My Best French Accent Tips
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
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One of the most common goals that I hear from French students is that they want to improve their French accent. If you want to sound more authentically French when speaking, and less like a learner or a tourist, then this video is for you!
In this compilation of some of my most popular videos, I’ll introduce you to my very best tips for improving your French accent, so you can see a noticeable difference in as little time as possible. Let’s dive in!
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😘 from Grenoble, France.
Géraldine
OMG! You are a genius, dear Géraldine! I have just found my french "R" thanks to you!!!!
So happy for you!! I’m still working on mine. 😊😊🇫🇷
Me too! I have spent much time trying to pick these up but this tops it off. All good to you Geraldine!!
Hi
Thank you Géraldine, I finally know how to achieve the French 'r' consistently!
Love love LOVE to hear Géraldine say "bonbon"...
I was recently asked by a friend (a French friend), what are the most difficult words in the French language for me to pronounce. I replied that by far and away the two biggest word demons for me are: 'dessus' and 'dessous'. My friend was somewhat taken aback that these little words could cause difficultly. This video has helped me a lot in dealing with these little monsters*. Thanks to the wonderful clarity of Géraldine's voice. :)
*I'll still need to practice them a lot though...
Great lesson!!! PS The 4 consonants oftentimes pronounced at the end of words, especially monosyllables, C,R,F,L, are all in the English word CaReFuL - it's a good mnemonic that I learned back in high school.🇺🇸💕🇫🇷
This is a great tip - thanks!
This video gave me more help with pronunciation than I got in 4 years of high school French and one year in college. And I grew up in NY in a French Canadian family! But I only absorbed isolated words and phrases at home. I have always been embarrassed by the way I clumsily speak French. It becomes really embarrassing when I visit Montreal or Quebec City. Thank you for finally unlocking the secret of the French R!
It's all the little things that can create an accurate accent. As someone who speaks many languages, we don't often hear the mistakes we're making, until someone is kind enough to point it out. This video is awesome. THANKYOU for posting this.
Thank you Geraldine. Brilliant!!
quelle super vidéo! merci beaucoup!
When I began to learn French in 1963 I had an excellent native French professor who taught us that you can't produce a sound until you can hear the difference between that sound and another one, such as between American R and French R or between English "say" and French "C'est, ses, ces..." dessous/dessus. He also explained tongue and lip positions just like you do. I have rarely seen these explanations again until watching your videos. Usually in videos we heard some impressionistic explanation about gargling for the R, not the more helpful and accurate relation to the G sound. When you make a G or K sound in English you raise the back of your tongue to block the airflow and then release the air. For a French R you lower your tongue from the G/K position just slightly to allow a narrow space for the air to flow: That's the French R! I also appreciate your excellent treatment of nasal vowels and the difference between OU and U and how to make the U with your tongue in the I position then rounding the lips forward. Good explanation also about how to nasalize vowels. You are an excellent teacher for anglophones. Bravo!
When you said "rule of thumb" I wondered how to say that in French. I looked it up and found une règle générale." J'en apprends tous les jours!
Using the gargling technique is a good first step to getting there. That’s what my French teacher from high school told us, but of course it’s a much softer and more subtle sound than straight up gargling.
This is amazing thank you
Merci Beaucoup Mme. LePere. Bonne momentes sur la classe. Mon accent n'est pas mal.
I looovvvveee your videos they help me so much with french❤️❤️
Merci professor🙏 j’aime votre cour le français
Have learnt a lot!!
Merci beaucoup!!
J'habite en Londres, mais je suis ougandais et Anglophone.
J'habite Londres (I think).
Merci pour such a good video. People always say that theres only one pronunciation of French R while there are actually 3 types of R pronunciations. In french words like rouge and partir, the R's at the beginning of a word, in the middle and at the end of a word are pronounced quite differently, if you notice how people french pronounce them. Its called voiced uvular fricative, voiceless uvular fricative and uvular proximant. The other one R thats rare in french is uvular trill like the R in italian and spanish. This R in some french-speaking countries like belgium, and louisiana french are pronounced this way. I aint a linguist so please correct me if im wrong. Id be very glad if you could make a video on these kinds of french R's. Merci beaucoup.
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Bravo Geraldine Merci beaucoup
J'adore tes cheveux
I am ardent follower of your weekly uploads.Kindly make new content.
I’d like to transform my Quebec accent into more French French. ;-) What would you recommend I do? Merci!
Hello Geraldine, I already have my dalf c1 for French but I still don’t feel confident while writing…. What should I do ?
Thank you so much for this, I am an avid Learner and want to add French to my list of known languages, Merci Beacoup!
I have a favor to ask, since the moving of Messi to PSG, how would I correctly write the following "I am now a fan of PSG, au revoir Barcelona!"
«Je suis maintenan fana de PSG. Au revoir Barcelone»
Muy hermosa Geraldine
Bonjour. Would you say ‘Nous sommes à Paris’ with the liaison - ´Nous sommeza Paris’? And is Les Halles pronounced ‘Layz Al’?
Bonjour,
La liaison n'est pas nécessaire dans ces deux cas.
Merci,
Fabien
Comme Une Française Team
I would die and know the intro instrument, I Have been looking for it for a long time without any benefit, May anyone who knows it help me to find it and thank you.
I always have difficulty with the word "euro". La voiture coûte dix cent mille euros.
C'est facile quel temps Geraldine. : ) Pas probleme. Bonne Nuite. Merci beaucoup Toute suite : ) Katherine MARSH
I'm gonna practice saying "a funny brown sailor" en français - un marin marron marrant. Quite the tongue twister...
Geraldine, thanks for the great videos! I really like your style of teaching.
I also wanted to point out something in this video. There's a difference between an accent and a dialect.
An accent is different pronunciation and intonation while a dialect is different vocabulary and grammar.
You can learn to speak standard French with different accents. You can also learn speak different dialects of French with the Parisian accent.
J'aime beaucoup tout ça : le grand ours, la girafe et cet accent français très mignon de l'anglais absolument parfait de Géraldine. 😘
9:34 Un = in? Not for me! This must be a recent mutation in French, because to me there are 4 nasal vowels in "Un bon vin blanc." and they are pronounced distinctly. It is only in Paris that they have merged. "Some dialects also feature a nasalized /œ/ (/œ̃/) which has merged with /ɛ̃/ in Paris." It is probably the corrupting influence of high immigration.
Un ours sounds like 'a noose.'
I don't understand why you're saying there are 3 nasal vowels, there are 4. UN BON VIN BLANC. those are 4 separate sounds. you treat UN and VIN as the same vowel sound.
J'ai regardé à un documentary sur la circulation. A cause du bruit, ils l'ont sous-titré. Une femme a dit quelque chose que j'aurais dit être cinq ou six mots. En fait le sous-titrage coulait une ligne et demi de longeur et les mots douze ou treize. Le deuxième moitiè de sa phrase été comme un son légèrement modulé d'une seule voyelle. Ce genre de français, ecouter ou parler - I don't want to go there.
Also you need some tips
To improve your english
Bonjour Madaaselle Geraldine, je suits desolee Ami.😎😎😎
I notice that the consonants that are not silent at the end of words (with rare exceptions) C,F,L,R are the consonants in the English word CauLiFLoweR, except for that pesky W, which is almost never used in French anyway, unless the word is borrowed from another language. Remembering "cauliflower" has helped me remember quickly when to sound a terminal consonant.
The French l/L is more apatic. This video may explain better. czcams.com/video/_0I1I9RQz8w/video.html
Bien, I watched this twa
Which French accent is the right accent?
Could you specify your question?
You optimally choose the neutre in any language. Unless you're exclusively interacting within a particular region.
Marseille, of course.
(Sarcasm)
Bonjour madam,
The French "r" is as difficult for us Anglos as it is for Europeans to pronounce the "th" as in "this, that and the other." Crazy difficult!
Yes. The word squirrel in both languages is a tongue twister for each language too! 😆
C’est le ronronnage, n’est-ce pas?
The nasal sounds are very indistinguishable to me. They both sound like 'Marron' for me. And I can't get or imitate the difference lol
Why don't you speak only French? You are so nice and it would be just perfect...
She needs us non-French speakers to understand her lessons. I love her English accent.
You're so brilliant as teaching!
I still hate the sounds of French. I don't know why. I love the clarity of Italian.
Si le français ne te plaît pas pourquoi suivre cette vidéo?????
What's the matter Geraldine?For the past three consecutive weeks you have been uploading compilation of repeated content
c'est le mois de vacances en europe, bien sur
I am ardent follower of your weekly uploads.Kindly make new content.