. Hello from down Under.
Working for the Canadian government, I had to greet people in both languages. If they answered in French, I had to know how to tell them I’d get a fully bilingual person to help them. I was taken aback when a French woman was totally delighted with how cute my accent was. I shouldn’t have been surprised cause I love the accent when French people speak english.
Hi Geraldine. Just out of curiosity. Since you mentioned your mom is Mexican, do you speak Spanish? If you, do you have your beautiful French accent?
Thanks again!
The best way I heard to make the 'u' sound is to pucker your lips as if you are going to say 'ooh' then try to say 'eee'.
Been looking for something like this for hours, the voice of my head thinks it if it sounds French then I'll be more apt to learn French.
Very Interesting.
The French R is easy if you are used to the guttural KH sound in German or Yiddish. It's very similar.
I can’t do those either :-D
Yep, I have huge problem with nasal vowels too. I tend to pronounce "en" a lot more like a nasal sounding "a" (as many teachers explain) than the French seem too. It is more of a nasal "o" in real life, although still very different from the nasal "o" as in bon, for which the lips must be rounded. "Un"/ "in" is near to impossible to pronounce correctly while speaking at speed, although I am aware of how the mouth should be positioned for it, in theory. K 🙈😜
Muito bom 👍
Obrigado 😁
The most important thing is to use your mouth, lips and tongue! English is a "lazy" language - by which I mean it is possible to speak with minimal physical effort. Think of Prince Charles who seems able to speak without moving his mouth at all - and why are nearly all ventriloquists from UK or USA ? (sauf Capucine ... !). If you remember to form the sounds clearly by moving the vocal parts it will become much easier.
Yes! When I lived in Paris, I would tell myself every morning to move my lips!
"Je n'ai rien su faire ! J'ai tâché de courir derrière. Ah je suis écoeuré !" haha
My university phonetics professor does not agree that that the French R do not matter and that an English accent is cute.
merci beaucoup je ferai de mon mieux
I'm a bit surprised to hear you say that you've given up on syllabic stress in English. It is pretty important.
Syllable stress is very important in English. If a person with a heavy accent gets the stress syllable right, they are more than halfway there
What I just can't wrap my head around ,and I haven't been able to find anyone talking about it, is this sort of 'stitch' - (like lilo and stitch) sound. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Like I guess it's sort of a nasal sound , but you more so here it when pronouncing 'y'. I can't achieve it.
J'ai une question : Est-ce que les Français ont la difficulté prononcer le "r" quand leurs gorges sont sèches ? Je peux le prononcer mais la gorge et la bouche sèchent rapidement et après il devient difficile. 😅
So when I write a french paper and go back and try to read it at a more conversational pace I find myself tripping up over sounds like R’s for example. Any advice?
Il y a des années, un francophone m'a corrigé pour avoir prononcé "é" et "ait" sans différenciation . J'ai écouté attentivement pendant 30 minutes et j'ai finalement pu l'entendre ... mais je n'ai pas pu le faire moi-même ! Je voulais aussi dire que j'aime voir une femme qui porte une montre classique . Plus élégant que ces énormes montres en plastique .
Le é et le ait est différent dans certaines regions. Tout comme certains prononcent différemment "un mot" et un "plot".
Dans le nord de la France,tout les sons "o" sont équivalents.
Actually,in the first one you open your mouth more than in the second.
But I promise, there's nothing to be worry about if you can't see the difference between both sounds. It's more something they do in Switzerland and Belgium.
Hope I've been able to help you.
Do not hesitate correcting me if there's something wrong in my sentences !
Haha I just realize that I don't know whether you're an English speaker or not x)
@@dorianhardy8239 Hello. Thanks for the reply. I lived in Belgium for quite some time, it's where that episode happened to me when I ventured over the 'language border' (I lived on the border region). I wasn't familiar with the differences in Switzerland until recently when I saw a video David Castello-Lopes made about the Swiss accent. ruclips.net/video/cKuxIOKagFs/видео.html
@@baronmeduse Omg my comment was written based on this exact video !!!
Then I have nothing to add to the conversation haha x)
Love it, it's funny^^
@@dorianhardy8239 Aha! Le monde est petit!
I believe I have a better accent than I can actually speak French 😂
Moi quand je tombe sur une vidéo de français "non yamete j'en n'ai marre je préfère l'anglais pourquoi le français existe " (je suis français et je souffre)
Hi guys anyone here based in Grenoble And would like to meet to practice?
Bonsoir madame. Pardonnez-moi, mais en Anglais on dit 'pronounce', et 'pronounciate' n'existe pas.
Interesting (and surprising) that you give only three nasal-n sounds, not four: "un bon vin blanc." Pourquoi?
@Beaudile I was taught (fifty years ago, if that makes a difference) that there were four. Thus the phrase "un bon vin blanc." It may be a little like the English-speakers who cannot hear the difference between the vowels in "merry," "marry," and "Mary." Which is the majority of Americans , i believe; but I'm one who was raised the hear the three distinct vowels. (And since my last name is "Berry," I am always irritated when someone spells it "Barry" and thinks that they sound the same.) Languages change, of course. I was just surprised to find that the four nasal sounds I had learned have apparently been reduced to three. (Or, as you suggest, maybe it's just for most speakers, but not all.)
I should probably be writing this response in French.
Who care's about accent! I just want to read books in french!
Un accent Parisien, pas un accent Lyonnais?
no such word as pronunciate
Bonjour!
Please do introduce yourself (by uttering your name in French) before every video.
Thanking you,
Sushant Bhowmik
Indie
I think english language its much better than that racist language??
Bon jour Geraldine et á tous. Merci pour cet video. Je parle anglais, mais ma langue maternelle est allemand. Que est-que un accent allemand ? Merci pour ta reponse (in advance🤔)
How's it racist?
@@theShaunus ..The french of course??
Yankee/Anglo talking about racism LMAO