That thing with leaving the spoon in the cup reminds me on an old joke we have in Germany: A man is seeing the doctor. The docter asks : "How can I help you?" The man responds: "Every time I drink coffee, I have this stabbing pain in my eyes... maybe this has to do with my blood pressure?" The Doctor responds: "first of all I recommend to take your spoon out of the cup before you drink your coffee...
Thanks for this. One of the difficulties when listening to people speaking French is that often the final letter/s of a word are not actually pronounced, especially in the masculine case. This is one of the reasons why it is far easier to understand written French than spoken French. When you read you see the whole word, but it it is difficult to understand when the final letters are not spoken.
Carousel in English means a merry-go-round, usually the ones in fairs with the music and little horses. In Fort Worth, Texas, many years ago, there was an upscale boutique in downtown called " Carousal", with pictures of little merry-go-rounds all around. This was not on purpose, it was long before any sort of Frederick's of Hollywood type store would have been allowed in Texas.
Interesting video Cindy! I had to listen three times to get the difference in the pronounciation of the first two words you said. And I loved “obnubiler” which I thought it would have the same meaning as the spanish word “obnubilar” but no. We say obnubilar meaning to fascinate, to dazzle, to astonish. Thank you for your lessons!
I'm moving to Paris soon so just re-started learning French after doing it for 3 years in school about 10 years ago and being terrible at it, and these videos are so helpful! Thank you! I thought the 'et cetera' one was interesting as writing 'ect' is a fairly common mistake in English. And moelleux! What a lovely word. :D Writing this as I sip tea with the spoon still in it. ;)
In Canada French speakers absolutely adore using the ire sound in English as in fire as well as the oin sound as in oink. You hear it constantly but won't find it in le dictionnaire.
It reminds me of the English word "comfortable." Despite the spelling, I'm used to pronouncing it as "comf-ter-bl," which always confused me as the middle part is not like how the word is spelled. Anyways, thanks for the lesson and I also drink my coffee with the spoon in the cup!
Oh wow! We're teaspoon buddies! lol I don't know anyone else who does it. I know what you mean about the word comfortable, for the longest time I put the emphasis on the wrong part! I used to pronounce it comFORTable lol
Going by what you've just taught, then I've been pronouncing aéroport and infirmière wrongly all the time! So thanks for clearing that up. It's true that even natives mispronounce so many words, just the other day dad and I were debating the correct pronunciation of 'wallet'. And no, I don't like drinking whatever with the spoon inside, as it's always going to be a huge bother! So I prefer to stir the contents and take out the spoon.
Bonjour, c'est facile de savoir pourquoi on prononce "Carousel" comme s'il y avait deux "s" car on voit le mot "sel" (salt), idem pour "abasourdir" on voit le mot "sourd" (deaf) : )
Allo and Salut Cindy. I also prefer drinking a cup of tea with the spoon left in the cup. very funny and very quirky. Thankyou for your lessons. They are awesome.
Your videos are very helpful. Lots of interesting ideas on how to learn French. I am still only a beginner. I particularly enjoy it when you give an example of how French people do and say things, like parents calling their children 'frog' in an endearing manner. A word that English speakers generally pronounce wrong is 'pronunciation'. Most people pronounce 'pronunciation' as pro - nounce - iation when it should be pro - nun - ciation!
I use it sometimes, but when it comes to paragraphs, it's rarely, if ever, completely grammatically correct. I'm not aware of a better tool though. It's a useful tool to translate a word or phrase, to get the gist of what a sentence or paragraph means or to hear how a word should be pronounced.
3:56 I watched your video yesterday and I was listening to France Info just now and guess what one guy said .... LOL The big problem is that if you say it correctly it will sound incorrect to most people.
Bonjour y a des français dans l'espace commentaires? j'aime beaucoup voire des gens apprendre cette langue car même pour les français c'est super chiant d'apprendre le français alors pour des autre personne ça doit être hyper galère. bon courage ^^
Ça c'est claire... j'imagine même pas la galère que ca doit être d'apprendre le français, je vois trop leur prof leur expliquer le passé simple genre : "bon bah c'est un temps qui n'est plus utilisé à l'oral, que même les natifs ne savent pas bien conjuguer mais qui est quand même utilisé dans les livres du coup 'faut quand même l'apprendre ..."
It was really inspiring to learn that I was saying those words incorrectly, unfortunately I’ll have to keep saying them incorrectly so they’ll sound correct 😅
Your channel is amazing, it is very useful to people who are learning French as a second language! I also learned French as a second language since I am originally from Brittany.....LOL LOL LOL!!! Oh my God, what a lousy joke! But seriously, I thought of another word that French people mispronounce all the time, and it is "cinquième", they say "cinTième" instead of "cinKième"! Where I am from, Brest, Brittany (Bretagne) LOL, they pronounce words ending in "able" as if they were ending with the sound "APE" ("AP" or "APP" for the English speakers), like for instance "LAMENTAPE" instead of "LAMENTABLE", or "TAPE (TAPP) instead of "TABLE", and so on and so forth.
Yes indeed, I am originally from Brest, we moved to Plougastel-Daoulas when I was almost 14 in late 19...cough, cough...ty one! I've lived in the United States for almost 33 years now!
You didn't speak about the most common misponounced french word (to my mind) : beaucoup. It means "a lot of" and many people pronounce it like if it is spelled "boucoup"
Hello There!!!! I also leave my spoon in my coffee cup all the time and I thought I was the only one. I seriously Laughed out loud when I saw you ask about this if anybody else did this?? Thanks for listening.
Nor me... Especially as a little while ago, I ruined a French book I was reading (not like I can buy another one till I go to France again!) and nearly killed my phone in the process, thanks to knocking the teaspoon, and subsequently spilling the whole cup! ..... and yet.... I still do it... You'd think I'd have learnt the lesson.... lol
You are not that strange, Me too, I like my spoon left in my cup. And I will stir wherever is in my cup each time before I take a drink. I don't know why...
You said sorry in othe video for your setting. Actually this setting is pritty good. The pink frame nicely match to the flower. The light is perfect. Your hair, make-up add to your image. Please never wear again a cap twisted on your head. . You are too inteligent for that. All the best for all your hard work.
True as it doesn't follow the normal pronunciation rules, going by its spelling. In 'monsieur', 'on' is pronounced like the French letter 'e' and the 'r' is silent.
J'aime bien etudier le francais avec toi! Merci pour votre enthousiaste.
Merci beaucoup pour ce gentil commentaire :)
That thing with leaving the spoon in the cup reminds me on an old joke we have in Germany:
A man is seeing the doctor. The docter asks : "How can I help you?" The man responds: "Every time I drink coffee, I have this stabbing pain in my eyes... maybe this has to do with my blood pressure?" The Doctor responds: "first of all I recommend to take your spoon out of the cup before you drink your coffee...
loooooooool that actually had me laughing out loud! :D
Thanks for this. One of the difficulties when listening to people speaking French is that often the final letter/s of a word are not actually pronounced, especially in the masculine case. This is one of the reasons why it is far easier to understand written French than spoken French. When you read you see the whole word, but it it is difficult to understand when the final letters are not spoken.
Respect Cindy, give lots of hope to us learning your language!
Carousel in English means a merry-go-round, usually the ones in fairs with the music and little horses.
In Fort Worth, Texas, many years ago, there was an upscale boutique in downtown called " Carousal", with pictures of little merry-go-rounds all around. This was not on purpose, it was long before any sort of Frederick's of Hollywood type store would have been allowed in Texas.
you such an AMAZING teacher.
Thank you very much! :)
The popular mistakes eventually become the rules!
In language and in life. :)
Interesting video Cindy! I had to listen three times to get the difference in the pronounciation of the first two words you said. And I loved “obnubiler” which I thought it would have the same meaning as the spanish word “obnubilar” but no. We say obnubilar meaning to fascinate, to dazzle, to astonish. Thank you for your lessons!
The "aéroport" one reminds me of how some people in english say "aks" instead of "ask"
Many of us in America say "ex cetera" instead of "et cetera," too.
Easy mistake ;)
Yes, which reminds me: many of us Americans also say EXpresso, instead of ESpresso
I'm moving to Paris soon so just re-started learning French after doing it for 3 years in school about 10 years ago and being terrible at it, and these videos are so helpful! Thank you!
I thought the 'et cetera' one was interesting as writing 'ect' is a fairly common mistake in English. And moelleux! What a lovely word. :D
Writing this as I sip tea with the spoon still in it. ;)
Awesome! Welcome to the 'spoon in' club! lol. If you ever need any help in your French learning journey, you know where to find me :)
Thanks, your voice is so peaceful!
In Canada French speakers absolutely adore using the ire sound in English as in fire as well as the oin sound as in oink.
You hear it constantly but won't find it in le dictionnaire.
It reminds me of the English word "comfortable." Despite the spelling, I'm used to pronouncing it as "comf-ter-bl," which always confused me as the middle part is not like how the word is spelled. Anyways, thanks for the lesson and I also drink my coffee with the spoon in the cup!
Oh wow! We're teaspoon buddies! lol I don't know anyone else who does it. I know what you mean about the word comfortable, for the longest time I put the emphasis on the wrong part! I used to pronounce it comFORTable lol
Going by what you've just taught, then I've been pronouncing aéroport and infirmière wrongly all the time! So thanks for clearing that up.
It's true that even natives mispronounce so many words, just the other day dad and I were debating the correct pronunciation of 'wallet'.
And no, I don't like drinking whatever with the spoon inside, as it's always going to be a huge bother! So I prefer to stir the contents and take out the spoon.
I guess those mistakes are not just a "native" thing then! lol And just out of curiosity, how would you and your dad pronounce "wallet" ?
Bonjour, c'est facile de savoir pourquoi on prononce "Carousel" comme s'il y avait deux "s" car on voit le mot "sel" (salt), idem pour "abasourdir" on voit le mot "sourd" (deaf) : )
Allo and Salut Cindy. I also prefer drinking a cup of tea with the spoon left in the cup. very funny and very quirky. Thankyou for your lessons. They are awesome.
There's a lot more of us in the 'spoon in' club than I would have thought! lol
I always drink coffee with my spoon in the mug or cup and it drives people mad, and that is probably why I continue doing just that.
loooool I see... :p
Your videos are very helpful. Lots of interesting ideas on how to learn French. I am still only a beginner. I particularly enjoy it when you give an example of how French people do and say things, like parents calling their children 'frog' in an endearing manner.
A word that English speakers generally pronounce wrong is 'pronunciation'. Most people pronounce 'pronunciation' as pro - nounce - iation when it should be pro - nun - ciation!
Lol yeah, a bit ironic that people can't pronounce the word pronunciation!
Bonjour Cindy. Is Google Translate a good tool? I somehow use it always "with a grain of salt". Is there any better translation tool?
I use it sometimes, but when it comes to paragraphs, it's rarely, if ever, completely grammatically correct. I'm not aware of a better tool though. It's a useful tool to translate a word or phrase, to get the gist of what a sentence or paragraph means or to hear how a word should be pronounced.
3:56 I watched your video yesterday and I was listening to France Info just now and guess what one guy said .... LOL The big problem is that if you say it correctly it will sound incorrect to most people.
Yes I agree! lol And then, they'll probably try to correct you! 😂
Many English people say Wenger instead of Venger! Many Arsenal fans say 'Wenger Out!'
Bonjour y a des français dans l'espace commentaires? j'aime beaucoup voire des gens apprendre cette langue car même pour les français c'est super chiant d'apprendre le français alors pour des autre personne ça doit être hyper galère. bon courage ^^
pasero margot Oui il ya des français ici ♡
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Haha oui c'est vrai, je me souviens encore des cours de grammaire et du bled.... Argh.
Ça c'est claire... j'imagine même pas la galère que ca doit être d'apprendre le français, je vois trop leur prof leur expliquer le passé simple genre : "bon bah c'est un temps qui n'est plus utilisé à l'oral, que même les natifs ne savent pas bien conjuguer mais qui est quand même utilisé dans les livres du coup 'faut quand même l'apprendre ..."
It was really inspiring to learn that I was saying those words incorrectly, unfortunately I’ll have to keep saying them incorrectly so they’ll sound correct 😅
Your channel is amazing, it is very useful to people who are learning French as a second language! I also learned French as a second language since I am originally from Brittany.....LOL LOL LOL!!! Oh my God, what a lousy joke! But seriously, I thought of another word that French people mispronounce all the time, and it is "cinquième", they say "cinTième" instead of "cinKième"! Where I am from, Brest, Brittany (Bretagne) LOL, they pronounce words ending in "able" as if they were ending with the sound "APE" ("AP" or "APP" for the English speakers), like for instance "LAMENTAPE" instead of "LAMENTABLE", or "TAPE (TAPP) instead of "TABLE", and so on and so forth.
From Brest are you? I lived in a small village near there and went to school in Brest. Small world! :)
Yes indeed, I am originally from Brest, we moved to Plougastel-Daoulas when I was almost 14 in late 19...cough, cough...ty one! I've lived in the United States for almost 33 years now!
Yes, with thee! I also leave the tea bag in the mug!
I love that you don't pronounce a lot of your 'Ts' when speaking English. It makes you sound a little like Lilly Allen :)
ruclips.net/video/wmYT79tPvLg/видео.html like in this
You didn't speak about the most common misponounced french word (to my mind) : beaucoup. It means "a lot of" and many people pronounce it like if it is spelled "boucoup"
Bravo.merci
Bravo. Merci. Yes, I drink tea with the spoon still in the cup. Does that count?
Yes that absolutely counts! lol
"I'm probobly making this all up" lol!
Hello There!!!!
I also leave my spoon in my coffee cup all the time and I thought I was the only one. I seriously Laughed out loud when I saw you ask about this if anybody else did this??
Thanks for listening.
loooool Glad I'm not the only one! I feel a bit less like the odd one out now! :D
HAaaa, I do that too!!!!
I also drink coffee or tea with the teaspoon in the cup. i have not figured out why. :)
Nor me... Especially as a little while ago, I ruined a French book I was reading (not like I can buy another one till I go to France again!) and nearly killed my phone in the process, thanks to knocking the teaspoon, and subsequently spilling the whole cup! ..... and yet.... I still do it... You'd think I'd have learnt the lesson.... lol
no, me and my gf leave the spoon in the coffee too haha!
You are not that strange, Me too, I like my spoon left in my cup. And I will stir wherever is in my cup each time before I take a drink. I don't know why...
I leave the spoon in the cup too! haha always :P
Me too, if it's not left in it, I feel like I'm missing something! lol
I love the beginning, lol. :D
Say Hi to Lexy fr me...and what uv said here is sooooo true annnnnnd I do d same with d spoon in d mug while drinking....hahahaha
Don’t get me started on Americans trying to say « espresso » (speaking as an American)
You said sorry in othe video for your setting.
Actually this setting is pritty good. The pink frame nicely match to the flower. The light is perfect. Your hair, make-up add to your image. Please never wear again a cap twisted on your head. . You are too inteligent for that.
All the best for all your hard work.
Thank you. The cap was part of the set, so to speak, as the video was about French slang. I never normally dress like that! lol
hey little pretty cindy--you are doing very well--these are very needed detail to people from other countries''''pww
I've always pronounced the word "moelleux" MOELLEUX, not MOALLEUX, and I´m not going to start now! LOL...of course!
To be honest.... me neither!! lol
I drink my coffee with straw lol
One more thing, perfecture instead prefecture
En français des gens prononcent "cahier" en disant "cahiet" (terminaison comme dans poulet)...
Gm and thank u very much
What happens
Comment avez -vous trouvé un anglais si parfait??
La réponse en vidéo le 2 juillet prochain! - How I learnt English :)
hmm... pour moi ça s'écrit "et caetera", et ça vient du latin =p
www.langue-fr.net/spip.php?article142
Natiive English speakers commonly mispronounce the word "Kindergarten" as "Kindergarden."
Easy mistake I guess :) In Britain, I believe we call 'kindergarten' 'nursery school', so it eliminates the problem! lol
Don't worry, French people. As a polish speaker I pronounce French wrong too 😜
Lol I think everyone does, French people included!
How many languages you speak? Could you teach us france business language, please? À revoir..
c'est de la poudre de perlimpinpin ^^
Dark T parce que c'est notre projet !
So cute!
I have almost swallowed the spoon a few times 😵🤪🤪😵
loool
Evite de laisser la cuillère dans la tasse quand tu bois . Tu vas t'éborgner!
LOOOL :D
Tu es trés jolie!!! Merci beaucoup pour ta lesson!!!🙏👍❤😘
I do the same
Je retire la cuillère, j'aurais peur de me frapper les yeux
Haha ça m'est déjà arrivé! Mais ça ne m'a pas empêchée de continuer! lol
Ma femme le fait tout le temps: boire avec la cuillère dans la tasse. Est-ce qu'est ma phrase correcte?
Oui, ta phrase est correcte :)
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is there a word for male nurse? or don't france have such a thing. lol
Yes, un infirmier = a male nurse :)
et tu n'as pas parlé de la prononciation de gageure. personne ne l'utilise de toutes façons
Oh my God you are so cute 🤗🤗🤗
Dans la même série : tous les sculpture, rupture, domptage, etc ... dans lesquels le "p" ne devrait pas être prononcé
I think monsieur is a hard word
True as it doesn't follow the normal pronunciation rules, going by its spelling. In 'monsieur', 'on' is pronounced like the French letter 'e' and the 'r' is silent.
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