French People Try to Pronounce Difficult English Words
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2019
- I make French people pronounce difficult English words! It's simple, the rule is they have to be 100% French to participate. Then, I show them a series of hard English words and they have to attempt to say them out-loud. Thats it!
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Everyone: Trying to pronounce word
Guy: Eating throughout the entire thing and falling over every time
HE'S FUNNY LMAOOA
Niggas be wildin
KonS G hey don’t say that
@@carlotabas3846 is a meme
@@777gnom niggas in Paris
American : successful
French guy : sexy fool
Lol
@Christian Wague Sandjong stfu
The French who appeared on the video are hopeless cases
Il ne faut pas nous comparer avec les parisiens y'a pas seulement Paris en France
@Christian Wague Sandjong Ok pari.
@@jaimelabouffe4565 yep. They're hopeless. There's many other cities and villages in France where there's poeple that are good in English (by good, I mean, better than them :D)
As a native English speaker who has studied French, I think “choir” looks like a French word, and I can’t blame them for pronouncing it the way they did. I’m surprised they didn’t all comment on how the spellings of English words often seem to have no relation to their pronunciation. By the way, the last word is spelled wrong, at least on the screen. There is only one “h” in the word “psychotomimetic.”
Isn’t that what they call “false cognitive?”
@@morgandeclercque4608 do you mean false cognate?
@@oop1761 oops…….yes
"Choir" is also a french word but with a different meaning
It means leaving something behind
@@hidenname541 it also mean "to fall" ^^
As japanese, i get very nervous when i speak English because because the structure and pronunciation of English is completely different from that of Japanese. but i learned that nobody can speak their second language perfectly thanks to this video!
@@CharlesNauckOpposite of my experience
Yes you are right 100%. Most people don't learn well because they are affraid of being ridiculous. When in fact most people are realy supportive dont give judgement and find it "cute" when you don't say words properly. So keep going !
The Japanese accent is so cute and the Japanese language always has a nice ring to it
Yeah Charles is right, if we can understand you it doesn't matter, and even if not it's wrong to be rude. Plus I found out at 14 that I was pronouncing six wrong, some of us can hardly get our native language right 😅
@@CharlesNauckThe fact that ethnicity would even be a factor in this situation is horrible.
Me, an American: says all the words as they pop up just in case
just to be safe
SAMENSJSHDU
Bro for real same haha
You can never be to safe
Same
"Hey can you pronounce 'choir'?"
French person: "Sure."
Well it’s like the word chat which means cat in French, and it’s pronounced as if an America person was saying “sha” their words that start with ch are pronounced shhh instead of ch. That’s why when they said choir they pronounced it like that if that makes any sense at all.
We would have pronounced sho-R
Yeah but in french "choir" means to fall si they just use the french word
@@P0pBitch Yes that's why it's true but also the french word for Choir is "Chœur" and it's almost pronounced the same way.
Lol I see what you did there haha
I have so much respect for the French people. As an American visiting overseas, I did my very best to learn, speak, and respect their beautiful language, but they would go above and beyond if I struggled (and genuinely politely, with no snarky backhandedness) usually help out by speaking with me in English afterwards, while still encouraging me in a positive way to continue learning French. I have nothing but nice things to say about the people I met there.🙂
I agree! I didn’t meet any of these “stuck up” French people I heard so many Americans talk about
I think they did a great job. They also have a great sense of humour.
TIL:
1. The French cannot pronounce “Squirrel.”
2. I love the French.
what mean TIL
@@chanluvkpop Today I learned
3. Can't pronounce choir either.
4. They are very entertaining.
square friend
Fuckis
nobody:
paper: Scissors
french guy: Jesus
😂😂😂
Lmfao true
Jesus is always the answer
Agree
When, which guy?
I have been to France many times and my good buddy lives in Lyon. The French are very friendly towards foreigners. I always enjoy my time there.
As someone who has spoken French and English their whole life i am proud
Successful: *Appears*
French people: *“Six-seex-foorl.”*
We actually pronounce success the same way, so successful is really easy for us. For me that's just some ignorant people.
•Latte •
What do you expect lol, they’re not native English speakers XD
Also, you really don’t need to put them down like that. Honestly, if I was one of these people in the video, I would be extremely offended. Could you please think before you type something like this?
Nice Hinata picture.
Im french wnd its very très très difficile
my friend says Sexyfull
1 minute in, and squirrel doesn’t even sound like a word anymore
It is a word though.
ObliviousToTheJoke that’s not what they were sayin though 😂
@@salmonache1601 they said it does't sound like a word. But it dows because it is a word. Ugh.
ObliviousToTheJoke nice user name btw
And the funny part is that it's most probably because of phenomenon called Jamais Vu (and yes, this is also french ^^).
So many of them were so nervous, and I just wish that I could have been there to cheer them on. Most of them were so close! Really great attempts, and obviously way better than most Americans trying to speak French
When does America have anything to do with this, lots of countries speak English dude (Sorry for replying after a year)
@@SpaceotterwithaMustache They were talking about the other video in this channel dude
@@XDLR Sorry, wrote the comment before I saw the channel lol
🤓
When the young lady said “we’ll they remove syllables” she was on point lol
No one:
Paper: scissors
That guy: S-s-ci-SO-SOFT S-SOIL
Lmao
Zuley Roesly 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Zuley Roesly *rock* Paper: Scissors
@@spongebobfunnyy *Shut* the fuck up
He looks like Lil Yachti lmao
Him: *asks French people to pronounce words in English*
Bilingual people: *God mode intensifies*
Eat your cereal
Eat your cereal.
Lmao
@@antiair6185 did i miss a reference there?
It depends on the language
I think the most difficult part of learning French is the fact that a lot of the letters or words are silent, which happens in English just not as much😅French is so much fun to learn though! I imagine learning English to suck
In English, the problem is that letters or groups of letters always have different pronunciations
As a bilingual that speaks both french and english, I found this video extremely funny, and slightly relatable.
French People Try to Pronounce Difficult English Words
9.2 million people: *interesting*
It is interesting tho😂
There’s still some English words i have a hard time pronouncing.
8.98m Now Lol
Those days I'm practising english 40 hours a day ^^
@@samsamsoup its 9m now
Nobody:
Paper: squirrel
French guy: skrillex
Dj snake *pardon my french
Lollllllll
@@neckashi6971 cursed names
Squirtle
imma try it out
I also enjoyed watching the reactions of the couple sitting on the ground to the left of the screen. They got a kick out of the mangled attempts as well. And everyone was so good natured.
My gosh. Even when they fumble, it's sounds so fabulous.
I like how these people can actually speak English but they just can’t say these words
I was born and raised in France and I’m also fluent English but the words are very hard to prononce :(
As another french guy i have to admit that my fellow french people are not the best at speaking english
@@Kuroihu I am also a French guy but when I speak English you wouldn't know i am French
Yeah I’m American and can’t say these words 🤦♂️😭😭
@@Kuroihu Same here, French boi with fluent english
They're so cute like-
: _"Brewrewree"_
: _"Shwoah/Shior/Crier"_
: _"Seizures"_
: _"Sister/Sexster/Seck"_
: _"Twenggud/Throughhoo/Throughgoat"_
: _"Yushaotamimetic"_
: _"Paugwa"_
: _"Sauce"_
you forgot paugwa
thank you for adding paugwa. i appreciate it :)
F*ck us
I hear pagur 😂
Twenggud was so funny
Gosh, those African guys were hopeless 😂😂
They can't even speak French properly smh. Native French here, they probably know 250 words at most. So good luck introducing them to English...
They are French and JimBaker is a racist
That’s because they aren’t French
It’s always fun to see which English words are hardest for others
Teacher: Everybody FOCUS on studies
French Student: Fock us
D NB t'abuse là
Marianne what
Vraiment on en est pas là 😂😂
@@milkatzu2586 just give up lmao, I don't even know how I could translate it to you even tho I speak French 😂
:( are you saying french are dumb ?
Ok tho like the girl had a lot of confidence. I praise her.
Angelde Fokboii it’s fine. I’m bored too
Simp
Executive Warkatz bleh
Yeah we've got a lot of them here in france, so many that it become annoying
Noumaa ohhhhhh ok
They all do a great job. I wish that I could pronounce even easy French words as well as they do difficult English words.
Learn this at 9:11 _"anticonstitutionnellement"_
It's known as the longest word in french. If you can pronounce it, even brokenly, just knowing it, any French person will instantly congratulate you.
(its long but not thant hard, just split it : anti | constitution | nelle | ment
and you can pronounce the first 2 parts with a completely English accent)
I am impressed actually. Some of them do very well.
“squirrel” doesn’t even sound like a word anymore
I see squirrels everywhere in the park and I'm like SQUIRRELS so I've an expert at saying it
@@lianaflow3146 I rarely saw a squirrel here
any word that is multiple wont sound like word always
@@swovswod what? Really?!? That's madness!
Ikr
English is my second language. Grammatically. It’s quite easy. Phonetically, it makes no fucking sense.
That's what happens when you put together multiple languages with wildly different ways to pronounce things.
That's what happens when you're too lazy to update your orthography.
@Siddharth Doshi yes. E in eye is I.
@@klounpound6945 bruh
As a native English speaker I can agree that English spelling makes absolutely no sense. Who thought it was a good idea to put a “c” that sounds like an “s” in city?
I only took 2 years of French in high school, but I can see how and why many French people would try to pronounce these words the way they did.
It's funny to see how for them some words are just as hard as it is for us to pronounce some french words
French: how do you say bonjour
American: *banjo*
@ Tetorin
loooooooooooooooool
Banjo in my language means toilet 🤣🤣
@@ness-a29 😂😂😂😭😭 wasn't ready for that one
@@ness-a29 what is your language
@@nikamiruashvili1571 Albanian
THAT GUY EATING THE WHOLE TIME IS AN ENTIRE MOOD.
Your profile pic is an entire mood.
Fr
🤨
Yes
YES
Not gonna lie, they did WAY better than I expected for trying to pronounce words in a language _that they don't understand._
Also, the girl at 2:28 HAS to have had some experience with American English. She pronounced that perfectly, with no hesitation, with an almost complete American accent. That, or she's just amazing.
I am in love with the french accent it's so cute. it makes me smile everytime they speak english🥴😁
I am french btw
Speaking English with a French accent is very shameful: between French people.
It's quite surprising to read comments from English speakers who say they appreciate it.
Even the way they gasp is so french
I mean they're french
@@chipsalancienne3080 thanks for reminding me
And proud 😂🇨🇵
I am aware and I hate it :')
✨ le gasp ✨
"Choir" feels like a French word to me.
That's a verb in french so yeah.
@@anelkia27 Isn't that "Croire" ?
There is the French word "Chœur" which means Choir.
@@plutothetutor1660 no we actually have a verb that's called "choir", it means "to fall" but it's not really part of the spoken language it's quite outdated
@@plutothetutor1660 in french ir is croire who is like believe and choire who is like fall
Bc It was a french word and then americans start using it
I love this sooo much. tres bien!❤
So good! Would've loved to see them try worcestershire!
Respect to these french people for doing this on camera. I definitely couldn’t say french words on camera without being so embarrassed.
dont be embarassed
😌
Me to cuz French so hardddd 😥
Agreed lol! I’m trying to learn French but I’m embarrassed
Salut je suis français. Yes im speaking french._.
Nobody: ...
English guy: sixth
French guy: sIstęř
Aiven Valdes hI sIsTeRs
@@josiahmonroe932 AHHHH!
Roux Money THATS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY!
Hiii sisters
Aiven Valdes 😂
Lol these volunteers are so great
As a person who has english in 2nd language i can confirm some word in english are really difficult to pronounce when you try to use the accent
As a Russian person who learned English
English spelling makes no sense
facts
I mean, Russian grammar isn’t much better
As an Indian person who learned English
I agree
I’m an English person who learned Spanish, that language is a God Send in comparison
Yeaa... we pretty much just threw random letters together and made it words
Being a mashed up bundle of languages, yes.
American: sixth
French: sister
James Charles has entered the chat
lol
😂
Yasss
I love this comment
Yes
This was actually funny😂
Honestly they did pretty good with squirrel because a lot of them just pronounced it out how it’s spelled 😂 it does look like it should have an extra syllable
"Squirrel"
French people: "Squarer" "Skwiworl" "skerer" that's cute dO nOt aRgUe wiTh mE
''Écureuil'' in french ! ;)
Respecte moi
sQuIwAr
“Skiroll”
*reseperte boiy*
When you're french and watching this video : 👁️👄👁️
Same
@@callmesam.4502 pk tu reponds en anglais alors
@@leprof9326 Alors, premièrement, "same" est entré dans le vocabulaire français, va pas me dire que t'as jamais entendu un français dire "same"
Et deuxièmement, de base je suis pas très à l'aise avec le français, surtout qu'on est dans les commentaires d'une vidéo anglaise, pas française.
@@leprof9326 Tu peux pas juste répondre à un commentaire anglais en français-
@@callmesam.4502 dsl si je t’ai paru agressif, perso j’ai du entendre "same" en français une ou deux fois dans ma vie et j’ai du oublier donc je demandais simplement pourquoi tu répondais par "same"
PHSYCH? Ha. That one even stumped the English speaker. Great video. Thanks!
I love the guy's surprised and delighted little reaction at 7:37 when he nails one he didn't expect to.
Throughout
The one girl: Through hoot
Duolingo owl: 👀
jammy thank you for my laugh of the day lmaoooo
the owls gonna visit her in her sleep 👀😧
Yes
...
jammy 😂😂😂
I like the guy who eating and then answering, like the food is giving mans his power💀
😂😂😂
It gives his white pants the power to repel grass stains
THE POWER OF THE FOOOOOOD
You really made me laugh
He really couldn't put that food aside for just 2mins to do this 😂😂😂 wtf 😂
I think they all did better on that last one than I would have.
Some of them were actually pretty spot on I think because of their French accent it made it seem like they didn’t pronounce it correct. Great video should do the flip side and watch people struggle to pronounce French words.
American: “focus”
French person: “f*ck us”
😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Laughing face
I-
😂💀
Dude: shows girl the word ‘penguin’ The girl: pongwong
Røbb Fury that’s Chinese for penguin
NO IS NOT ITS QI E
Delicious Potatoes it’s a joke
*flashback to benedict cumberbatch saying pengweng*
Because she read penguin but in french
The girl in this seemed very into trying to figure out the words & have fun doing so1 she has a fun energy! Someone I'd
want teaching me French for sure!
Not just French
Choir had them all so stumped 😂
American: “ Brewery “
French person: “ where are we? “
baby bear lmao
I heard blueberry
LOL I CANT STOP LAUGHING
Burberry
I hear it as “where were we”
To be fair, most Americans can’t even say brewery
Edit: I was being facetious, everyone. I know that people can say the word brewery, it’s just a difficult word to say for some of us
Edit 2: I can guarantee that half of the people who see this comment will think they can say brewery only to actually say brurri (I was one of them)
Better, learn Russian, it is the most accurate and emotional. You will never get confused. It sounds great how to write. It contains English, Dutch, French, German, Turkic words (Arabs and others)
@@phedack_0074 one step ahead of you...
i can but i have a scottish accent😁
To be honest you sound stupid
@@Thelegendmia *gasp* oh no
When someone was shy to try 'successful' it was a good strategy to have a few others to try to not put them on the spot. I think the facilitator can try and be more encouraging to those who have given it a try on camera, not only when they succeed. You can tell when certain ppl are discouraged, so I would love to see them more reassured :), esp since they are already being brave ❤
But yea I think he didn't want to give away the answer.
Anyway all the ppl who tried kudos to them. This is such a cute video!
Eg. Give them a pat on the back, or make eye contact with them when they feel shy, give them a reassuring smile instead of staring at the sheet along with them can go a long way, in addition to reassuring words
As someone who speaks 3 languages.. I guess familiarity makes it easier to understand what’s being said lol 😊
2:29 man she really just summoned her American accent
Me Hi Compared to most of the rest of her speaking, yes, but not very American by itself
Goddamn! Just noticed this
Indeed, I was like " *😳 She switched personality* "
IKR
cause its very similar in french
I bet they accidentally summoned a demon trying to pronounce these words.
e
**demon noises intensifies**
Like on Supernatural
Sofia Hause lol. Love supernatural
*Why do I hear boss music*
This is motivating
After a year of French people telling me I had lazy lips, this video warms my lazy American heart.
level 1: *Squirell*
level 2: *Sqallel*
level 3: *Sxquri*
level 4: *Squidward*
evolution be like
*Kim -Jung Un ruclips.net/video/uHF96sumCTo/видео.html
Nobody:
That one black guy: **CHOMP** **CHOMP** **CHOMP**
Oh Hello CHOMP CHOMP
Fr
C'est koba il a pas fait anglais euro mdrrr
*quire chomp shaw ah quier tay hejhens “ajai..I uh shaima de doria?” * *nods* * ok.*
Bri Elizondo how lmao cuz he said black?
this reminds me so much of when my parents or relatives in general mispronounce words and its always funny
Very entertaining honestly
I’m an American that lives in France and this is how my English class sounds
SAME.
You’re an American that lives in France? That’s actually dope!
Where ? I never see or heard about any american going in France school ever
Bonjour professeur
We never liked england so i mean it s logic :p
Don’t worry French people, we can’t say “rural” either
VAYNE & KAISA ONLY honestly brewery is weird too
I struggled reading that...
Ural
How is rural hard to say?
Fucking pronouncing words that have too many R's or R in the middle
This was so enjoyable! The three guys that wouldn’t even try ‘successful’ killed me😂
A little bit of poetic irony there.
The munching dude was very funny! Really nice people!
when the girl said successful she just lost the accent
Maybe switch 😳😂 i like there accent regardless
Yeah
@Brooke Lefort 😏
I'd like to see the American version of this; " Amercian people try to pronounce simple French words".
Niche 😋
oOoh I wanna see that too
@@JumbieLove290 honestly though
ruclips.net/video/w1bhWsNmoRY/видео.html
Or German words
i think the french comprehended psychotomimetic faster than me
7:11 Through hoot was my favorite
NOW LET'S WATCH AMERICANS BUTCHER THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
wow cant let us have any fun :(
hors d’oeuvre
that happens every day in French class
i wanna try! 😂😭🥺🥺
at the end
paper: says 'throughout'
french girl: 𝘵 𝘩 𝘳 𝘰 𝘢 𝘵
thats what she saw on the internet ;)
She says what she heard mostly
She wants that lightsaber
Deep throat🤣😂😂😂😂
Choir
S H W A
Definitely he had to stand near Eiffel tower so that we don't doubt him. 😂
I think it's cute when non-native English speakers try to pronounce English words 😆
I love how they pronounce “choir”
sUrE
It’s because it’s a word in French but Americans just took it.
Flixsiy Exacly
@@naliegeorges1572 The English, not the Americans
Tyrone Rosales mk
It's a verb in French. Choir = to fall.
I like how the Eiffel Tower is in the background the whole time so you know it's France
🤣
Lmao
You would be lost if it wasnt :(
And the song makes me think in France
I tought it was Paris
Dude with the food saw "throughout" and had a mental reboot 😂😂
Choir was the funniest 😂
french people struggling to pronounce ‘squirrel’ makes me feel better about being physically unable to say ‘écureuil’
Eh coo rei?
@@mendaxus8514 é cu (u like in "universe") reuil (i can't explain how to pronounce this soud i think there's no equivalent in engish, sorry)
@@psychoredhot yeah that's closer to what I meant, I'm not good with phonetics
ay-ku-rey
@@LittleThings98 Yeah well it's more like "euuuil" you have to pronounce the end of "of": See ratatouille ? RatatouILLE it's almost the same same sound RatatouILLe, écurEUIL
Literally nobody:
"CHOIR"
French: S U R E
Non choir nous on le lis chouare
that's bc in french people don't pronounce the h in words
Xypress Labarda that because ch is pronounced sh and oi -> wa and the R I think you know how french pronounce this
Xypress Labarda because if we didn’t pronounce the h we will say kwar and no shware
Xypress Labarda With the word choir the h is silent anyway so no. For words like chocolate, chips, chicken, chat then yeah the h is pronounced as a ch sound is used but with the word choir it is pronounced qu-i-er so with a qu sound not ch sound
6:25. Many native english speakers do not pronounce "Th" either, it's entirely lacking in so many dialects of English. Irish English (famous for saying "Tirty Tree!" for 33), London English, Thames English, Indian English. It's effectively a feature now in many accents and dialects to pronounce "Th" as either T, D, F or V depending on context.
For context, i'm from Kent, a part of england that is regarded as one of the more "posh" counties, and yet most people along the Northern coastline pronounce 3 as "free" and the as "ve".
As an TEFL instructor... "Choir" is insane! I have to underline the first part of "quiet" and then tell them it's the same pronunciation. And also, while I studied French in Jr, High, and College. I cannot for the life of me understand how they can get syllables, with double consonants, mixed up. I swear they have similar rules.
Someone: shows a French man a word with too much 'R'
Frenchman: *breaks*
Tbf, the English R is quite different from what other languages use as R. Most languages form R using the tongue similar to L, while English uses the lips similar to a W. This is why languages with no R at all tend to default to L (see "Engrish") and why Elmer Fudd uses W instead of L (see "Waskiwwy Wabbit")
@@michaelweiske702 Elmer Fudd is an American character who has a speech impediment.
@@80sGamerLady yes, he does, and that speech impediment makes it difficult to pronounce R's properly, though he still mimics the motions with his mouth, hence the W sound. Thank you for providing this very useful information.
Same with Americans. They pronounce Mirror as "meer" and "terrorist" and "tourist". Americans struggle with R's more than French.
@@wollybumbol214 I, as an american, must disagree with you. I can see the mirror-meer connection, but we do not pronounce terrorist as tourist. We know terror has two syllables, and no one pronounces tour as tear (as in a page).
Nobody:
Stephan: Brewery
French Person: Where were we
Edit: no edit
XD
Where could find the where were we?
PizlPixel 1:12
@@5uava409 dude he was trolling. Not asking where in the video 🤦♂️ lol
@@5uava409 What I mean is. Where is the Where were we(Brewery)?
Cyberpixl_YT 666. Likes
Props to the dude eatting, he did try at least
Am I the only one that feels soooo sorry for the man that accidentally walked near the camera.
Right?! The guy asking the questions was a dick to him.
righttt
Where? Time stamp plz
@@Speee_demon 5:49
He was kind of rude to him to he was like "yo! Yo! Your in the way!"