French Makes No Sense: L'accent Circonflexe

[teaphutt]

"Ze little hat" and "confuse the american" phrase is backk boi

[dep_mex]

The "little hat" actually comes from there being an s in ancient French, this is why "forêt" has one too because it used to be "forest"

[margauxlanquetot]

being french these videos are actually extremely entertaining an relatable

[rubydragon]

Anyone else often forget that this is one person playing multiple roles, because he plays them SO perfectly???

[Enewia]

The "accent circonflexe" is here because before it was written "hospital" in old french. They removed the "s" and changed it to a "^" on the previous letter :) Same thing with the word "fenêtre" which was "fenestre" before

[FRLORN]

Fun fact: the hat means there used to be an "S" after the vowel. But it was removed because people didn't pronounce it.

[rneustel]

I’m an American, and when he did the loopy-loopy circle for confused Americans, I nearly woke the whole house up with my laughter. This was the best!!

[blackphnix]

For those wondering, the "little hat" literally means that there used to be an S right after the O, but we don’t prononce it anymore

[zottel]

I just met a French person for the first time and the is so accurate 😂

[RCButterfly]

"I just like it, the esthetic is nice" lol I felt that down to my core lol

[uriulrich]

"Ze little hat" also known as accent circonflexe comes from there once being an "S" in the Word in old French. Hôtel, forêt, hôpital, fenêtre, côte, mâitre, château, etc. If you want to know where to put it you can try to look at the English word, if it came itself from French. L'août = august, île = isle

Source: I'm German

[vtk]

I love these skits! Original and funny both…thanks for making my shorts feed better!

[GB-nlvr]

"un hôpital"
french: ah yes so ✨aEsTheTic✨

[kkouga_]

French is like life. When something’s too good to be true, it is

[GravitasZero]

I remember my french teacher at school, long ago, telling us that when the word used to have an S, the “hat” accent is used as a prayer sign for its departed soul XD

Made it easier sometimes to know when to use the accent

[tarar]

Thank you so much Loïc for what you bring to this world. You are the HÔPITAL for my soul when I need it. Truly brillant👌💗

[hareecionelson]

Me as a Physics undergrad: oh no, it's L'Hôpital's rule

[jules]

Actually the « ^ » is the mark that in the old french they were an « s » like in English. It’s the same thing for window, « fenêtre » in french, in the old french it was « fenestre » the « s » still exist in other words of the same family of words like « défenestrer » that literally mean « throw out of the window »

[CerealKller]

“You know that this is going to confuse people right?”
French: *maniacal laughter*

Why and how did I get so many likes for this comment

[jimmyc]

France put a little hat on top of the o

Meanwhile Germany: KRANKENHAUS