France: When French politicians speak English!
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Since I’m learning French right now, watching French-speakers trying to speak English has been very insightful into how French-speakers structure their speech.
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo.
Could you please elaborate? Im trying to learn french now lol😅
@@ismaelali8011 Sujet/verbe/complément. Sujet/verbe/complément/ Sujet/verbe/complément. Easy ; -) !
It's funny but let's see how English politics try to speak another language
You should check out Nick Clegg, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats and ex deputy Prime Minister of the UK; he is fluent in both Dutch and Spanish.
The thing is.. that they don’t have to. English is the most important language in the world. Leaders in English-speaking countries don’t have to submit.. everyone else does. Sad truth.
Even Jeremy Corbyn is fluent in Spanish.
they can't :)
They are lazy and can't speak other languages!
Among others, Emmanuel Macron's English is the most easily understood. 😂
@LearnBasics he only did an internship in Nigeria
@@tkautzor🤣
Before we laugh too hard, how many British politicians can speak even a little French? I could understand each one of these guys quite easily.
The British PM, BoJo speaks fluent French!
Former PM Tony Blair speaks French. He learned it while he worked in a bar in Paris.
How many developed countries speak French when compared to English ?
Man, when your the leader of our country, you should be bilingual in the first world language. And english is easy, this video is a shame for us. I speak a better english than my english teacher back then.
English is the most important language in the world for business, diplomacy, education, etc. Everybody learns English anyway I just see it as that those who speak English natively just got lucky in that they don’t have to go through the hassle of learning another language
Their accents are so pure
Francois Hollande cracked me up xD
To me, a German nearly fluent in English (although with a heavy accent) their way of speaking English is really adorable.
Yes, because its like listening to a child who's had a few lessons
They refuse to speak English for the most part, which is why we refuse to speak French, always hated us the French, secretly though they know that we’re French as well which is probably why they hate us lol. No one is native to the British Isles lol. You put us there now deal with the consequence of it 😂
German accent sounds better
I'm a bilingual French, what I hate about them is that they don't even try to do the english accent, they keep the french intonation, French is spoken with the lips and almost no air comes out, English is spoken from the throat with a lot of breathing; that's why we say House like ouse, the word "worry" is out of space for us, what's going on in your mouth when you say that
@@maximedupre8043 Do you have some tips to talk with a better accent in English? I try to but the sound 'r' is hard for me
Many people would like the French to speak English, but when speaking English, some people make fun of the accent :/
Well, I am not one of them. In fact, I love the French accent, and the cuteness that it produce when you guys speak English. I have a friend who is from west Africa, and she has a beautiful accent in English, and she speaks French.
Rude people..lot of my French friends have an accent and i never find it funny only sexy and cute:)
So cute!! LOL I love their accents.
@Ch Erry no !
@@boredinczechia4382 we also love you 😔
I am used to this because my dad is French but tries to speak English
Too bad, they didn't add some clips of Jacque Chirac and Francois Mitterand speak English. I would love to see that.
Why the disgusting 4007 as your profile pic ?
@@garyking5036 L'élite
I never saw or heard Mitterand speak English. Chirac's English was not bad, enough to deal with superficialities but not more. De Gaulle could speak some English but refused or avoided doing so.
Other than the last 2 their English was fine, nothing to mock, I'm also used to hearing French speakers talk in English so it doesn't phase me.
Let's see some English-speaking politicians speaking French.
Why should any English speaking politician speak French ? Or German ? Or hindi (I'm indian)
English is THE international language
We need to accept that and learn it
@@yashshrivastava5728 French is also an international language...😫
@@yashshrivastava5728 do you realise that a large part of africa is speaking french on a daily basis ? Same for Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Canada, Many islands all around the globe, and some places in Vietnam and USA ?
@@LeNumidium Actually, there is no longer people speak French in Vietnam. I assure you because I'm Vietnamese.
@@thanhtruong946 my own familly speak french at home in Vietnam :)
They’re so adorable! French is such a beautiful language but English with French accent is the cutest thing oml
Their English is miles ahead of most British people's French. Better to speak a language with a foreign accent than to not speak it at all.
Yes...that's true. But french don't learn english.. Have you ever worked with french people? In france, there is a voice actor for every famous Hollywood actor, because they are too lazy to read subtitles. Did you know that? :)
@@iplaydthis lol we learn english ! it's in all school program. I've learnt english during 8 years !!! it's so boring to learn by school, luckly I learn by myself with Slipknot, Korn, Mettalica, ... (every music in reality)
@@gabrieltheuws8680 ok
@@iplaydthis and by the way, of course we've voice actor. If you keep the movie and put subtitle it's more difficult to understand for me.
And it's waste movie :/
Hopefully I've see (by example) Top Gun 2 in french either it wastes sfx on movie :)
@@iplaydthisOnly the big movies in France are dubbed and they are all available in the original version as well. The French do study English.
America-Who speak english?
France-Nobody
America-LOL
France-Who speak french?
America-...
Je parle français, et j’habite aux l’états unis =D
Mr Ice my dad's girlfriend speaks french
"you can be do what we want to do" -> french president, and i m french and i know this means nothin' ^^
So I assume the french think that the english language came from the USA and not England?
In Louisiana many persons speak French
Honestly the fact that most French politicians can speak well enough English for a native speaker as myself to understand is hella impressive! No hate at all like how many US politicians can speak a word of French 😅
When F.Hollande speaks English it's such a disaster, understandable
He is so funny.
It's interesting to hear that the old videos have slight British accent then later on most people speak with an American accent.
Poor Obama who just smile, I'm french and I don't understood what Holland said 😂
As a British native speaker - Valery D'Estaing's speaking was actually pretty good! His accent was pretty good for a French speaker and he sounds like an old time BBC news reporter in the 1960's. I've certainly j heard worse French speakers
Manuel Valls is a polyglot: he speaks French, Spanish and Catalan perfectly, and his English isn't bad at all.
Valls is half-Spanish.
I need monè.
You need monè.
Everyone need monè.
Capitalism lol
@@jimhalpert9803 well if you have a solution then we'd love to hear it haha
i know which video your're talking about 😂😂
Mais monsieur Monet n'a peut-être plus besoin de nous. Ses peintures ont déjà été vendues. :) (Je blague.)
1min5: "i'm "obliged" to to that" omg...
People often know a fair amount of English and can reasonably read and understand but have little enthusiasm in speaking it . Their English is a result of both necessity and English omnipresence
On the other hand English speakers who learn and speak another language are complete volunteers who choose to learn that language
Unless you live in Canada, where it seems a social requirement( i am NOT Canadian, btw). Explain to me how English is a necessity in France, please. Is it the primary second language taught?
Every time I read "French accent is so cuute", as a French, I'm really curious and afraid of what my accent might sounds 😂😶🤨😭
It means you sound funny, probably the way you think English speakers speaking French sound.
@@Brickcellent maybe 😂
I would like to hear my accent even only for one day !! But it will never happen... 😥😅
I like accents very much!
But someone who speaks another language without accent is also very impressive I think!!
Ah, don’t ever lose that accent. Extremely charming 💜
@@mage5890 It is charming! I love accents too! As long as you are comprehensible in english, than the accent adds flair! Those anglophones who NEVER get to hear english spoken except when spoken with their accent, are the ones most likely to gripe about accent! In America, we even tease each other over regional accents, and find it difficult to understand even a native speaker, if they have a strong accent!
FYI “as a French” n’est pas correct, c’est “as a Frenchman / Frenchwoman / French person”, ou bien “being French myself”. “French” comme nom faisant référence aux Français n’est utilisable que collectivement : “the French” pour « les Français » (tous).
My French was very rusty when I visited last year. I thought people would "help me out" and switch to English but actually to my delight no one bothered. Really liked that fact and I've gotten a bit better since too.
😮 vraiment personne ne t'a parlé en anglais en France ?!
Oh là là ! J'ai honte
@@frenchwannaloseweight je peux compter sur une main le nombre de personnes qui m'ont répondu en anglais. D'un part ça m'a rendu content car il veut dire que mes interlocuteurs croyaient que je me débrouillais en français mais d'autre part j'avais du mal à comprendre ce qu'ils me disaient. Je me suis mis à regarder des séries en français tous les jours qui a rendu le français à l' l'orale plus compréhensible pour moi.
I see lots of people finding this funny and of course it is but as a French it is also funny hearing an English speaker speaking French ;)
@@kathyliu3942 At least you would have done the effort
Some French politicians speak decent English. Apart from DSK who is finished and the already mentioned Macron, you have:
- Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF and former finance minister.
- Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner and former finance minister.
- Laurent Fabius, former prime minister and foreign minister.
- Alain Juppe, former prime minister and foreign minister.
- Dominique de Villepin: former prime minister and UN ambassador.
- Fleur Pellerin: former culture minister.
- Segolene Royal: Environment minister and former presidential candidate.
- Daniel Cohn Bendit: Franco-German politician from the Greens.
Jean Marc Ayrault and Bruno Le Maire speak fluent German and Manuel Valls obviously speaks fluent Spanish. Also, I think Marion Marechal Le Pen speaks Italian.
Actually Manuel Valls is of Spanish Origin. He was born in Barcelona.
@H S
Christine Lagarde speaks EXCELLENT English.
I love how French people speak "is it possible?"
Marcon has good accent
Lets see british politician speak french !
What about Christine Lagarde??? She speak way better than Macron.
IKR..her English is more fluent
She almost sounds Irish when she speaks English, as far as I'm concerned, which is nice.
Macon actually speaks English quite well. Sarkozy had a strong accent, but his English was a heck of a lot better than Obama's (non-existent) French, so who can point fingers?
Because English is used all around the world, it’s in international songs and on TV and on products...where and why in the world would Obama be exposed to French? When would he even get to use it or practice it? Might as well ask Obama to learn Korean.
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Are you serious? You dont think the President of the United States would be exposed to French? LOL Canada is a close neighbor of ours, and OFFICIALLY bilingual! True, you may not hear it in the streets in passing the way you might other languages, but it is prevalent. Where I live, on a clear night in winter, one can pick up RDS toronto on am dial! For awhile i could pick up the sports station from Montreal as well( in French)
@@inconnu4961 only 22% of Canada speaks French, and 70% speak only English and are monolingual. It would make more sense and be more beneficial for our President to speak Spanish or Chinese
"[Q]uite well?" Phooey! Macron speaks excellent English. Perhaps you'd like to borrow my hearing aid?
and i thought i was struggling to learn french
im so evil, i love these kinds of videos especially with the subtitles haha
I'm listening this to see if I can understand English with a French accent, cuz we (my class) have to stay in france for a week with a host family.
Susie
Lol!
Still better than the English of most Spanish politicians.
They is a difference between reading and speaking a language
Curious about Francois Fillon. His wife is from Wales, so he must speak some English at home. I have yet to find a video or audio of him speaking English.
Sarkozy sounds the funniest.
subtitles had me lmao
These guys are decent..
ANYONE that can communicate and get their point across in English when it is not their first language has a leg up on most Anglo speakers. For the most part, they can hold a conversation and get their point across. Well done.
Zees is niceee 🤣
Un niceee clip 🤣
Vge and Macron spoke excellently
i'm french and i confirm that we have the worst politicians lol
Well, their English is a whole lot better than my French!
I am french, i dont speak english very well, but i know where is bryan.
I don't get this video. I'm American and I understand them perfectly.
“Dou yu spik eenglish?” “Fluentlee?” 😂
Benny Hill spoke French fluently.
If anything, I just learnt that the average French politician can speak a foreign language to a decently conversational level.
These aren't average politicians but presidents, prime ministers and party leaders.
Please study with us on English Central. :)
Well, let's hear some Anglophones speak French.
Je ne parle pas la langue des frogs! Quel fromage!
Win the yes needs the no to win against the no 🤣🤣🤣
who understands what the guy has said 🤣🤣🤣
I understood them just fine.
Not surprised Le Pen doesn’t speak in English.
Far right politician no surprises at all. Uneducated and would think any language other than French is not important so wouldn't bother to learn. Patriotism.
Lepen dans toute sa splendeur
Elle est tres joli, classy et intelligente!
@@inconnu4961 c'st la première fois que je vois quelqu'un complimenter Lepen pour son physique
I can understand them and that’s enough
They speaking very bien the langue of Shakespeare oh là là i am very impressionné par this my sincère congratulations de France c’est very important
Malheuresment, je parle francais comme une vache espagniole...I think I've lost a cedilla along the way...Anyone found it?
RAFFARIN LA LEGENDE. JPP
This video was a little harsh on François Bayrou.
Selective hearing is what politics is
Their English is honestly good
Google translate has discovered why you are forcing people to say English
Since I’m not a middle schooler i failed to see the humor here.
Marine Le Pen 💀😂
It's so amusing to hear them pronounce r's😂
Gentleman...
no word ma'am le pen
Most of the French (joung) people who have gone to an English speaking country in order to work, have quite easily learnt how to speak simple English.
Macron speaks better English than Johnson.
Hollande ont dirait il parle en allemand pas en anglais 😂
Ah ouais mais hollande lui c a la limite du foutage de gueule 😂
Forgot Christine Lagarde and DSK.
I speak english, frensh, spanich, arabic and korean !
"Moonay"
like 40% percent of eng vocabs we using now r from french and everytime I study high quality or something unique I must learn french words origin.. i feel like I'm learning french instead of my studies including real estate laws tax immigration... i totally understand why eng has so many french words cuz of superiority of Rome and France both of them invaded britain and even British kings spoke in french for over 350 yrs
Rome has never invaded Britannia and french words makes up over 50% of English
so cute :) hehe now English politicians turn
British PM is fluent in French.
@@Brickcellent John Kerry spoke it fairly well! One could argue he was more easy to understand in french than in english! MDR!
On s'en fout de savoir si ils parlent anglais ou pas, peut être qu'ils connaissent une langue que vous vous savez pas parler
Ou peut-être pas 😂
(Mais je suis d'accord sur le principe, mêmesi bon peut-être que tu pourrais t'entraîner vite fait si tu représentais la France comme c'est leur cas...)
Everybody does it way better than Piñera (code name: short arms long hands)
No problem understanding them at all. But on US state TV they'd probably be subbed. Even British people with non-RP accents get subbed.
LMAO! The UK: land of a thousand accents(maybe less, maybe more)!!!
The worst thing is to be subbed then u are native. Sometimes see that on tv news channel when interviewed a random people.
Bayrou "Danger Zone"
C'est qui celui avant LePen?😂
Jean Pierre Raffarin
Marry a teacher brings a long some positive points. I think Macron speaks better than the others. LoL 😂
Not only that, he speaks better English than 50% of the native-born speakers in dear old Blighty.
Better than Japanese politicians 😅
Come on....hillarious...daft French!
tbh, many french politician speak fluently english without this french accent, its just they are so patriotic with their french touch
no they don’t lol, you see le pen didn’t even understand the question😂😂 generally speaking, if francaphones say they don’t speak english, they speak english 9/10 but have their french touch, but if they say they speak english 9/10 they don’t 😂
@@yutomatsuki6375 Le pen is a particular case
I m From Spain I Speak two languages with ease and I would like to learn French I think it is gonna be easier because I speak two languages and I am used to Catalán which is bordered with France.
French-canadians who speak english are also funny (vive l'accent québécois tabarnakk)
Tu veux dire les canadiens français sont autant marrants avec leur accents québécois?
Camille Linouktchuk
Tabernak!!!
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Caliss de tabernak!
Like how Macron or d'Estaing speaks English. The latter seemingly one would say having a twang.
Oh 🤣🤣🤣 j'ai pas l'impression que notre accent soit le plus sexy du monde
Francais, c'est La langue de l'amour, et tres sexy!
Je crois pas non plus rien qu’à entendre Hollande mdr😂😂
The French speaking English is so cute......
Le pen from Scotland.
xdd ignorant kid
"we will be appy" :-D That's even worse than Czenglish :-D
Some people are saying Israelis Russians and French sound the same while speaking English 0:27
01:28 wasn’t in 2011 ffs, he wasn’t even in the executive at this time anymore, it was during a speech in 2005 about the yes or no referendum for the European constitution in 2005… He was prime minister at this time 🤦
😂♥️🇫🇷
lots of people do not pronouce 'w'. It's no-one's fault. When Irish people changed from The Irish Language to English, we did not bring the 'w' sound, over. Irish Country people will pronounce ve-eh ic'le - vehicle.
London people do not pronounce 'h'?
A Irish priest says 'Sore' instead of 'sower/ or 'sewer' of crops.
Marine Le Pen is the best 😂
Say it with me: *_PRESIDENT MACRON_*
"Euh euh ... frumaj, bagayte, leu koissan"
Faites pas les malins ;)