TOP 9 MISPRONOUNCED FRENCH WORDS

9 words native French speakers often mispronounce. Making this video was actually very interesting as I found out I've always pronounced some of those words wrong myself!
Can you think of any other French words French people regularly mispronounce? Let me know in the comments!
I hope this video helps you better your own French pronunciation!

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[leenguyen]

J'aime bien etudier le francais avec toi! Merci pour votre enthousiaste.

[suberkarschten]

That thing with leaving the spoon in the cup reminds me on an old joke we have in Germany:
A man is seeing the doctor. The docter asks : "How can I help you?" The man responds: "Every time I drink coffee, I have this stabbing pain in my eyes... maybe this has to do with my blood pressure?" The Doctor responds: "first of all I recommend to take your spoon out of the cup before you drink your coffee...

[rjones]

The popular mistakes eventually become the rules!
In language and in life. :)

[jeanmeslier]

Carousel in English means a merry-go-round, usually the ones in fairs with the music and little horses.
In Fort Worth, Texas, many years ago, there was an upscale boutique in downtown called " Carousal", with pictures of little merry-go-rounds all around. This was not on purpose, it was long before any sort of Frederick's of Hollywood type store would have been allowed in Texas.

[williambunter]

Thanks for this. One of the difficulties when listening to people speaking French is that often the final letter/s of a word are not actually pronounced, especially in the masculine case. This is one of the reasons why it is far easier to understand written French than spoken French. When you read you see the whole word, but it it is difficult to understand when the final letters are not spoken.

[jimpaterson]

Respect Cindy, give lots of hope to us learning your language!

[gaston.]

wonderful advice about mistakes. Thank you Cindy. So common in many cultures to place shame on mistakes. Don't accept it. There is no right or wrong with language, it is just a matter of numbers, how most people do it.

[Px]

Many of us in America say "ex cetera" instead of "et cetera, " too.

[TheCinnamondemon]

The "aéroport" one reminds me of how some people in english say "aks" instead of "ask"

[carlarusso]

Interesting video Cindy! I had to listen three times to get the difference in the pronounciation of the first two words you said. And I loved “obnubiler” which I thought it would have the same meaning as the spanish word “obnubilar” but no. We say obnubilar meaning to fascinate, to dazzle, to astonish. Thank you for your lessons!

[Statuess]

I'm moving to Paris soon so just re-started learning French after doing it for 3 years in school about 10 years ago and being terrible at it, and these videos are so helpful! Thank you!

I thought the 'et cetera' one was interesting as writing 'ect' is a fairly common mistake in English. And moelleux! What a lovely word. :D

Writing this as I sip tea with the spoon still in it. ;)

[narata]

It reminds me of the English word "comfortable." Despite the spelling, I'm used to pronouncing it as "comf-ter-bl, " which always confused me as the middle part is not like how the word is spelled. Anyways, thanks for the lesson and I also drink my coffee with the spoon in the cup!

[matthewgoodwin]

I love that you don't pronounce a lot of your 'Ts' when speaking English. It makes you sound a little like Lilly Allen :)

[tarquin]

Many English people say Wenger instead of Venger! Many Arsenal fans say 'Wenger Out!'

[fredericroy]

Bonjour, c'est facile de savoir pourquoi on prononce "Carousel" comme s'il y avait deux "s" car on voit le mot "sel" (salt), idem pour "abasourdir" on voit le mot "sourd" (deaf) : )

[brenthill]

In Canada French speakers absolutely adore using the ire sound in English as in fire as well as the oin sound as in oink.
You hear it constantly but won't find it in le dictionnaire.

[alistairelias]

Going by what you've just taught, then I've been pronouncing aéroport and infirmière wrongly all the time! So thanks for clearing that up.

It's true that even natives mispronounce so many words, just the other day dad and I were debating the correct pronunciation of 'wallet'.

And no, I don't like drinking whatever with the spoon inside, as it's always going to be a huge bother! So I prefer to stir the contents and take out the spoon.

[carlosroberto]

3:56 I watched your video yesterday and I was listening to France Info just now and guess what one guy said .... LOL The big problem is that if you say it correctly it will sound incorrect to most people.

[listener-md]

I always drink coffee with my spoon in the mug or cup and it drives people mad, and that is probably why I continue doing just that.

[booksandallthatjazz]

Your videos are very helpful. Lots of interesting ideas on how to learn French. I am still only a beginner. I particularly enjoy it when you give an example of how French people do and say things, like parents calling their children 'frog' in an endearing manner.

A word that English speakers generally pronounce wrong is 'pronunciation'. Most people pronounce 'pronunciation' as pro - nounce - iation when it should be pro - nun - ciation!