I am French and I have been learning English for more than 10 years now (I also speak Spanish and Italian). I have read some comments in this section about the "ridiculousness of the French spelling", but can we talk about the English spelling just a second ? 😅 Philip SEYMOUR (a Professor from Dundee university) is a linguist that considered the English spelling as the most difficult one among the main European languages. English has actually more sounds than French (we have no triphthong for instance, just like in the English word "fire") and the pronunciation of both languages is very different. And just like in French there are many different ways to write one sound in English, and also many different ways to pronunce one group of letters! Just to give you an example with the following words: - Though - Tough - Cough - Hiccough - Plough - Through - Lough - Borough - Hough In these words the "ough" sounds different in almost every word! I mean, I love the English language, but even after 11 years of practice I have absolutely no idea on how I should pronunce the words "Hough" or "Hiccough" unless I look for it on the internet. 😓 Depending on the country, some words with different spellings have a very similar pronunciation. In the UK for instance the words "court" and "caught" are pronunced exactly the same (or at least a French speaker can hardly make the difference) because in the UK the "R" is not always pronunced after a vowel. The phonetic vowel is then a little longer just like in the words: - lia(r) - wate(r) - da(r)k By the way, as for the spelling once again, which English dialect should we focus on? The American English or the British English? - aluminum/aluminium - color/colour - center/centre - pajamas/pyjamas - traveled/travelled - defense/defence - dialog/dialogue - program/programme - etc! Same thing for the vocabulary (pavement/sidewalk, trainers/sneakers, French fries/chips...). People do not think a lot about it, but for English learners it is a very big deal. It is exaclty the same thing for the Italian language that has dozens of dialects with many words that have a complete different meaning depending on the region, as if in France we spoke French from France in Paris and Canadian French in Lyon! In my case I prefer to focus on the British English since the spelling is USUALLY closer to the French one, but I get wrong very often when I want to use a specific word or idiom. But for me the most difficult part of the English vocabulary (or the English language as a whole) is probably... the phrasal verbs! And you guys use PLENTY of them, whereas this kind of verbs does not exist in French. For example, "apporter" would be "to bring" in English (e.g.: Bring me two eggs for my cake, please). But when you add the particle "about", you create a new hybrid verb that has a total different meaning. e.g.: I think World War 3 will be brought about by North Korea. And for a French speaker it is almost impossible to guess the meaning of this verb without looking for a definition. A few other examples: - to throw -> to throw up (my favourite one, so poetic!) - to get up / to get out / to get away / to get along / to get it on with someone - etc I have created an app on Excel just to learn all those phrasal verbs! In English you also use modals that annoy many French speakers learning English. If you think that they are no exception in the English grammar, just think about its modals that are used for so many different purposes! For instance, the fact that the future is not a grammatical tense in English is something quite disturbing for us hahahah. e.g.: Every Sunday, I will wake up at ten. Most French speakers would translate it this way: "Chaque dimanche, je me leverai à 10 heures" using a future tense, which is absolutely not the case here since the modal "will" is used to express an habit (a habit? English pronunciation is difficult!) and not a future action. And what would be the correct modal here: I hope it will/would/should/might/may rain tomorrow? The correct one is "would", and many French people would not know which one to use because in French we would use a subjunctive tense (by the way, even after ten years of English I have figured out just a few months ago that you guys also have a subjunctive...). Another exception in English would be the superlative between two things (it is not a real exception but a rule you have to know, and English has a lot of them just like every language). e.g.: - Between you and I, I might be the MORE intelligent (and not "the most"). - Sarah has two sons, and David is the ELDER of them (and not "the oldest"). I could write many more rules that make English a DIFFICULT language especially for French speakers. Some of you expect a spelling reform in French to be better, but sorry to tell you that it is NOT the good way to brush up your skills and not the way to learn a language ("brush up", another weird phrasal verb, isn't it?). Every language is difficult, even when you start to have a good command of it. Unfortunately the perfection is impossible: - You will never be bilingual in French and English. - I will never be bilingual in English and French. The only bilingual persons are those who have 2 mother tongues. And you cannot get a 2nd mother tongue when you are 15 or 20, unfortunately it is impossible. But you have to be optimistic about it. If you take pleasure each time you learn something new, it means the pleasure in learning a foreign language is UNLIMITED. This is why I love learning a language, even in 20 years I will still discover new things! So keep on practicing and don't give up! (oh, two other strange phrasal verbs in a same sentence hahahaha). Long live to English and French!
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the detailed comment and thanks for watching!
@edwardm.500
7 жыл бұрын
And thanks, Polyglot, for being so handsome.
@julioaugustonaranjoanderso4000
7 жыл бұрын
hiillle... là chuis pas d'accord avec ton opinion sur le degré de difficulté de la prononciacion française. tu dis bin que l'anglais a plus de sons distincts mais là, criss, tabarnak, ça veut pas dire bonhomme que 《vos》sons sont moindrement difficils à reproduire, pour autant. Le français est une langue qui est reconnue pour la difficulté de sa phonétique et de sa phonologie. Le reste c'est d'la marde, y'a aucun mystère. On peut apprendre à bien écrire en faisant des efforts...les sons francophones sont durs d'assimiler et de reproduire; PAS, CEUX, ANGLOPHONES, ça se compare pas. Quelqu'un m'a raconté une blague qui dit bin: si jamais tu veux devenir musicien, développe ton oreille en apprenant le français, cimonaque de càlisse...Bof, je pense que c'est assez claire mon homme.
@Wafeul
7 жыл бұрын
Julio Augusto Naranjo Anderson T'as lu mon message au moins ? 😐 Où est-ce que j'ai évoqué que la phonétique française était plus facile que celle anglaise ? Ou tout simplement que la phonétique française était facile dans l'absolue ? D'ailleurs mon message portait avant tout sur l'orthographe et peu sur la phonétique, au même titre que la vidéo. Je combats juste farouchement l'idée qui veut l'anglais soit une langue facile ! J'aurais pas écrit un pavé sur la difficulté de la langue anglaise dans le cas contraire. Quand j'entends parfois des anglophones dire que l'anglais est la langue internationale car c'est une langue "facile", j'ai envie de m'arracher les cheveux ! (Sinon pourquoi le français était la langue internationale il fut un temps ?) À un moment donné il faut comprendre que c'est le phénomène inverse : l'anglais est facile à apprendre PARCE QUE c'est la langue internationale, et non le contraire ! Un italien peut apprendre le corse en quelques mois, pourtant il aura bien plus de facilités à apprendre l'anglais (je te mets au défi de trouver en Italie un cours en corse, un livre en corse, ou un natif en corse). Je réfute également l'idée que les "sons anglophones sont faciles à assimiler et à reproduire" comme tu dis, pour la simple et bonne raison que dans l'absolue ça ne veut strictement RIEN dire puisque: 1) les sons anglais n'ont rien de simple à assimiler dans l'absolue, d'une part parce qu'ils ne coïncident pas toujours avec l'orthographe comme je l'ai écrit, et d'autre part parce que la langue en comporte bien plus que certaines. 2) tout dépend de la langue d'origine (va donc dire à un espagnol, à un italien ou à un japonais que les sons anglais sont "faciles" à assimiler !). Tu parles d'oreille musicale, mais tu m'excuseras entre "fool" et "full" ou "teack" et "tick", la différence est assez subtile. Au bout de 11 ans d'apprentissage j'arrive à faire la différence et à les prononcer correctement, mais pour quelqu'un qui débute ça n'a RIEN d'évident. Idem pour le français, au bout de 10 ans j'ose espérer que quelqu'un arrive à faire la différence entre "lin", "long", "lent". Enfin, moi qui suis musicien, on ne dévoloppe pas son oreille musicale en différanciant les sons entre eux (même un non musicien peut faire la différence entre les sons d'un piano, d'une guitare, ou d'une trompette) : et bien c'est la même chose pour les sons d'une langue. Si on veut vraiment développer son oreille musicale, il vaut mieux se tourner vers le chinois ou certaines langues asiatique où la mélodie de la langue (à savoir la prononciation et l'accent tonique) est capitale dans la compréhension. En fonction des montées/descentes de la voix du mot "ma" en chinois (oui oui, seulement deux lettres, et tout se joue donc sur le "a" !), cela peut vouloir dire "mère", "cheval", "chanvre", ou la particule interrogatif pour poser des questions...
@thenuthouse441
7 жыл бұрын
Vous avez besoin pas de savoir "Hough" ou "Hiccough" parce que en anglais nous disons pas que. (Pardon mon francais, c'est mal mais j'apprends.) In English: You don't need to know "Hough" or "Hiccough" Because in English we don't say that.
@PotatoToon
7 жыл бұрын
Actually the word "femme" is pronounced "fam"
@TastySaltyBaguette
7 жыл бұрын
PotatoChips BeatBattles no because english people pronounce "a" like "ay"
@PotatoToon
7 жыл бұрын
IKM the word "fam" in this example is the same "a" as in the word "bat"
@TastySaltyBaguette
7 жыл бұрын
exactly ^^
@MrGrinchest
7 жыл бұрын
and the word "route" is pronounced "root"
@gracetz4823
7 жыл бұрын
PotatoChips BeatBattles im so happy someone point that out
@wxyza1
7 жыл бұрын
I don't think English is any better when it comes to pronunciation.
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. I'm so happy I speak English natively :p thanks for watching!
@drakedakes
6 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy I speak Polish natively :D ą ć ę ł ń ó ś ź ż ;) But I'm also happy I can use ears and mouth to listen to and speak English language well enough :P In any language you'll find natives speaking fast. It's just normal.
@emelpuck5437
6 жыл бұрын
So true... English has sommething like 50 phonemes that just doesn't exist in French. Like the different "e" between sheet and shit, beach and bitch, these and this. And, like in French, some sound are just not logical when it comes to pronounce them. Like "gh" at the end of tough. Why do we say a "f" ? Why ?! That's why I love Spanish : what you read, is what you say. No surprises !
@drakedakes
6 жыл бұрын
What about LL :P ;)
@emelpuck5437
6 жыл бұрын
MacKinnon #29 Really ?! So lucky, are you ! I'm not a good judge, being a French native speaker, but having a good pronunciation in English took me so much time. And it's not yet quite perfect. Without indiscretions, what's your native tongue ? Thanks.
@Frahamen
7 жыл бұрын
French spelling is still not as terrible as English spelling. English spelling is pretty much nonsensical.
@babakhanoushii
7 жыл бұрын
Frahamen Truth.
@jessewizard4237
7 жыл бұрын
Frahamen what are you talking about French is way worst. everything sounds the same
@Frahamen
7 жыл бұрын
Jesse Wizard They're there with their bear in Leicester squire.
@anjidoyle8470
7 жыл бұрын
Frahamen makes it more interesting and more of a challenge, even for British people haha!
@JamieBettison
7 жыл бұрын
*square* ... sorry...
@MichMichFoot
7 жыл бұрын
Les français pensent aussi que la langue française est très difficile.
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
Je l'ai entendu aussi. Merci d'avoir regarder mon video :D
@emmanuelfani5385
7 жыл бұрын
The Polyglot Files j'adore l'anglais pour ma part même si je suis un français d'origines italienne et allemande. Continue et persévère. and you'll make it
@codeislife2928
7 жыл бұрын
Hey, The Polygot Files it's not "Merci d'avoir regarder mon vidéo" but "Merci d'avoir regard*é ma vidéo"
@matthewvanostin5513
7 жыл бұрын
Le Réformateur je pense pas langlais va regresser. cest carrement la langue international toujours choisi lorsque tu parle avec une personne ne parlant pas ta langue 😁
@lulufurax8764
6 жыл бұрын
ah bon? La plupart sont des locuteurs naïfs, ils ne s'en rendent même pas compte.. le français oral est difficile pour les gens dont la langue n'est pas issue du latin. Une fois que tu comprends les règles de prononciation qui sont des règles fixes (ex: "eau", "au" se prononcent toujours [o]), c'est réglé! La grammaire est très proche de l'italien, de l'espagnol ou du portugais. Le problème, c'est pour maîtriser l'écrit. Après, en tant que français, la langue avec laquelle j'ai le plus de mal est l'anglais.. la phonologie n'a rien à voir, la grammaire pareil et ils ont des phrases-verbales... un vrai concept haha
@babakhanoushii
7 жыл бұрын
Coming from Italian, French is ridiculously easy, especially once I got the pronunciation down, but IMO the language is way easier to speak than it is to write. I despise all those accent marks and I nearly had a stroke the first time I saw "qu'est-ce que" spelled out.
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
Haha! Yeah, "qu'est-ce que" is pretty frightening. Thanks for watching!
@nozoto
7 жыл бұрын
As a bilingual french native, I gotta say that English is all the contrary to me: easy to write but a pain to speak. Indeed, I am used to take accents into account for pronunciation. Written English doesn't have such a thing; it requires conversational memorization to get all the tonic accents right. I hate this as I am mostly of the reader kind.
@babakhanoushii
7 жыл бұрын
***** Ah that's a really interesting perspective, thanks for sharing. Yeah English spelling is weird. I've never noticed as I spoke it from a young age but I realize now why a non-English speaker would find the spelling and pronunciation so difficult. It makes absolutely no sense sometimes.
@HiiixImpakt
7 жыл бұрын
coming from english i find french easy to write, hard to speak and even harder to understand mostly because french people pronounce less of the letters that are actually supposed to be pronounced
@christinesuing-sugiyama3171
7 жыл бұрын
You got off easy. "Qu'est-ce que ce que" gave me an aneurysm.
@-SUM1-
7 жыл бұрын
I found French easy. The spellings follow rules even if they don't correlate to pronunciation (like English). The pronunciation was easy. 1:51 Femmes is pronounced "famme". 3:43 Not just that. The reason is because they were Normans from north France ruling England. 3:57 It wasn't borrowed, French is ultimately descended from Latin, like all Romance languages.
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for clearing that up and thanks for watching :)
@breizhrudie4757
7 жыл бұрын
Ahm, French were the main language in Europe in the 1700~ , because it was considered as the smarter one. So i think it's more due to that rather than the other.
@Panamera117
7 жыл бұрын
Actually he's right, 80% of the french language come from latin, 10% from english, 10% from various other languages, and to proove that, i'm actually french and that's one thing i've learned in french and latin lesson at school
@richelieuvincent
7 жыл бұрын
Darky117 Not really, our french langage is a big mixed of latin, greek, celtic and franc (german) langages ;)
@-SUM1-
7 жыл бұрын
+The Polyglot Files I'm five months late, but you're welcome. I've been subscribed for a while and enjoy many of your videos.
@Bourougne
7 жыл бұрын
En : French is a hard language for anyone to learn. I am french, I was born in Sète. French is my mother tongue and I spent the first 20 years of my life learning it. Today, I speak perfect french and I barely make any spelling mistake. However, I have great difficulties pronouncing other languages, but I'm learning english day after day thanks to the Internet. I wish you good luck if you learn our beautiful french language. =) Fr : Le français est dur à apprendre pour n'importe qui. Je suis français, je suis né à Sète. Le français est ma langue natale, et j'ai passé les 20 premières années de ma vie à l'apprendre. Aujourd'hui je maîtrise très bien le français, et je ne fais pratiquement plus de fautes d'orthographe. Par contre, j'ai beaucoup de difficultés à apprendre et à prononcer d'autres langues, mais j'apprends jour après jour à lire l'anglais, grâce à internet. Je vous souhaite bon courage si vous apprenez notre belle langue française. =)
@Padraigcoelfir
7 жыл бұрын
L'allemand se prononce bien pour les français.
@hakimhakim8110
6 жыл бұрын
UnrealEd Addict. D'après votre expérience,pourriez-vous m'indiquer quelques meilleurs sites pour apprendre l'anglais ? Merci d'avance .
@Rotkommissar
6 жыл бұрын
Un Sétois ! Cool j'adore la vue depuis le Mont Saint-Clair ! ^^
@KenAndTony
6 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your English. It seems perfect. I wish my french was that good.
@Neuroneos
6 жыл бұрын
Mise à part le "ich-laut", qui est un son inexistant en français.
@HumbleDorg
7 жыл бұрын
French is difficult. The poove ? Even the dude on the video does a lot of mistakes xD
@784thematrix
6 жыл бұрын
lol pas de liaison pour " les haches"
@frankpichardo5299
6 жыл бұрын
*the proof 😉
@julien9907
6 жыл бұрын
Marc-Alex Desjardins il n'y a pas de liaison en fait. Il a raison sur ce point là
@784thematrix
6 жыл бұрын
Geralt de Riv Avec les règles insensée du français, je n’ai pas de misère à te croire
@julien9907
6 жыл бұрын
Marc-Alex Desjardins c'est sûr mdrrr. Trop de règles qui se contredisent tout le temps ^^
@alex-sv8ru
4 жыл бұрын
French is a difficult language. Especially listening to native speakers, the words all flow into each other add to the fact that they speak so fast.
@yoandez300
7 жыл бұрын
I'm french and I even do some mistakes sometimes, so don't worry if you're learning french ^^ I have to correct you about the liaison and the words that begin with H, there is actually a debate arround that in the académie, but many french don't make the liaison with words that begin with H, such as hibou, héros... But for "les hommes" it's an exception we make the liaison... Each rule has its exception in french :D
@19Edurne
7 жыл бұрын
Parce que 'hibou' a un h aspiré, donc pas de liaison... exactement ce qu'il explique dans sa vidéo. 'Homme' n'en a pas, ce n'est pas une exception. Quant à 'héro', on dit 'le héro' et 'l'héroïne'... va comprendre. ;)
@meeekstubbular
6 жыл бұрын
probably because of the Liaisons dangereuses...I don't blame them!
@PhxSml
4 жыл бұрын
Je viens du Québec et honnêtement je ne passe pas 1 journée sans faire d'erreurs ou me poser une question à savoir comment s'écrit un mot. Et je suis pas mauvais en français, c'est juste vraiment compliqué même pour les natifs.
@Fredinotmercurybut
4 жыл бұрын
@@19Edurne Comment détermine-t-on un h aspiré ?
@19Edurne
4 жыл бұрын
@@Fredinotmercurybut L'usage plus qu'autre chose... On trouve des listes sur internet des mots commençant par h aspiré ou h muet. "h" aspiré = il empêche toute liaison ou toute élision avec le mot précédent. Pour le reconnaître : on doit pouvoir placer l'article défini "le, la" devant le mot (et pas l'[...]). "haricots" par exemple : On dit des haricots (prononcé "déharico"), un haricot (prononcé "un -- haricot et pas "1narico") = pas de liaison. Voilà, j'espère que ma tentative de phonétique maison fait sens... ;)
@learn_french
6 жыл бұрын
Well... it is just a question of taking the time to reach your goal. You can make it, just know how you learn, what your goal is and how much time you feel ready to put into it... and you will master French!
@Chedachz
4 жыл бұрын
That is why I watch your videos, Vincent. You are the best French teacher on KZitem then Alexa.
@jmgonzales7701
3 жыл бұрын
@@Chedachz damn french is hard
@denebolaxing
7 жыл бұрын
Bonjour les anglophones ! :D
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
Bonjour!!!
@idislikegoogleplus9452
7 жыл бұрын
The Polyglot Files you are cute and I would top you, but your french isn't that great.
@jeanp.5929
7 жыл бұрын
don't judge him. Do you speak french? Do you understand the struggles of learning a second language.
@zaklebg9246
7 жыл бұрын
mdr les galeriens
@lebigeon
7 жыл бұрын
même si vous trouvez le français compliqué je comprendrais jamais pourquoi vous rajoutez "Le" devant chaque nom, sans critiquer biensûr.
@mostafaehab8107
7 жыл бұрын
You forgot the difficult and complex grammar system in French, I'm learning French and I tell you all the grammar system in French is very hard and very complex !!!
@kazurr267
7 жыл бұрын
Raizulee1 a another malay learning franch?? Jauh mana dh belajar? Need a partner tak?
@lxiaaane2
7 жыл бұрын
yes, even for native speakers haha.
@19Edurne
7 жыл бұрын
"Temps" se traduit par "tense" en conjugaison :)
@alanvt1
7 жыл бұрын
German has no historic past tense!
@johnr9763
6 жыл бұрын
Try to enjoy the vocabulary of French, and not to obsess over the grammar. But do a lot of speaking and writing practice, making up sentences, that sort of thing.
@gerardesterle7315
8 жыл бұрын
French is pretty easy compared to other languages, especially coming from English. The spelling is rediculous but once you get used to it, it's hard to see a French word and forget how to pronounce the spelling patterns.
@Frahamen
7 жыл бұрын
Hey, at least in French you don't get sentences like "They're their with there bear at Leicester square".
@Frahamen
7 жыл бұрын
+GodBotherer1 No, English has a hole heap of different pronounciations of same vowels, and letter clusters & they all somehow make words sounds like a bunch of long-winded R's, EI's and SH's
@tomo0086
7 жыл бұрын
Gerard Esterle What? Spanish is at least 10x easier than French. It took me a few days to be able to pronounce every single word in Spanish. It took me years to be able to properly pronounce words in French...
@hellosun8965
7 жыл бұрын
My mother tongue is Cantonese. I can speak Mandarin and have been learning English. I am trying to learn French for some reasons. I think French is harder to learn than English or Mandarin. The hardest part to learn French is what you pronounce is different from what you write and everything has a gender and too many rules need to follow. Be honest, learning to write Mandarin/Cantonese is much harder than French or English
@SCharlesDennicon
7 жыл бұрын
Huh ? I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more. English is waaaaay easier to learn than french.
@KraequhoS
7 жыл бұрын
The word "femme" is actually pronounced "fAmme" ;-) You are totally right.. French is so hard...
@arminarlelt7471
7 жыл бұрын
It is a bit hard yes, but after a bit of practice and learning you will be able to speak fluently, at least the simple words.
@bastobasto4866
7 жыл бұрын
Armin Arlelt what is hard is grammar
@alexistremblay1017
6 жыл бұрын
Le réformateur can you try and make sense..
@TAKEmeTOtheMORGUE
6 жыл бұрын
Le double "m" a une fonction, le 1er "m" sert à nasliser la voyelle (ici le "e") et le second sert de consonne (d'ailleurs c'est censé être vrai pour tous les doubles "m" et doubles "n", mais les gens nasalisent de moins en moins) Quand le son nasal de "e" est disparu dans la majorité des accents français, on l'a de suite remplacé par un son "a" nasal (an - comme dans penser, naturellement et autres) ou un son "i" nasal (in - comme dans pentagone ou agenda qui eux aussi commencent à se faire prononcer comme des "a" nasaux). Mais je tiens à rappeller que le son "a" dans femme devrait être nasal et que même, il devrait être, en fait, un son "e" nasal (qui lui a disparu dans la majorité des régions francophones).
@sebastienlegallic6304
6 жыл бұрын
"femme" is actually pronounced "fam" ;)
@Neuroneos
6 жыл бұрын
Every language has its own little excentricities, just makes it more pleasurable to learn.
@Mladjasmilic
8 жыл бұрын
I am so glad that I speak Serbian. Write as you speak, all day long.
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching :)
@lazarmarinkovic7611
7 жыл бұрын
Mladen Milić idd hahah :)
@idislikegoogleplus9452
7 жыл бұрын
Mladen Milić kako ste?
@martinkunev9911
7 жыл бұрын
But there are only about 20 million people to which you can write :)
@johnr9763
6 жыл бұрын
But the Serbians can pick up Russian or Polish relatively easily.
@RandomCelebs
6 жыл бұрын
J"ai vu personne = I saw no one J'ai vu UNE personne = I saw someone / a person J'ai vu DES personnes = I saw people Confused yet? When you just say 'personne' it can also mean 'no one'
@manuelbes
5 жыл бұрын
*"je N'ai vu personne"*
@albee2284
5 жыл бұрын
lol mAnu
@manuelbes
5 жыл бұрын
@@albee2284 Il ne faut pas oublier la négation ! ^^
@sirjoel9508
3 жыл бұрын
We have the rules if you confuse these words there isn’t article before "personne" is indefinite pronom, if you see the article before is a name
@evcico4478
7 жыл бұрын
I'm fluent in French and I came across this video thinking 'pssh French is easy'. You've changed my mind hahah
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
Haha, thanks for watching :)
@islamogauchistowokiste
6 жыл бұрын
T'as pas parlé de la différence de difficulté de conjugaison en français 😂😂😂
@metchoumetch3176
6 жыл бұрын
"Les poules du couvent couvent" (The hens of the convent smolder) Cette phrase résume bien le français.
@ekx5120
6 жыл бұрын
Actually with basic French grammar you can see how this is not a trick, given the person reading knows what a "couvent" is, and knows what "couver" means. If they do, they must know there couldn't be a verb after "du", so it can only be a noun, and after a noun, there's a verb, easy.
@emelpuck5437
6 жыл бұрын
So true !!
@stmaurice2045
6 жыл бұрын
Metchou Metch Et pour continuer avec la volaille (texte de Raymond Devos) "L'oie oit. Elle oit, l'oie! Ce que nous oyons, l'oie l'oit-elle? Si au lieu de dire "l'oreille", on dit "l'ouïe", alors: Pour peu que l'oie appartienne à Louis: - L'ouïe de l'oie de Louis a ouï. - Ah oui? Et qu'a ouï l'ouïe de l'oie de Louis? - Elle a ouï ce que toute oie oit... - Et qu'oit toute oie? - Toute oie oit, quand mon chien aboie au fond des bois...."
@metchoumetch3176
6 жыл бұрын
là, c'est le top level
@DreamLurker32
2 жыл бұрын
Here is my take on French after continuously trying to learn if for about 6 years now I started learning French around June or July 2016, I have studied 3 of those 6 years pretty much casually as I didn't have a goal other than for fun. My activities during those 3 years: Downloaded a couple of anki French word lists and phrases one was just words and one was words and phrases, one was about 5k words the other was around 10k words and phrases. It may seem like a lot or little according to what you think, but at the end, the first 3 years were very casual studying, I'd study for about 20-30 minutes, finish off my flashcards for the day and move on, I might have read some articles or that came along later i don't' remember exactly Last 3 years when i took it seriously I left the anki cards as nothing was really making any progress for me. I started watching educational channels teaching French, downloaded French movies with French subtitles, started bookmarking words that i translated, started reading articles in French, studying grammar, pronunciation videos and tips, etc.. Now all I can say is I was for the most part a beginner throughout all this journey, I could barely speak or string along a couple of sentences until like a few months ago. But now I can do that no problem, a little bit of struggle but I get there In terms of understanding French it's a long way to go, I still don't understand most of what a native speaker would say if it's raw non educational related French content without subtitles in French. I think in the end, it all depends on the AMOUNT OF HOURS OF WORK YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT IN. If you are a workaholic who consumes content of your desired language and not the average person who can study for few minutes or an hour here and there sporadically across the day, then you can make progress fast, if you are the type of person who sits around reading books, watching content, have high tolerance for whatever that is thrown your way by that language , study for 6-8 hours a day for few months aka immersion, if you can do that, then I think you're not the average person, you can do it faster and achieve excellent results fast. My problem is I'm a causal or ;lazy learner, and that is the problem with most of us language learners, we don't have the work ethic to immerse ourselves in that desired language for a lot of hours daily to e able to learn it!!! Because no matter how hard a language is, you've got to understand, kids, teenagers, old and young people from all different walks of life who happen to speak it as a first language, they all speak it, so it's not rocket science, it's just those people are immersed in the language and have been for years since birth and the average non native speaker doesn't have the time or energy and motivation to do so, find content that he will actually continue to watch in French that isn't already available in English. That is all it comes down to imo, IMMERSION, the more you immerse yourself, watch content in French on the daily for months, years, the kind of work and hours you can put in daily. Most learners, including me, who learn in a very casual way can't do that, BUT SOME CAN. I guess that's why you hear of all those polyglots who can literally sit for 8+ hours a day learning a language or two and do it over the course of 6 months like it's not a big deal.
@kevinxkamis
7 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been able to learn French if it wasn't my first language
@paultijink9966
8 жыл бұрын
In English, it's even worse, because there is no telling how to pronounce what you read, and when you hear a word, you don't know how to write it. I could have written: Inglish, eaven, wurs, becorse (British though), their, hou, or whatever. About unpronounced letters: write (rite), knight (night), thought (thawt), thorough (±thurra), etc. English spelling is a mess, I cannot put it otherwise.
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
Very true! Thanks for watching!
@ghenulo
8 жыл бұрын
Though like with French, English was once pronounced like it was written. The gh was once a voiced velar fricative, which is why it usually maps to the voiceless velar fricative ch (or its palatal allophone) in German: brachte (brought), durch (through), Nachbar (neighbor), etc.
@quinquiry
8 жыл бұрын
As French spelling is a mess too, it makes it easy for a French guy to learn English spelling too. Provided his spelling is good in his own language!
@paultijink9966
8 жыл бұрын
Too bad, the English and the French didn't keep track of the changes their languages came across. In Dutch, the spelling changed along with the sound changes, and I think, therefore, it is easier, or at least more coherent
@loveandletlove8529
6 жыл бұрын
Modern Dutch is the modern language closest to middle english and is evolving like english did in some ways ,where as final ''en''s are becoming ''uh'' sometimes slightly nasalised in sounds and final ''e''s which were uh are optionally silent if then ''en'' currently ''uh''(optionally nasalised) also starts to become silent then dutch would have a shift that happened in english,this is just a way how languages change,if we change spelling of words to accommodate the way they are newly pronounced people will end up having to learn two spelling systems to read what ever they wrote and what ever has been written back in the day,unless someone decides to translate all the books ever written in this new reformed version of english and also make the older generations who learned to spell one way learn a new way,it would be too costy a thing to do and as anything in life something that will create a division in people,something we don't need,Chinese learners have to learn a symbol for most words and a mix of the basic symbols for all the rest, in english and french you have to remember if to write,''write'' or ''right'' ,or, ''fie''(have fate/trust) or ''fille''(girl),apart from the fact ''write'' can very well have the w pronounced ,it wouldn't be a great noticeable difference to the people hearing but it will be to you when writing,its subtle ness is just why over the years many have simply dropped it,if it making a comeback in your speak t'will simple things up when writing.
@user-nm6ms9ro3r
6 жыл бұрын
If you think French is difficult, maybe you should try to learn traditional Chinese writing system.
@muditkhanna8164
4 жыл бұрын
oui à coup sûr le mandarin est le plus difficile.
@vrschwrngsthrtkr22
4 жыл бұрын
@Humpty Dumpty That is the point.
@shamissop5234
3 жыл бұрын
Traditional chinese writing is pretty tough because of the incredible amount of characters you need to learn but french, german and russian grammar and conjugation are way more difficult !
@Dibipable
5 жыл бұрын
In the french there are the hard R and the soft R and for "rue" and "route" it's the soft R, and the last R of même mot is hard or soft selon si le mot suivant commence par une voyelle ou une consonne, ou si le mot est seul. Hard si le mot est seul, ou s'il est suivi d'un mot commençant par une consonne et soft s'il est suivi d'un mot commençant par une voyelle, mais selon les régions il n'y a pas toujours cette règle...
@sanguinarium1614
7 жыл бұрын
French is complex. It has tons of rules, variations, tenses and exceptions. Congratulations if you're learning it, don't worry if you make mistakes, most French can't even spell it correctly
@nicotguillaume9043
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah like americain can't spell dumbass in their native language. Bullshit.
@PHlophe
6 жыл бұрын
Vinnie, most of us Frenchies can spell just fine , thank you lol!.
@nicotguillaume9043
6 жыл бұрын
The Tribal Funkster Maybe, in some points you're right but in every languages whatever who i am, who you are, who he / she is you don't need very often to mastering accents or hyphens if you speak simples sentences to an american when you are french or italian to an canadian and so on for example he / she can understand what you said. Understanding is someway the purpose of life.
@CountrySteaks
6 жыл бұрын
I don't disagree with what's said in the video, but in my opinion, the more notoriously challenging aspects of French certainly when compared with English include: 1. Gender of nouns, especially when the gender is arbitrary, and gender agreement between nouns and verbs. 2. The subjunctive, remembering to use it when conveying a mood or attitude, or when following "il faut que" = "it is necessary that", and then considering how to correctly conjugate it. 3. Pronominal verbs, which require swapping in a conjugated form of "être" in place of "avoir" alongside a conjugated form of "se". Phew! To illustrate these points: 1. "Where is my watch? I thought I put it on the table..." = "Où est *ma* montre? Je croyais que je l'ai *mise* sur *la* table". 2. "I doubt that you know what to do..." = "Je doute que tu *saches* / vous *sachiez* quoi faire". "It's necessary that we take the bus..." = "Il faut que nous *prenions* le bus". 3. "I didn't shave this morning..." = "Je ne *me suis* pas rasé ce matin". "They didn't shave this morning..." = "Ils ne *se sont* pas rasés ce matin". And so I think this goes to show that, in order to be fluent in conversational English, you generally don't have to juggle quite so many grammatical mechanics in comparison to French. I'm only comparing English and French because these are the only languages that I speak (French being my second language which I speak and write at intermediate level), and because English is the most widely spoken language. And anybody describing French as being easy is either very adept at learning new languages, or is being insincere, or has had the substantial advantage of being exposed to the French language on a regular basis whilst still at a young age. :)
@user-xg6zz8qs3q
7 жыл бұрын
NOOOO!!! You mispronounced "route" and said "rut" instead which means "to be on heat".
@mojojim6458
5 жыл бұрын
In heat.
@TheJeanjaque
6 жыл бұрын
The letter "H" is also very difficult for a French who wants to learn English , because most of the time we don't prononciate it and the meaning of the sentence change . For instance : I hate vegetables I ate vegetables
@treyb.194
8 жыл бұрын
FYI the word "femme" is pronounced as /fam/ not /fɛm/. I have no idea why but I guess that's more French ridiculousness. Another reason why French is hard (at least for me) is trying to hear and comprehend word endings that change verbs. For example: Je marcherai vs. Je marcherais. They're both pronounced the same but have two different meanings. You just have to know the context of what is being conveyed... but as a learner (and coupled with, as you said, the tendency for French speakers to speak fast) it becomes very difficult to understand.
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
Good catch! I have trouble with those endings too :) Thanks for watching!
@Citronxzme
8 жыл бұрын
"Je marcherai vs. Je marcherais" --> most of the younger French people can't even make a difference between future and conditional anyway.
@pmarquisYT
8 жыл бұрын
Je marcherai et Je marcherais actually don't pronounce the same. (Marcherai pronounces like "marcheré")
@pmarquisYT
8 жыл бұрын
Hum well now that I think about it you're right, most French from France don't make a distinction between the two. In Quebec, as in Belgium, we do.
@camillelombard5635
7 жыл бұрын
man /mæn/ men /mɛn/ woman /ˈwʊmən/ women /ˈwɪmɪn/
@richelleturner7343
3 жыл бұрын
I agree that French is difficult. I also started learning it in school but we did not spend sufficient time studying to become fluent.
@abiagio1
7 жыл бұрын
An English speaking person complaining about French spelling: the kettle calling the pot black?
@alpha791
8 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, we used to pronounce all the letters in the French language. Centuries ago. Nowadays, we tend to drop syllables in words but not all regions do it.
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool. It's like a history lesson every time you read French :) Thanks for watching!
@elali9577
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve had a single hope for learning French but you’d destroyed it all lmao
@chido5945
3 жыл бұрын
Nah the dude says a lot of bs and arrogant shit. Every language would have it’s own difficulties and it’s up to you to conquer them; if you think switching from french to let’s say German would make it easier. Youd just meet the same challenges again but presented differently. My advice is ignore you tubers like this giving excuses and have fun learning your target language!!
@malcolmdale
7 жыл бұрын
I remember our teacher saying if he comes in and says "celui-ci c'est une livre" we wouldn't understand, but if he comes in and says (in German) "Das ist ein Buch" we would know he means "that is a book"
@adamharmon981
7 жыл бұрын
If you think this is bad, Irish has all of these problems but 10 times more difficult. There are exceptions for exceptions and don't get me started on spelling and pronunciation
@endoopdebeeck
7 жыл бұрын
Adam Harmon Same for dutch.
@Shadow77999
7 жыл бұрын
I think learning a language in school with pencil and paper or a chalkboard is really stupid and makes things harder. The best way to learn a languaje is being forced to speak it. Like a new come inmigrant who arrives and doesnt knows a word
@ninezerotwo1778
6 жыл бұрын
That only works if people will be patient with you. A classroom is so much more practical, no question about it.
@MrC0MPUT3R
8 жыл бұрын
You have nice teeth. I am jealous.
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
@eelminthonthefourth3795
4 жыл бұрын
French native speaker, I think we should streamline our language to remove those none nonsensical exceptions so that we keep the precision and consistence of our language but also gain the appeal of the English language, that's being, easy to roll off the tongue. Maybe some scholar could gather together and create a mix of multiple language to gain all their strength and remove their weaknesses.
@SteveMcQueenz
6 жыл бұрын
hey foreigners ! don't be ashamed at being bad at french ! Native speakers of french are really very bad at french too, that's a fact. A vast majority of native french speakers can't write an entire sentence without errors. so be cool to yourselves !
@suryavajra
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the encouragement Steve! I was wondering whether or not to learn, and you have made me feel better! lol
@boblopers1620
5 жыл бұрын
that's totally true most of the french (like me ) can still make a fuck ton of errors when writing a text even after like 15 years of learning
@chrisp187
6 жыл бұрын
Correct me if i'm wrong. If there is a silent 's' at the end of a word it can make 3 different sounds depending on the next word to follow. So if its a consonant (not 'h' or 's') it will make no sound, if its an 's' it will make 's' sound, and if its a vowel or 'h' it will make a 'z' sound.
@Street_French
7 жыл бұрын
nice video! :)
@flamebird2218
7 жыл бұрын
3:37 *Though it is indeed an undeniable fact that French has heavily influenced modern English, the case with the Medieval English elite not speaking English would be untrue before 1066 or after 1300, the nobility were still speaking Old English (Anglo-Saxon) before that, and Middle English after that.* It looked like this: Hƿæt! Ƿe Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. *The only reason why the English Medieval elite spoke French (not after the 1300s, they abandoned it after a certain point), was because of the Norman invasion*. Very little French influence existed before that, and it was mostly influenced by Old Norse. Had it not been for the Normans winning at Hastings, we would be speaking in a similar fashion to modern German or Icelandic, and French would be *a lot harder to learn*!
@kenzamoumou1852
6 жыл бұрын
Hi I'm french when you prounonce "femme" you have to pronounce it like it's a "A" (famme) :-)
@JFSilverface
7 жыл бұрын
A little mistake with the word "filles" the "S" is not prononced but the others letters are, for exemple in french you have the word "fît" you can prononce "fi" but the word "fille" should be prononced "fiye", there is a rule in french if the double l is after a i you have to prononce it like a y, for exemple word "cadillac" prononced "cadiyac" in french, for "fille" it is subtle because the 2 sounds are almost the same. For "Les" the S is not prononced for sure but it changes the way you prononce the E.
@Aditya-te7oo
5 жыл бұрын
I love the French spelling and pronunciation.
@gabrieladraganabarac5431
4 жыл бұрын
Because you are astoundingly twerp
@gregorybrian
6 жыл бұрын
The reason there are letters in French that are not pronounced is because the spoken language came first and when it was codified in written form, scholars based the spelling on Latin rules.
@mpiana3
7 жыл бұрын
Kind of similar problems to English if you think about it. Exceptions to rules, words pronounced differently then they are spelt. Conjugation not so difficult in English but maybe a bit random (go, went)
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
That is true. Thanks for watching :)
@learnfrenchwithmeme5944
6 жыл бұрын
to matthew plana. I find the conjugation in english not difficult at all,. What is difficult in english, is to know where to put the stress (for example "differently" the stress is on DI. This is something that only comes by listening. And then, like all languages, once you know the basics, mastering the language is the toughest part. It never finishes. In french, if you really focus on the grammar at first, doing a lot of exercises just to remember all the exceptions (like we do in french primary school. From age 7 to 10, we study grammar all the time at school doing "dictées" and other boring but necessary stuff), then it's not very complicated, it's some kind of gymnastic.
@steveharris1740
6 жыл бұрын
To go is an irregular verb in English. But it is also an irregular verb in Spanish "ir" and French "aller". Most Romantic and Germanic languages have irregular verbs which don't follow the regular conjugation rules.
@desalpagesgator4988
6 жыл бұрын
easy pronunciation of French : L'abeille coule - Pruneau cuit, pruneau cru - six fûts, six caisses, le doigt dans le trou du fût, la main entre les caisses - Trois petites truites crues - La grosse cloche sonne - Ce ver vert sévère sait verser ses verres verts.
@joao_gomes
8 жыл бұрын
If french people talk fast try going to Spain, it looks like have got to take the train after they speak!
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
I was in Barcelona in the spring, and I can attest to what you're saying. Whether Spanish or Catalan, it was spoken really quickly! Thanks for watching :)
@yarmo28
7 жыл бұрын
English people must number among the fastest speakers. I suppose what is 'fast' depends on how well one knows the language. Re: English spelling - here's a test that you must read aloud: pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stuff/english-pronunciation.html
@Val-cv7jd
5 жыл бұрын
@@ThePolyglotFiles we (french) don't speak very fast compare to you, and mexicans goddamn
@keagaming9837
Жыл бұрын
If I ever have a kid (probably will never have one) I will teach them both English and French so they won't have to deal with the learning process of English and French when they are older.
@jasonk.6834
7 жыл бұрын
You pronounce femmes wrong.
@floxy20
7 жыл бұрын
French is so difficult to learn for an English speaker because of how it is taught in school, namely by the practice of teaching both the oral and written form at the same time. I would have at least two years of strictly oral instruction only so the brain can build its own mental pathways. Children learn languages quickly not because they have a special affinity for language acquisition (which they seem to lose later when in school!) but because they learn the language orally at their mother's knee, so to speak. P.S. Written instruction also fosters the harmful effects of vocabulary instruction while oral usage emphasizes the context of words in different situations.
@Ibeth2785
7 жыл бұрын
yeah the pronunciation,damn is so hard to get it right for me
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
Keep working at it. It'll come :) Thanks for watching!
@Ibeth2785
7 жыл бұрын
The Polyglot Files no,thank you for your tips :)
@breizhrudie4757
7 жыл бұрын
Worst when you're French and you try to speak English, you're imediatly spotted xD
@ethrean9367
7 жыл бұрын
In fact there is a difference between the silent 'h' and the aspirated one. When you say an aspirated 'h'. If you put your hand in front of your mouth when speaking, you will feel a slight blow when saying an aspirated 'h', whereas you should not when saying a silent 'h'... Yeah that's not much, but it's enough for french speakers to forbid liaisons. But don't worry, aspirated 'h' tend to disapear in the oral language. maybe in 30-50 years
@edwardm.500
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos. However I think you mispronounced the French word for woman.
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@julioaugustonaranjoanderso4000
7 жыл бұрын
Away dit le toé si t'est bin capable
@tabor721
6 жыл бұрын
Actually Most of English words were directly borrowed from Latin. French used Latin as official language in England. The word "Candle" comes from Latin word "Candela." Person come from Latin word "Persona" which can refer to a mask. Afterall, Personal matters are "hidden" from public. I know this, because I learned Latin for more than a year. The grammatical endings of Latin were eliminated and the words from latin were added to Middle English.
@martinkunev9911
7 жыл бұрын
You started learning french when you were 6 and you don't know how to pronounce "femme"? This totally discredits the whole video. If after 20+ years you cannot pronounce an A1 word properly, don't you think the problem may actually be in you?
@meeekstubbular
6 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha who would be offended to be called a trou du cul?, 'must be a new term of endearment ha ha ha!
@nirmalavasanthi9604
5 жыл бұрын
Il a fait d'autres vidéos qui sont aussi incorrectes et peu crédibles.
@Farsmezan
6 жыл бұрын
I want to revolutionize all the languages and make them easy to learn. The hardest part about learning a language is its writing system. Therefore, I want to change and unify the writing systems of all languages. As a result, the time we waste on learning how to spell and how to pronounce will be reduced to a few days of practice. This will help to learn any language faster. For example, the Chinese language within two months and French language within one month. This will bring us closer to each other, and will make the world better.
@yarmo28
7 жыл бұрын
Les femmes [le fam] French is really not difficult, at least not for English people whose language has tons of French vocabulary. If you have a good teacher, you can learn very quickly.
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
That's very true. Thanks for watching!
@ninezerotwo1778
6 жыл бұрын
French is the 5th hardest language in the world.
@christinepoinsard7040
7 жыл бұрын
I am french and you made me laugh. It's always interesting to know what difficulties a foreigner has when learning our own language. We are so used to it from childhood ! Good luck to you !
@antoineforest2817
7 жыл бұрын
J'avoue que le français est dur, je suis en secondaire 1 a une école très forte et je le maîtrise toujours pas!
@Padraigcoelfir
7 жыл бұрын
Ne...Pas, Je ne le maîtrise toujours pas. ;) et à une école mais, dans une école serait mieux. Le truc pour maîtriser le français c'est de faire des dictées et l'analyse grammaticale. Vient ensuite, la lecture le vocabulaire. Ce qui me tue encore, c'est les redoublements de consonnes. Bonne chance!
@roxane6131
6 жыл бұрын
Antoine Forest je trouve que tu es très doué parceque c'est vrai que la français est dur, même moi qui suis française j'ai du mal
@gaelfortier2668
6 жыл бұрын
Truc: Quand tu parles d'un endroit, tu utilises "à", pas "a", parce que "a" est le verbe avoir à la 3e personne du singulier. Exemple: Je m'en vais *à* l'école.
@andromisilibrober
5 жыл бұрын
@@Padraigcoelfir à l'oral, dans le langage parlé, on peut dire "pas" sans dire "ne"
@olyl3859
4 жыл бұрын
Pratique / pratique / pratique En secondaire 1, il te reste encore beaucoup d’années à étudier la langue de Molière. Tout déprend de ton champ d’intérêt, mais à force d’écrire, lire et se faire corriger cela deviendra naturel. Oui, ça peut prendre des années, mais le français est une belle langue et puis peut-être un jour tu y prendras goût comme moi.
@narimene7901
2 жыл бұрын
😢 unfortunately i had to study in college in french language in my country.. and it's very hard for me ! It was a huge obstacle in my way.. till now i'm unable to think or speak or write in french despite studying it at school for 10 years.. i hated it ! English is the 3rd language in my contry.. but i love it and it's quite easy to use ♥️ i'm used to using it in my daily life...
@MrAdryan1603
8 жыл бұрын
I don't mean to be rude, but you're pronunciation of the French "R"s is awful... actually, it's pretty much your entire French accent, such as with the "Les", etc. Just keep practicing and listening to native speakers and pay closer attention. Otherwise, very informative video. French is one of my favorites languages. I've been learning it for about 2 years and I am finally close to fluent. I first learned Spanish and Italian, and all the romance languages are absolutely beautiful. Props to you for helping people learn. You're a good teacher. Cheers
@MrAdryan1603
8 жыл бұрын
+Philip Faver: the one at the top is a typo, I just noticed it. Haven't you heard of swype? Yes, it gets things wrong sometimes. I'm an English major, I'm not stupid. Entertaining someone like you longer than this, however, is a waste of time. :/
@oliveranderson7264
7 жыл бұрын
Lol his accent is fine for a non-native speaker (except for "femme"). Most speakers would understand him perfectly.
@aaronpicking4935
7 жыл бұрын
Adrian...you're close to being a fluent idiot.
@MrAdryan1603
7 жыл бұрын
A-Almansour: I'd rate my memory at like a 7... not super perfect but after I started working out all the kinks with how I was learning Spanish, I developed a pretty great language-learning system to cement verbs and words etc into my head and as long as I keep using these languages regularly they stay fresh in my head and I don't forget much. Good luck with your language learning adventure!
@MrAdryan1603
7 жыл бұрын
Aaron Picking: I usually don't respond to pointless, negative comments, but I'm curious as to why do you say this? I don't quite understand how I've offended you. I stated to the maker of the video that he might want to improve on his accent. Now that I read over what I said, I might have been a little blunt but as I stated, I was simply trying to help! Speech and language (basically the entire field of linguistics) is my passion in life and I just have a very good ear for accents and pronunciation. Wasn't trying to insult anybody and I guess I need to learn to express myself better in that regard.
@soruyorum1532
5 жыл бұрын
this video does not argue learning French is difficult for main tongue English, it compares differences between French and English as grammatically.
@footalex4652
6 жыл бұрын
Il y n'y a qu'un seul moyen pour parler français à la perfection: être français.
@meeekstubbular
6 жыл бұрын
Is or was Peter Ustinov French? I rest my caisse de Champagne.
@timorisien596
6 жыл бұрын
C'est faux je suis originaire de l'ile Maurice et je parle aussi bien le français que toi
@meeekstubbular
6 жыл бұрын
Mauritius! Vous savez ou est la France? Et vous ne parlez pas le Creole labas? Ah bon je vais faire comme elle Pfff, Pfff, Pfff! Tu sais t'aurais pas trop'd mal a parler mieux que moi. Depuis plus'd 40 je'nle parle que tres rarement...Tu aimes mes apostrophes j'les mets pour parler comme un Parigot, C'est bien quand meme non? Quand j'etais en France a la campagne ils ne les aimaient pas trop ces parisiens qui savaient tout, tout'l temps Alors ils disaient "Parigot gros bec, allumette au cul, Parigot foutu" ! c'est genial quand meme non? Puis ceux qui auraient bien aimer etre Parisien 'y' disaient. "Chui pas'd Panam, mais j'y boss" Oh Thanx very much to awake all this old stuff for me and sorry for you guys who are trying to learn French, I guess this was not much help for you but if by any chance, any of you read this and can understand it you may see the funny side of it. Oh Neymar tu t'adresses a Alex, Je crois qu'il a ecrit ca sur un autre YT aussi. Bien sure que non on a pas besoin uniquement d'etre Francais, faut etre doue et aimer et vouloir le parler, c'est tout. Pff Pff Pff je suis a bout de souffle comme J P Belmondo
@timorisien596
6 жыл бұрын
meeekstube ou la la ta tu ferais mieux d'arrêter la drogue mon ami, j'ai rien piger a ton texte 40 000 lignes
@meeekstubbular
6 жыл бұрын
mon chval s'était emballé, pis etre doué c'est pas donné a tou'l monde :) Quand même des fois Jean Nay-mar aussi :) Excuse my French and hope you don't learn from it! 3(lingnes)
@gaelfortier2668
6 жыл бұрын
Have you ever wondered why "les" doesn't sound like "le"? Reason: In old french, words with "es" meant to make the sound "è" or "ê". Nowdays, there are few words that still has the old gammar, such as "Descendre", "Les" and a French Last Name "Dufresne" (Du frêne, which is a tree)
@DakotaAbroad
8 жыл бұрын
My French is horrendous but my boyfriend (who is Chinese) doesn't really speak English. We met in France. So I speak it well enough to have a relationship based around it. (Gives some actual meaning to the name "language of love". =P) I make a LOT of mistakes. That's partially because I've gotten to this point where I don't care. I just say whatever I want and don't care about the exceptions and what gets liaisons and so much more! Not caring makes French so much easier. =P I always found basic Japanese to be easier than basic French which a lot of my friends think is weird but I stand by that claim to this day!
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's interesting (and pretty awesome). Maybe I'll have to look more into Japanese. Thanks for watching!
@DakotaAbroad
8 жыл бұрын
Once you get past that basic level though Japanese can get REALLY tricky. A lot of it builds on other forms of the language so you kind of have to learn it in a pretty specific way in my experience. XD And no problem. I found your videos interesting. You commented on my videos (I think... I think that's how I found you. XD), checking yours out is the least I could do! =P
@marine6271
7 жыл бұрын
As a native French speaker learning Japanese at Uni, I totally agree, basic Japanese is way easier than basic French but it gets complicated soon enough unfortunatly :/
@SteveMcQueenz
6 жыл бұрын
totally agree about japanese too !
@Lansdowne11
6 жыл бұрын
It's funny to think about all these intricacies of French. After you speak French (if it's not your native language), you don't even think about them anymore. The hardest question to answer about French is, "Why do they do that?" For the same reason we have "to, two, too" in English. It's just that way. The more quickly you just accept the rules, the easier it becomes. It does start to make sense after a bit.
@TheMurasaki1
6 жыл бұрын
Les poules du couvent couvent
@desalpagesgator4988
6 жыл бұрын
Les bases du français ne sont pas plus difficiles que d'autres langues, par contre, vous allez avoir d'énormes problèmes quand vous parlerez avec des français, nous utilisons de très nombreuses expressions figurées qui ne se traduisent pas dans d'autres langues, en plus elles changent de sens selon le contexte dans lesquelles vous les utilisez, sachez aussi que vous n'employez pas le même français quand vous parlez à une personne qui n'est pas de votre classe sociale ou de votre âge. Le français parlé familier ne s'écrit pas. Vous pouvez écrire des phrases de plusieurs façons, vous pouvez vous amuser à créer des expressions. Et n'oubliez jamais que de très nombreuses phrases et expressions ont plusieurs sens et qu'il est risqué de les employer, vous pourriez être extrêmement vulgaire même si vous n'utilisez pas de mots grossiers, comme exemple "Il faut faire un choix dans la date" qui est une expression dangereuse à utiliser. The basics of French are no more difficult than other languages, on the other hand, you will have huge problems when you speak with French, we use very many figurative expressions that do not translate into other languages, in addition they change their meaning depending on the context in which you use them, also know that you do not use the same French when you speak to a person who is not your social class or your age. Familiar spoken French is not written. You can write sentences in many ways, you can have fun creating expressions. And never forget that very many phrases and phrases have many meanings and that it is risky to use them, you could be extremely vulgar even if you do not use rude words, as an example "You have to make a choice in the date "which is a dangerous expression to use.
@dbcooper28
7 жыл бұрын
DON'T WORRY EVEN FRENCH PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR GRAMMAR
@pixelum2023
6 жыл бұрын
ALL languages are difficult to a certain extent. All languages have their idiosyncrasies and illogical rules, because they grow organically from other languages and so a lot of extraneous baggage and traditions gets added to the mix over the centuries. French, like Spanish, Italian and Romanian, amongst others, grew from common (vulgar) Latin. With many other influences. What you find easy or difficult also depends where you are coming from, what languages you already know, etc.
@ninezerotwo1778
6 жыл бұрын
So are humans naturally mono-lingual? Is all this fuss over "learning" other languages a senseless endeavor?
@Maxence1402a
7 жыл бұрын
As a French, I think you explained this in a very bad way. Pronunciation has a lot of rules in French, and very few exceptions.
@metchoumetch3176
7 жыл бұрын
Hi guys. I'm french and ok it's not an easy language. But don't worry. The mute letters are not a problem to speack with a French. We know how words are written and so what kind of mistakes you could make. The "H" in fact even french make the mistake. The binding with words (liaisson) is not an obligation. To speack a foreign language you have to know something like 3000 different words. French and English share 1000 common words.More than chinese isn't it? Bon courage à vous!
@aymen1262
8 жыл бұрын
am learning french since i was 6 ....here im now. 10 years later ... . . . . . I am barely can spell a word .
@ThePolyglotFiles
8 жыл бұрын
Keep practicing. It'll click eventually. The spelling is pretty predictable once you sort out the silent letters. Thanks for watching!
@meeekstubbular
6 жыл бұрын
perhaps you should grow up then :)) Butt woo karez about the spelling if you kan speekit?
@andromisilibrober
5 жыл бұрын
LOL same for me about german language. I understand a few things but that's it. but I started to learn it at 9 and I'm not learning it any more
@voisinem2
7 жыл бұрын
I'm a native french speaker and the way you've pronounce "route" you kind of said it as an hybrid between "Rue" and "Route" You could literally pronounce it as "root+te" I don't know maybe when you said it on the fly you haven't chose which of those two words you wanted to say. But anyways it's always fun to see other people showing an interest into learning another language. Keep up the good work my friend! ;)
@francym7741
7 жыл бұрын
I mean...if you think french is hard try to study german...you'll change your mind.
@gabizzer
6 жыл бұрын
Francy M it's actually easier ; German is hard but regular and steady unlike french which is irregular.
@ninezerotwo1778
6 жыл бұрын
Every single thing about German is easier than French (including vocab), except for the declension and 100% randomly assigned noun genders. French at least has a gender rule system.. I'd call the two equally difficult.
@Val-cv7jd
5 жыл бұрын
@@ninezerotwo1778 the writting is harder in french, but speaking is much harder in german
@knupreetkaur5668
3 жыл бұрын
i just started today to learn french but i am already about to give up.
@Hawaiian_Shirt_guy
7 жыл бұрын
No, French is easy. French "class" is hard.
@zigv8325
7 жыл бұрын
"rut" and "route" are very different (in their pronunciations and meanings), you don't want to confuse them ;)
@elmoujahidzakaria9533
3 жыл бұрын
I hate French sense I started learning it in the third grade
@PhxSml
4 жыл бұрын
One thing he didn't talk about is gender. Each noun have a gender but the thing is there's no rule to know it. You just gotta know it.. And even as a French native there are many many words that I don't know the gender.
@FollowMyFrench
7 жыл бұрын
You nailed it!
@Marie.b
6 жыл бұрын
Aurella omg found you. i loved your videos and watched loads but after a break I totally forgot your name, I tried variations of Ariel lol but could not find your channel in my history or any place. I had just given up a couple of days ago and here you are! lol. ok back to watching you clean your apartment and test soup with your boyfriend(that was you wasn't it) anyway... great.
@iwanttosuckyouoffand9437
6 жыл бұрын
Aurella like I nailed your ass
@iwanttosuckyouoffand9437
6 жыл бұрын
Aurella in bed
@spaveevo
7 жыл бұрын
The morale of this story is to learn French when you are 2. Then by age 5 you have mastered it.
@daajrazgul2231
7 жыл бұрын
what? french is easy as hell. not as easy as english but still pretty easy. at least to a latin language speaker.
@justzalevskyy257
6 жыл бұрын
daaj razgul that depends on the person : 1-if she likes lenguages 2-if she haves the abillity to learn 3-if she needs to learn it 4-if she have the same roots of language (can be easy like you said) This is my opinion, I still talk 5 different languages (ukrainian,russian,french and english)
@steveharris1740
6 жыл бұрын
English and French are related mostly by vocabulary. The are some significant differences in grammar. From what I've studied, Russian and Ukrainian are very similar...kind of like the similarity of German and Dutch.
@xxransu3369
6 жыл бұрын
We don't speak fast. You're just not used to speak french. I'm french and, for example, when I listen to a music in english, I often need subtitles for understand because I feel he's singing fast, beacuse I'm not used to speak english. I think it's the same for all the languages.
@samueldemers5747
7 жыл бұрын
your pronounciation is very bad. you do pronounce the letters '' LL '' in the word filles. i doesnt sound like a L but it make a sound that you have to pronouce in order to say the word fille properly. not saying this to be a dick. some of the word you pronounce are great but others like ''femmes'' really need some work. also '' the men'' in french is ''L'homme'' or '' un homme''
@oliveranderson7264
7 жыл бұрын
Actually I disagree. Although I would pronounce the "ll" as a "soft" y if I were trying to emphasize on the word, in everyday speach I (and most likely many other speakers) would just say it as "fi". Both ways of saying it are imo correct.
@samueldemers5747
7 жыл бұрын
Oliver Anderson french is my native language and i have never heard anyone ever say fi you do have to pronounce the LL. otherwise its not Fille its just FI wich is not a word. btw im from Québec so we have a different accent. the LL in Québec might be pronouce a little bit more idk. still miss pronouce Femme big time =)
@oliveranderson7264
7 жыл бұрын
Samuel Demers Well that explains it then lol. I'm from Belgium and I can assure you that "fi" is a totally acceptable way of saying it :)
@samueldemers5747
7 жыл бұрын
Oliver Anderson you french folks are weird =)
@oliveranderson7264
7 жыл бұрын
Samuel Demers *Belgian haha
@who1033
6 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if it’s the case for other people, but here, we don’t even say everything we write down Exemple: I don’t know = Je ne sais pas Instead we say *Je sais pas* or sometimes even *Ch’ai pô* Only because it’s easier and and faster to say (My English might not be good since it’s my third language)
@larrysulky7614
5 жыл бұрын
"Oiseaux" was a bad choice to illustrate liaison, because it starts with a semivowel sound ("w"), not a true vowel, so it does not trigger liaison (at least, I've never heard it in that phonetic context). "Les amis" would have been a better example.
@leolight5369
5 жыл бұрын
0:39 Wrong : "filles" all the letters are pronounced except s. The -ille" part sounds like y as in "yolk".
@andromisilibrober
5 жыл бұрын
c'est vrai
@Dinos135
7 жыл бұрын
My native language is Spanish and for us native Spanish speaker is not to hard to learn French, it's more difficult to learn English
@effe125
7 жыл бұрын
Hi there ! Really enjoyed your video. Just to stress something out, the aspirated "h" actually doesn't exist in French, even though in France we are taught (by our teachers) very young that it does exist (which is wrong). Doing a liaison with words like "hache","haricot", or "hiboux" is actually okay even though nobody does it because it sounds ugly. That's what my French teacher revealed us in highschool and he is like some kind of erudite so I entirely trust him (he wrote several books and knows ancient greek and latin and teaches French so his linguistic skills are pretty good I'd say). However when you check the Académie Française website you do see that the h aspiré is admitted which explains why it is so widespread.
@ThePolyglotFiles
7 жыл бұрын
Hmm... that's interesting. We spent a lot of time on it in school, but I can see why it wouldn't exist. Thanks for watching!
@ouimonsieur
6 жыл бұрын
What about how hard is to spell english. Just spelling wednesday or knife and many others.
@peperle
6 жыл бұрын
I mean... I’m french native and I don’t even know by heart which « h » are silent and which are aspirated. I think you can survive and speak pretty fluent french without knowing it.
@steveharris1740
6 жыл бұрын
Another thing that makes spoken English super difficult (at least in the U.S.) is that many people don't pronounce words correctly, slur words together (don't annunciate), speak very quickly, and use improper grammar...then there are the accents (Jersey, Southern, Midwestern) This can make it very difficult for a non-native to understand English. I guess this could be true of any language though.
@stxrryd
4 жыл бұрын
what made french easier for me to understand was establishing the divide in my head between my native language (english) and french. i think a really important thing to remember is EVERY language has its own set of rules that do not comply with your own language. my french teacher in school told me to NEVER translate a language word for word or letter for letter. there comes a point where you need to let go of your tendencies to think in the ways that you are used to. you can't study a language hoping for it to sound like english or whatever your native language is. at some point, you need to rewire your brain to THINK in the language you are studying, to let the rules and pronunciations stand for themselves because they deserve to be independent from your initial expectations.
@ronsquis
6 жыл бұрын
you made some mistakes. in the first example, the "s" in "les" _is_ pronounced, because in that word, the "es" make the sound "é". in the word "filles", the "lle" _is_ actually pronounced: the "ille" makes the sound of an insisted "i", plus a small shwa sound produced by the "e" (at least I think that's true pls dont kill me if im wrong). anyway this is a great video :) I'm so happy to be a native french speaker so that I don't have to learn the language, good luck with learning it!
@El-mu4tr
6 жыл бұрын
I've been learning French since I was 7 or 8 and I'm still not fluent whatsoever. I stopped having lessons at school when I was 11. From 11 to 14, I learned French on and off. Since I was 15/16 to now (I'm 17) I have gotten a lot better, but this is from listening to French music, Duolingo, Memrise, HelloTalk, Tandem, etc. and I try to speak French often online. French pronunciation is quite hard.
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