A million years ago, to pronounce the 'u' sound (e.g. from dessus), we were advised to put our mouth and lips as if we were going to say 'ooo' but then try to say 'eee'. It works!

@johnnyv.223

2 жыл бұрын

C'était la même pour moi !

@kerryh3833

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@0cally

Жыл бұрын

I learned that way in high school year 200p

@0cally

Жыл бұрын

2000

@MarieMinton

Жыл бұрын

Oweeeeeee

Hi Geraldine! I studied French for years ( in the 1980s) and I’ve never had such a fabulous teacher as you! Thank you so much!!!!!

Great French instructor here 👆🏻!

I won’t repeat what’s been said about the wonderful content, I just want to add I love your style! From the background to your clothes, the colors, all make the videos more fun and interesting to watch. Merci!

Fantastique, Geraldine! Merci beaucoup!

In German we have a word equivalent to the French SI in responding affirmatively to a negative question: DOCH!

@alisalihsar1804

2 жыл бұрын

and it's "jo" in Norwegian, and "yo" in Turkish

I feel at a losee I have never come across your channel until now. I've spent too long trying to get on with French and doing so unsuccessfully. Thank you for this channel! You're truly wonderful!

Je’ adore ta classe . Mercy Beaucoup

The English translation of "Elle est encore moins motivée que moi" raises an interesting point of English grammar. The formal translation should be '... less motivated than I,' although the informal version 'than me' is frequently used. When you want to be sure which is correct, finish the sentence. She is less motivated that I am.

@manfredneilmann4305

2 жыл бұрын

...*than I am.

@GuardKZ

Жыл бұрын

we don't learn english here

I love these videos! You are an excellent teacher, merci

Awesome i enjoy your lesson .Great teacher

J'adore ce medley! Très bonne idée de regrouper pour un niveau intermédiaire. Je partagerai ça.

I love the teaching aids. I shall always associate them with these creatures.

Thank you for the great sound quality! It helps a lot for someone who cannot hear well.

@Commeunefrancaise

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your message, @adrianapagano5753! Each week we provide a new spoken French lesson (with the same great sound quality!) to help you improve your modern, every day French. You can receive this lesson straight to your inbox by joining our mailing list here: www.commeunefrancaise.com/youtube-welcome?&source=youtubecom -Lyndsie Comme une Française Team

I just applied for a job where I thought only English, Spanish and Dutch were required. Turns out, their primary interest is French. I took one year of French in high school 35 years ago but I thought, wth? I'll go for it. So here I am trying to get to intermediate level before I get the first interview within a few days. 😅 This is the best channel I have found so far, and I've checked a lot! I may have hope. 😁

@SimonHuggins

11 ай бұрын

How did it go?

@marinadelrey5512

11 ай бұрын

@@SimonHuggins They were taking forever to reply, then I got word from an insider that the company had placed all hiring on hold. Decided to start my own business in the food industry instead. Now all I need to know is bain-marie, déglacer, mise en place... 😄

@AnnaFarr-dz3vy

9 ай бұрын

​@@marinadelrey5512 😮

I don’t know about memorizing but I just saw a pattern thanks to your lesson. I think every beginner will eventually learn the word ‘sur’. Now tell us to add ‘des’ in front of the word and change the last letter to an ‘s’. I think this will allow to see the difference between dessus and dessous. Merci!

I love your channel! Thank you for everything you do to prosper the French language among non-French speakers!

What a great lesson!! Merci beaucoup Géraldine, I will be watching this a few more time!! 😊

Merci beaucoup cherié.I was really inspired by the lessons . I'm trying my best to learn the language and you are sugaring my interest.

That’s soooo awesome! I learnt so much in this lesson! It may have to watch a few times to absorb it all but I love the way you summarised it. Thanks ❤🌞

thank you for the precious lesson!

Géraldine, merci beaucoup pour vos superbes vidéos qui m'ont énormément aidé. Je suis seychelloise et j'ai parlé plus créole que français et j'ai perdu confiance en mon français - je comprends plus que je ne parle, mais en utilisant vos vidéos comme cours de remise à niveau, je me suis grandement amélioré. Merci beaucoup.

You are an excellent teacher!!!

I love this lesson! Merci ❤!

Very well done. Thank you.

Thank you very much Teacher. Student from Sydney, Australia.

very good french teaching, I am impressed. thank you

Very good lessons! Well explained!

Bravo! 🎉 🎉🎉J'aime trop le video❤❤❤ Merci beaucoup!

You are brilliant!

Simply top class.

Great video! Thanks

Love this video!

I wosh I still have my retentive memory at age 70. I am learning a lot from this app e.g. grammar, conjugation, vocabulary, et pronunciation.

Thank you.The dessus and dessous sound exactly the same to me no matter how hard I listen but maybe I can make it sound clearer when I say it now.

@lepureur4657

Жыл бұрын

the sounds u and ou are really different with the proper accent

@katescarratt4267

Жыл бұрын

The "u" sounds is like the "eeuw" sound if you think something's yucky or disgusting. The "ou" sound is like, "ooh! Delicious!" 😊😊

You translated the sentence "Si je gagne, j'achète une voiture" as "If I win, I buy a car". I would actually prefer to use the simple future for the second part of the sentence: "If I win, I will buy a car". Any native English speaker to agree or disagree?

@valdez3245

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, but both work. Would she have said, “ je vais acheter une voiture” or j’acheterai un voiture”?

@greghamilton6681

2 жыл бұрын

The problem teaching French to Anglos is that they insist on taking French back to English (as if to verify its correctness). I'm as guilty as anyone. The secret: forget English syntax; learn French.

@LearnFrenchLesson

2 жыл бұрын

C'est correct Manfred! In English we would say the future of 'to buy' after a SI clause. MAIS (but) in French, it works to have IF (present) then (present) however it's usually for events that happen regularly and as a rule. Winning the lottery might not be a very regular thing (for me at least!) but you can try other SI examples: Si je suis en retard, je m'excuse toujours. S'il pleut le matin, elle prend son parapluie :)

I appreciate you using IPA to show pronunciation. Thanks a lot

Learning french in elementary school in Canada - English part - we learned a song that i still use to remind myself. Sous sur dans devant derrier devant derrier devant derriere sous sur dans devant derriere a cote de. Sung to london bridges melody.

brilliant

Merci! :)

Geraldine!! Would one day be possible if you could do a video comparing the similarities between French and "Mexican Spanish" how you call it 😜??? -I'll keep posting this message'til you see it- lol THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THESE LESSONS.

Really good review

Thank you so.much for this dessus ou desous is my lesson in translation.

all french teachers are quite very very good.

Mil gracias, y felicidades por un trabajo tan excelente! Your teaching style is a great match for my learning style!! Je suis si hereux de avoir te trouver! Gil en San Francisco

I'm actually a little jealous that your English is so good, maybe one day my French will be just as good 🤔

you're fabulous!

HI Geraldine, Thank you for your wonderfully clear instruction on these videos. I am curious however, about one thing in this lesson. Why do you not automatically use a liaison with pas encore? Merci.

Funny in Spanish we say, le da un aire, he looks like, il a l’air 😊

I'm really enjoying the compilation videos! Merci pour tout!

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Mon Dieu The French is so very simple that if you have a problem with it, you need to return to grammar school and begin to learn

Salut,Géraldine! C'est nickel, ta vidéo! Je l'ai trouvée très intéressante et utile! C'était une excellente leçon de révision!J'ai appris un tas de nouvelles choses, donc je vous en dois une fière chandelle! Merci et à plus!

@chikaenyinna5452

2 жыл бұрын

Vous êtes le meilleur merci beaucoup

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

Well, this is different living in Kentucky. I guess now it's not as much. But I grew up in 1990. Crazy era.

Love your hair

Many thanks, Geraldine, for bringing together some important elements of spoken French in one video. Regarding Sortir and Partir, actually, there is a pretty good match in English for these verbs and, so I have had no difficulty differentiating between the two. Sortir - to step/go out (of the room, or the house) Partir - to leave.

@es4666

2 жыл бұрын

To part is even closer

Ce vidéo est très utiler!!! Merci beaucoup pour ça!!!

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

Whaaaaat?? You’re half Mexican?? No wonder I was like she looks kinda familiar 🤣🤣🤣how did your mom end up in France from Mexique??🤔🤔I know Spanish & English, progressing well in French thanks for these great videos

J'adore! Merci beaucoup!

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

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Merci! I feel my brain growing. Understandable for a grandmother trying to learn. Minor suggestion for your English that always trips me up: ADjective, not adJECTive. ❤

Merci bien pour tous les vidéos!

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

Which software are u using to edit videos?

First time heard how to do ‘than’

J’aime cette vidéo beaucoup parce que je apprends à locale française . Merci de ça

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

She said " you can practice sitting on your couch in your house" and im watching this video on my couch 😂

merci beaucoup

phew , every time i think i know a bit french i am feeling i dont know anything

Merci beaucoup pour le leçons ✍️✍️✍️

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

What makes me hard to learn frence. I am asean please cross out letters that should no be pronounce. Is there linking of words in frence?

Merci beaucoup. : )

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

The fraise is so simple that you must be very unhappy with yourself for not understanding the two very easy words

Remember sous chef .... the guy /guyess who does all the real work

C’est magnifíquele, merci beaucoup

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

I'm not senseless I do appreciate about good and idifty bad

Vraiment marrant! Merci.

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

The French is so:simple that you must be very unhappy with yourself for not understanding it

@rockerobertson4002

8 ай бұрын

@@ronaldmessina4229 Qui t'a dit que je parlais pas francais? De plus, moi je suis trilingue. Combient de langues parlez-vouz? Commentaire etrange...

It seems strange to me, Si j'étais riche... takes the imperfect in French If I were rich - takes the subjunctive in English. (although many English speakers would wrongly say "If I was rich")

My gosh! She is Amelie Poulain!

Fine

I like this because it is learning from a person talking like a normal person. All the other videos are like robots talking.

C'est trop utile!

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

J,aimes bien apprends le français avec vous

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón). All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

8:39 😂

At TimeMarker (03:47 mm:ss), in this example, shouldn't the sentence (both in English and French) "She is even more unmotivated than ME." rather be: "She is even more unmotivated than *I*." ??? ADDENDUM: Ooops! I see that Steve Zee (below), already spied this grammatical booby-trap! Cheers!

1000 likes!!!!!!

Bonjour Géraldine ! Est-ce > or > s'il vous plaît ? Aussi.....pourquoi vous avez écrit le féminin...passée ?

@r.r5495

2 жыл бұрын

Brosse à dents. On se brosse les dents, jamais une seule^^ Le lapin est passé. C'est une erreur.

@gazalakhan8113

2 жыл бұрын

Merci !

@r.r5495

2 жыл бұрын

@@gazalakhan8113 de rien^^

You are doing a great job though you are a bit fast

I always got confused with trop and tres. Can anyone please explain, thank you !

@lianelow4176

2 жыл бұрын

Trop= too much Très= a lot/ very Il y a trop de gâteau (there is too much cake) Cette gâteau est très délicieux (this cake is very delicious)

@katescarratt4267

Жыл бұрын

But the French also use "trop" meaning "very," just to confuse things a bit more!

Even the French don't get it on top and below and use hands - en haut or en bas to confirm .

Superbe et merci Géraldine. Je cherche toujours le pdf??

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

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I think there’s an mistake at 3.17 about the rain it’s says “je said pas” but I hear u say “ je ne sais pas…”

@katescarratt4267

Жыл бұрын

The French do say that very fast. Sometimes it just sounds like "Je pas." But then in English we often mutter "dunno," or even "d'no. " Don't worry about it.

@katescarratt4267

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, I misread your comment! You were wondering about the translated subtitle. Yes, that was a mistake.

Pardon Geraldine Vous recommend un livre en Francais pour votre lecons un livre Francaise/text/ un textbook?

You said your mother is Mexican: I wonder does she know: because you resemble my friend Rubi! 😊

Bon Soir Geraldine. Pas feeling "stupid." Pas de tout. Je t'apprie. : )

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

J'aime ca beaucoup. D'ac. Bonne Nuite. : )

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

Bonjour madame. Je n'ai pas l'air d'etre malade. Je suis contente d'etre presente dans votre classe. Je vous salue de la jamaique.

No liaison in “pas encore”??

@fondofbunny

2 жыл бұрын

J’ai la meme question.

@katescarratt4267

Жыл бұрын

It's often puzzled me, too. I've come to the conclusion that it's optional!

Hi, please teach me few things and important basic now

So, "en dessus/en dessous" dont need hyphens, but the others do -> "au-dessus/au-dessous", right? Any idea why that is?

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

Je suis tourjour une parte de votre classe.

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

But I really don't know that my sentences writing like Frenches

Marvellous content, but please stop hitting the table, the mike picks it up every time!

sortir et salir en espagnol sont les mêmes mots. Je pense que c’est plus facil pour les personnes qui parlent espagnol a comprendre sortir

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

Why is there no liaison between vous etes encore plus gentils qu'hier while there IS LIAISON between Elle est encore moins motivee que moi Thanks for replying

@will6925

2 жыл бұрын

there are obligatory liaisons, optional liaisons, and prohibited liaisons. a liaison is optional after all verbs, so it’s just a question of what sounds more natural in this case. la prononciation de la consonne liaison est facultative après toutes les formes verbales.

@ronaldmessina4229

8 ай бұрын

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation