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    Er du okay? Jeg har booket en ferie til Frankrig. Og jeg tror jeg har lavet en stor fejl. Hvad mener du? Franskmændene hader åbenbart at snakke engelsk, så jeg aflyser bare. Woah aflys ikke. Huh? Bare lær fransk. Fransk er nemt. Hvad? Mange franske ord er det samme på engelsk. Er de? Ballet, cliché, fiancée (forlovede), dossier, risque (risiko), soufflé. Så bare ord der ender med "é". Voyage (rejse), garage, courage (mod), homage (hyldest), hostage (gidsel), marriage (ægteskab). Så tydeligvis ord som ender med… Pollution (forurening), partition (opdeling) emotion (følelse), dilution (fortynding). completion (færdiggørelse). Okay, så også dem. Table (bord), kabel, fabel. Adorable (nuttet), horrible (forfærdelig). Ja ja, okay. Men der må være mere end bare det? Ikke rigtigt. Man tilføjer bare en fransk accent. Jeg kan ikke lave en fransk accent. Kan du gurgle vand? Ja. Så kan du lave en fransk accent. Hvad man også kan gøre er meget simpelt, bare tag et engelsk ord, og bruge den fancy version. Så snakker du også fransk. Fancy version? Ja, for eksempel: Først. Premiere. Ah Ekspert. Connaisseur. Type. Genre. Kage. Gateaux. Forretning. Boutique. Bagdel. Derriere. Fantastisk. Bare snak som en snob? Exactement. Fransk er et så alsidigt sprog. Hvordan vil du sige: Det ved jeg ikke, jeg er ikke sikker, det rager mig, jeg er ligeglad? Det ved jeg ikke. Det er det samme ord. Hvad? Ehhhhh Pfff Ha, fantastisk. Ret smart, ikke sandt? Ja det er smart. Du vil høre det ofte i Frankrig. Der er et par ting du skal passe på med. Bra (BH) er faktisk en arm. Ja, den fik mig i problemer. Og en affære er bare et forretningsanliggende, og der er ingen grund til at informere din nabos kone. Og bed aldrig om at blive dækket af blanket (tæppe). Okay. For det er faktisk en gryderet, og kan være meget varm. Okay. Vidste du også at den franske by Nice… Ja. …udtales faktisk "Nice" (pæn). Hvad? -Ja, jeg ved det. -Du laver sjov. Franskmændene har lavet sjov med verdenen i årevis. Det er Nice. Du ved også at der er en lang og kompliceret historie mellem Frankrig og England? Ja. Så det er vigtigt at når du er derovre, altid husk at have denne på. Jeg forstår. Ja. Ellers så tænker jeg at du er klar. Jeg tror, jeg kan få en rigtig fornemmelse for sproget nu, en idé om nuancerne i den franske kultur, og få en autentisk oplevelse. Fedt. Hvor skal du hen? Disneyland. Doomdah Hej, vi er her i Oxford! Ehh… Doomdah

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    46 Comments

    6. @naly202 on

      I live in Romania and I teach English. A lot of fancy Romanian words come from French too. When my students need to translate English texts, I ask them to spot the words that look familiar. There's 80% chance those words will have French ancestry for both languages.

    7. @bobiboulon on

      When I was a teenager, I was told that to have a proper English pronounciation, you must talk like if you had hot potatoes in your mouth. And now I'm delighted to see that you're saying gargeling water is a good training to have a french accent. To each country its silly tips to learn forgeign languages. :'D

    8. @anne-linevernet3908 on

      Du coup, vos fans français (et je ne parle pas de ventilateurs) peuvent laisser un commentaire dans leur langue maternelle ? 😇 Very accurate, as always !! But, please, next time, come to Lyon ! There's beer, amazing food, lots of museums and…. Beer ! 😁

    9. @mathiaslist6705 on

      a last second point as expected — the whole sketch they are making you asleep and then they drop the "bomb" —- finally another two minutes just to tell that French isn't actually English

    10. @sebastiencolasse1640 on

      Well done guys, I'm french and I totally agree with your analysis. You just forgot one things, french people always complain.
      If one day you play in France I will be among the spectators.

    12. @burnyizland on

      As a Canadian I approve this skit.
      Also, this reminds me of the time I took a Dutch friend to Rome with me for vacation. Now, the Dutch are renowned for their fluency in multiple languages. It's partly why I brought him. But this guy? Thought using the Italian accent and lots of hand motions while yelling adding -o and -a to the end of every word would do the trick. 💀💀💀

    15. @Shadowyne777 on

      Tbh, I think that "the French hate/suck at English" thing is kinda untrue? or maybe a tad more complex. I found out when attending high school in a French city years ago that if you have a "perfect" accent in English or you wanna speak like an English native speaker, ppl will make fun of you saying to stop thinking you're the dog's b***ocks. Most of the French ppl I know have got a good knowledge in English (I even dare say they're better at speaking English than we Brits at French lmao) and speak with a more or less French accent but they're reluctant to speak English coz they don't wanna be judged or mocked. Love that video btw, as a teacher, I definitely need to show it to my students!

    18. @biancalawrence3178 on

      As an English speaking South African, I just initially greeted them in Zulu and they were happy to speak English back. It's not that they can't speak English, many of them just won't if they think you're English. So letting them know you're Irish is your best bet. (Giving you advice like you're actually going there when this is just a sketch!!) Very funny guys, as usual!

    19. @Parischick11 on

      I also sent this video to my French teacher and he thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done FAH! 😅
      It makes sense the French love the Irish – both France and Ireland have long and complicated histories with the English.. just saying’ 😝

    24. @monikaherr3562 on

      My son has curly hair and big eyes. Yesterday I decided to cut his hair myself and I inadvertently made him look like Hog. Now every time I cuddle up with him I feel like I’m cuddling with Hog. It’s a little but awkward…

    26. @Fennecbutt on

      Naww, as a kiwi that moved to the UK years ago, everyone says Parisians are cunts, but only one lady at a train station was mad at me for speaking English. Otherwise they were all absolutely lovely, I had an old woman at a restaurant run to get her daughter who spoke English because she wanted to make sure I got what I wanted. I had a guy in a shop excuse his bad English to me and I had to be like "that's okay…we're in France! 😂"

      I think French people are generally warm and friendly and they should be proud, they've got a beautiful country and amazing culture.

    38. @jasminheidemann6568 on

      I am a German for the first time in Cork, ireland and dude it is hard if everyone understands you don't speak their accent xD
      And occasionally, I thought everyone here is called "O' Donovan" 😂😂 and "John"

    44. @Teri_Berk on

      Hello from Turkey. Has anybody so far likened the guy on the left to the American actor Leslie Nielsen? The resemblance is striking. Ops french word again minus s

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