I was today years old when I learned he was bilingual. What a gem, what a loss. 💔

@Elwene2fr

3 жыл бұрын

He grew up in a bilingual family. His mother was "Franco-Ontarienne" (french speaking people from Ontario). Both French and English were his native languages :)

@nadiacusan3799

3 жыл бұрын

@@Elwene2fr yes i knew that

@diRecTorUNBEKNOWNST

5 ай бұрын

Look it up he also spoke German, Italian, Spanish and Russian😬how fluent 🤷‍♂️ idk

His delivery never changed over the years. RIP the world lost someone special yesterday

He has such kindness in his eyes. He handles his intelligence so modestly. We will miss him very much 💕 RIP Alex Trebek

@ErikFlores-mo3fs

14 күн бұрын

We love you

I played that game in 1983, Pierre McNicoll was the host. RIP Mr. Trebek, God will give questions to your answers.

RIP Alex

R.I.P. Mr. Trebek, in your decades on the air you never lost your style

It's very cool that he speaks French. What was weird was not hearing the contestants' answers in the form of a question. Trebek IS Jeapardy! lol

@bluebear1985

4 жыл бұрын

At the time, when people thought of "Jeopardy!", original host Art Fleming was the person to come up, as he just started hosting a revival of the show. Alex, on the other hand, would have just been starting another run of "High Rollers".

@ponfed

3 жыл бұрын

And as a native francophone I can tell you he speaks perfectly, with an erudite yet colloquial French Canadian tone. You have to strain to hear an accent.

@David_R922

3 жыл бұрын

@@ponfed Could he hold a conversation in French?

@David_R922

3 жыл бұрын

@Xalpha23 Maybe so, but I haven't seen any video of him conversing in French. There was one video of him being asked a question in French, and he had a little trouble understanding and he answered in English. Perhaps he could read prepared statements and pronounce French correctly, but he was rusty with a 2 way conversation.

@carpecrustum850

3 жыл бұрын

@@ponfed Well put! I agree

_In Honor of_ *Alex Trebek* _Forever in our Hearts_ _Always our Inspiration_

@ErikFlores-mo3fs

14 күн бұрын

He’s dead

A very smart, kind and humble man. That s what we should all strive to become as good individuals. Rest In Peace Alex.

C'est fantastique. Directement du tunnel du temps.

Reposez en paix, monsieur Alex Trebek.🌹

Alex"s mother was French, he grew up in a French speaking home. Wish people would stop acting like speaking French is some kind of magic trick. To speak French when you grew up in a French speaking home is no weirder than speaking Japanese if you grew up in a Japanese home..

@kevinpalmer9756

3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention that Sudbury, Ontario is a totally bilingual city. It has one of the largest franco-Ontarian communities in the province of Ontario.

Reposez en paix, monsieur Trebek

A great lesson on how it’s never too late! He got his big break at the age of 44!

Alex Trebek was the ultimate class act

Rest In Peace Repose en Paix

il est étonnant de voir à quel point il passe facilement de l'anglais au français!!

@giseleigoa4941

11 ай бұрын

Il se débrouille assez il faut le dire.

We miss you Alex!! We will always LOVE you!! Thank you for always being someone I can look up too. You will always be in my heart and thoughts.

Dedicated to ALEX TREBEK Forever In Our Hearts Always Our Inspiration

@ErikFlores-mo3fs

14 күн бұрын

Oh my goodness he’s dead

I never knew he was bilingual.....what a great man. 👍

@giseleigoa4941

11 ай бұрын

C'est courant au Canada de trouver des gens qui parlent plusieurs langues.

R.I.P. to Alex Trebek

Rest in peace Mr. Trebek. God Bless you! 🙏🙏🙏

Rest In Peace Alex Trebek!

RIP Alex Trebek

Trebek speaking french

The questions were difficult. Except for Hector «Toe» Blake I didn't know any of the answers. Mr Trebek's french is perfect .

@visaman

3 жыл бұрын

Reach For The Top was very tough. My School, Templeton, had a club, but we was too stoopid to be on the show, eh?

@carpecrustum850

3 жыл бұрын

@@visaman Yes, tougher than Jeopardy even. I

@kimanderson2342

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...he grew up in an English and French, bilingual household. His French and English are both perfect. His Ukrainian, Russian and Polish isnt bad either--he grew up hearing at least those five languages between his two parents. He was AMAZINGLY modest in regards of just how much information and intellect he really had.....what a loss 😔 😞 💔 😢 😪 😕 😔.

Trebek is a very educated dude. Facts

@randomspiel

3 жыл бұрын

He just grew up bilingual

@this_boy-gent_is_a_roy-den2660

3 жыл бұрын

He had all the answers. Now what do we do?

@carpecrustum850

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomspiel Yep, millions of people in Canada speak both official languages. Some parts of Europe most people speak three languages.

RIP king

The good old days of Reach for the top/Génies En Herbe.

A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF LEARNING AWAITS YOU

In a show he did in the US briefly in 1976, "Double Dare", he actually had a brief exchange with one contestant where he spoke some French quite well. About him speaking French, I could be wrong, but I think he either learned it while attending the University of Ottawa, or it was before that for a very brief time he went to a military school in Quebec. It was brief because he only lasted a few days there.

@carpecrustum850

3 жыл бұрын

French was his mother tongue, he grew up speaking French at home.

@minime9727

Жыл бұрын

@@carpecrustum850 We know that

Smartest man ever

Trebek.... I thought so

R.I.P. Alex Trebek (1940-2020)

In this 1978 recording he is speaking slowly and much more dignified unlike the 1984 early Jeopardy episodes where he was rushing thru his answers.

@gregoryjenkins8645

3 жыл бұрын

Mr. J, Alex Trek has moved on.

Whoa, the clothing and hair styles here are aggressively '70s.

Alex was born to host Jeopardy!

@HuskyDog88

Жыл бұрын

If he were a dog, he’d be a French poodle 🐩.

Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦

Rip

IL PARLE FRANCAIS

❤❤❤

wuuuuuuut

One of the greatest black host of all time

@sweiland75

3 жыл бұрын

black LOL

He was awesome speaking French being from Canada where people speak both English and French. I hope someone can translate what he said in French into English. I knew merci means thank you, madame and monsuier means ladies and gentlemen. I hope someone can translate what he said in French into English.

Ahh, Trebek speaking a little French, eh? Quite common, if you're from Canada, in a french-speaking province.

@vile46

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Finch Nope he’s from Sudbury and he’s a Franco-Ontarien. His mom is french and his dad is english ukrain

@msbrownbeast

3 жыл бұрын

Actually Alex Trebek is 1/2 French Canadian (his mother was French Canadian). And he grew up in Sudbury, Ontario which has a sizable French Canadian population.

I wish he was my dad

et ce jeu vient d'où? Canada ou un autre pays? car en france, je ne connais pas d'équivalence....où bien cela a été adapté....

@Monkeyshouts

4 жыл бұрын

C'est un jeu canadien qui a été adapté sous le nom de 'Génies en Herbe'. Je me souviens d'une version de la RTBF qui passait sur TV5. Le jeu original : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_for_the_Top Le jeu adapté : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9nies_en_herbe

@sghantous

4 жыл бұрын

Il s'agit d'une production combinée de l'émission Québécoise 'Génies en herbe' avec 'Reach For The Top' de la CBC avec l'animateur Will Ferrell

@marcfournier6406

3 жыл бұрын

Il eut, à une époque, une émission dans le même esprit axée sur la langue appelée 'Le Francophonissime' mettant en compétion amicale et déjantée la Belgique, le Canada, la France, Monaco, la Suisse et le Luxembourg. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Francophonissime

@bluebear1985

7 ай бұрын

This was a game from Canada, where students in secondary school compete. The host seen in this clip, Alex Trebek, was best known for presenting the American game show "Jeopardy " for many years.

c`est qui il dit un point pour vous ?

Why are these contestants not answering in the form of a question?

@Shanali-ry1nl

3 жыл бұрын

This isn't "Jeopardy!"! 😂

Isn't that Harry Reems?

Is Alex Trabek a French Canadian Québecois?

@kirk9922

3 жыл бұрын

He was born in Sudbury, Ontario !

@laerwen

3 жыл бұрын

Franco-Ontarian. :)

@carpecrustum850

3 жыл бұрын

Two different things, there are French Canadians in every province but French Canadians in Quebec are called Quebecois.

Back when he was Bob Ross.

This is PAINFULLY Canadian!

@juliansmith4295

3 жыл бұрын

What a ridiculous statement. Cooly Canadian, painfully 70's.

@sweiland75

3 жыл бұрын

You are painfully idiotic.