How good is my French Speaking?

[JohnSmith]

https://vocaroo.com/i/s0KMFCB5Ffdj

[Principe Azzurro]

Not bad considering its not your first language and that in the States barely anybody speaks French, keep up the good work and practice.

[Dandelion]

Better than that of most Flemish with our mandatory French lol.

Well, I'm exaggerating. I've noticed you written French earlier is all. Work on the phonology.

Here is a good channel about spoken French, but it's advanced stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfvSY_0TO701lP2_WZJUQw

The real French you don't learn in school is what he focuses on. The real informal French Francophones use which is different from how they write (even though most Francophones imagine their written French whenever they typically speak by omission). French is spoken differently than it is written, more so than English. French-speakers themselves often don't realise.

[zhaoyun]

Pretty elementary. Sounds like French 101.

[Dick]

you sound like a drunk Quebecer. speak more through your nose.

[Ülev]

https://youtu.be/jECd8HgdpOo

[MsSPF]

Heavy American accent and some mistakes in the prononciation but it can be corrected easily I think, I did not understood the last sentence though :lol:
Nice job :thumb001:

[Pennywise]

Heavy American accent and some mistakes in the prononciation but it can be corrected easily I think, I did not understood the last sentence though :lol:
Nice job :thumb001:

Wanna hear your voice too.

[Dandelion]

Heavy American accent and some mistakes in the prononciation but it can be corrected easily I think, I did not understood the last sentence though :lol:
Nice job :thumb001:

Not as sexy as a heavy French accent in English, but if the language becomes more fluent it can attract French ladies the same. ;)

[JohnSmith]

Better than that of most Flemish with our mandatory French lol.

Well, I'm exaggerating. I've noticed you written French earlier is all. Work on the phonology.

Here is a good channel about spoken French, but it's advanced stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfvSY_0TO701lP2_WZJUQw

The real French you don't learn in school is what he focuses on. The real informal French Francophones use which is different from how they write (even though most Francophones imagine their written French when they speak differently). French is spoken differently than it is written, more so than English. French-speakers themselves often don't realise.

Je peux l'écrire et le lire beaucoup plus facilement que de le dire.

[Peterski]

Almost as good as Brad Pitt's Italian.

[Dandelion]

Almost as good as Brad Pitt's Italian.

Or Leonardo DiCaprio's. :p Which is funny to me for he is of Italian descent.

[MsSPF]

Wanna hear your voice too.

In English or in French ? :P


Not a sexy as a heavy French accent in English, but if the language becomes more fluent it can attract French ladies the same. ;)

That one probably surely do ;) check the comments


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KrR-8bJfRw

[Dandelion]

In English or in French ? :P



That one probably surely do ;) check the comments


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KrR-8bJfRw

Well, your French accent is very cute it doesn't matter what you say. It would make guys melt regardless. My odd Dutchling accent requires far more wit of me. ;)

[Pennywise]

In English or in French ? :P




Both suit me. But accent can add a cute touch. :rolleyes:

[Dandelion]

That one probably surely do ;) check the comments


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KrR-8bJfRw

First one I read is of a Francophone Belgian woman saying how she wished she spoke English better. You relative inability of speaking English adds to the cuteness of French-speaking women. Your culture is less blemished by Anglo consumerism still without being closed off of the world neither.

[MsSPF]

Both suit me. But accent can add a cute touch. :rolleyes:

This is extremely cringy & intimidating for me, don't laugh :lol:

I will delete quick quick quick quick

[Pennywise]

This is extremely cringy & intimidating for me, don't laugh :lol:

I will delete quick quick quick quick



Hahahah, that was cute. And your English accent screams like French.

[JohnSmith]

Heavy American accent and some mistakes in the prononciation but it can be corrected easily I think, I did not understood the last sentence though :lol:
Nice job :thumb001:

I said my name is John,, Je m'appelle John.

How can you tell a heavy American accent vs. another accent.

[JohnSmith]

Heavy American accent and some mistakes in the prononciation but it can be corrected easily I think, I did not understood the last sentence though :lol:
Nice job :thumb001:

Here is me saying something else.

https://vocaroo.com/i/s0lMSv6SeYkG

Does this sound funny to French Speakers.

[ÁGUIA]

You sound like you've been possessed by Heathers :P

[MsSPF]

I said my name is John,, Je m'appelle John.

How can you tell a heavy American accent vs. another accent.

How do you recognize a French accent in English compared to an Italian one for example ? American or any Anglophone accent is easy to recognize in French & unique :laugh:


Here is me saying something else.

https://vocaroo.com/i/s0lMSv6SeYkG

Does this sound funny to French Speakers.

"J'aime visiter ma TL (time line?) et critiquer mon français ici" your accent is actually a lot better here & almost perfect ! Were you trying to say "I like to check my timeline & receive opinions/critics about my French" ?

[JohnSmith]

How do you recognize a French accent in English compared to an Italian one for example ? American or any Anglophone accent is easy to recognize in French & unique :laugh:



"J'aime visiter ma TL (time line?) et critiquer mon français ici" your accent is actually a lot better here & almost perfect ! Were you trying to say "I like to check my timeline & receive opinions/critics about my French" ?

J'aime visiter Montreal et pratiquer mon français ici.

[JohnSmith]

How do you recognize a French accent in English compared to an Italian one for example ? American or any Anglophone accent is easy to recognize in French & unique :laugh:



"J'aime visiter ma TL (time line?) et critiquer mon français ici" your accent is actually a lot better here & almost perfect ! Were you trying to say "I like to check my timeline & receive opinions/critics about my French" ?

Italian accent sounds like Mario from the Super Mario Game. It sounds a lot like the Romanian Accent(Dracula). The French accent is much different sounds more like a mumble.

Italian Accent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfRZxc9vkyM

[MsSPF]

J'aime visiter Montreal et pratiquer mon français ici.

Oh yeah you said "pratiquer", I did not heard well!
Montréal is prononced that way in French : https://translate.google.fr/?hl=fr#en/fr/montr%C3%A9al

[JohnSmith]

Oh yeah you said "pratiquer", I did not heard well!
Montréal is prononced that way in French : https://translate.google.fr/?hl=fr#en/fr/montr%C3%A9al

Me Speaking English here:
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?220092-Me-Speaking-in-English-recording

[Iloko]

How bout Bradley Cooper.. how's his French?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hVo08eYhQk

[Hadouken]

lmao

[JohnSmith]

lmao

Is it that bad.

[NSXD60]

You are using feminine française for the name of the language, which is français.

[JohnSmith]

You are using feminine française for the name of the language, which is français.

That is something that is foreign for a English speaker. We have fem and masculine but not used like the Latin languages. In English the closest to this you get would be something like Actress and Actor,,, one is feminine and the other is masculine. However, I believe technically you can call a female Actress an Actor still and it would be correct.

[JohnSmith]

^^^Can you call a girl an actor?
The word actor refers to a person who acts regardless of gender, while actress refers specifically to a female person who acts; therefore a female can be referred to by either term. The Oxford English Dictionary states that originally "actor" was used for both sexes.

[Ouistreham]

How bout Bradley Cooper.. how's his French?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hVo08eYhQk

Amazingly good. Near native level.
(He has been living in France and Switzerland for a while)
Remarkably, he doesn't at all diphtonguize vowels, something Anglo speakers almost never can refrain from.

[JohnSmith]

Amazingly good. Near native level.
(He has been living in France and Switzerland for a while)
Remarkably, he doesn't at all diphtonguize vowels, something Anglo speakers almost never can refrain from.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPc-5SbiReo

[Ouistreham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPc-5SbiReo

Jodie Foster speaks like a native.
If memory serves, she attended a French high school in LA.