20 French Brands YOU Pronounce Wrong (commonly mispronounced French Brands)
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- How to ACTUALLY pronounce French luxury brands, fashion brands and more!
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As an English speaker, I know how it feels to feel like an idiot pronouncing French brands! That's why we are tackling commonly mispronounced brands / mispronounced French words so you know how to pronounce french fashion brands, luxury brands and more (how to pronounce moet champagne for example).
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Within these mispronounced french brands, you will find household names such as Cartier, Givenchy, Céline, Chanel, Chloe, Christian Louboutin, Guerlain, Hermès, Lancôme, Moët et Chandon, Louis Vuitton and more! We tackle French brands pronunciation from an anglophone perspective, so we can take those French brands you pronounce wrong and get them sounding as on point as possible with our base accent.
This video is for anyone who has been wondering the following about French brands:
- how to pronounce french brands
- how to say french fashion brands
- how to pronounce french brands in public
- French luxury brands pronunciation
Let me know which commonly mispronounced French words or French brands you struggle with the most in the comments!
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0:01 Intro
2:00 Language learning deal
4:22 Cartier
5:02 Givenchy
5:25 Céline
5:52 Chanel
6:10 Chloe
6.22 Christian Louboutin
7:02 Champs-Elysées
7:48 Guerlain
8:18 Hermès
8:53 Jean-Paul Gaultier
9:11 Lancôme
9:50 L'Oréal
10:26 Longchamp
11:05 Moët et Chandon
12:15 Louis Vuitton
12:49 L'Occitane en Provence
13:15 Veuve Clicquot
13:33 Pret-a-manger
14:11 Champagne
14:39 Evian
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When you don't need to pronounce these brands cuz you can't afford most of them. 😆
Omg 😂😂
I was afraid to even say those words on account I get charged for uttering them.
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Haha that’s a good one! Yes and absolutely unaffordable words!
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The actual lesson starts at 4:20.
THANK YOU!
Thanks
I was about to give up
Thank you
Thank you 😊
Just a bit of advice from a Louisiana native who has spoken French (both Cajun and European) as a second language since the age of three: remember to stress the last syllable. While English tends to put emphasis on the first syllable, French puts it on the last. I hope that is helpful for future videos!
I would have loved to see her facial expression when she read this comment, lol.
@@jebatman756 it is a bit ironic. Don't you think? 😉
@@isabelpacheco9400 There is a difference in France French and Louisiana French. Don't you think. Same as England English and US English. Even Scouser English. Spain Spanish and Mexico Spanish which is different to Colombian Spanish hell pick another South American Country
@@tobykunta2687 yes. And while some of the words and pronunciations are different, both dialects of French I speak have words that typically are stressed on the last syllable.
@@tobykunta2687 Neither English nor French are my first language, my native language is Portuguese, but I’ve learned French from a French teacher and one of the first things she taught me was the stress in the last syllable, bc in Portuguese we don’t have a pattern, the stressed syllable changes for each word, so I guess this specific point is equal for both French from France and from Louisiana
Just started working at a department store and wanted to be able to pronounce some designer names correctly. I remembered watching this video months back. Although I took four years of French and did a home stay, it's been a while. Thanks for the help!
“department stores” don’t carry these brands
when you actually pronounce it correctly, but everyone around you look at you weird cause they all say it wrong. LOL
True, lol! Unless you were actually speaking to a French person, it sounds a bit pretentious.
Very briefly in the UK in the mid to late 2000s there was a fruit cider on the market called Jacques. I used to pronounce with the correct French pronunciation but it turned out that everyone else (including the bar staff) called it Jacks. In the end I had to sacrifice my correct French pronunciation for the bastardised English one just to get served.
The same thing happened a few years ago when I ordered a bottle of the Spanish beer Estrella Damm, using the correct pronunciation ...the barmaid looked at me like I'd gone mad and said "oh you mean EstreLLa?" pronouncing the Ls in the English way. She treated me as if I was in the wrong. I didn't have the strength to argue.
Yes. I dont want to brag but I pronounce most foreign names right and people look at me weird.
Right! I still struggle over the word "crepes" because I learned French in high school and want to pronounce it correctly, but nobody ever knows what I'm talking about when I do! So I just say it like every other American and just cringe inside each time lol
So heckin true! I mean I've had trouble with people not getting the English pronunciations right, French is another galaxy.
And we French are also great at slaughtering foreign brands, so I guess it all balances out! XD
Mdr NIKE
@@NotEvenFrench OH OUPS. OUI, c'est Nique. Pkoi les gens qui parlent anglais peuvent pas prononcer ce mot ?
@@NotEvenFrench Certains le disent comme ça pour rigoler, oui. Mais ce n'est pas considéré comme de l'humour très fin. ^^;
@@NotEvenFrench Non non ! :D On dit "naïque" (et pas "naïki")
That’s because we can’t be bothered, not because we can’t pronounce them. We know we’re supposed to exhale when pronouncing Hugo Boss, but if we do it we’ll automatically come off as cocky to our fellow Frenchmen, so we don’t. Basically we can’t win... 🤷♂️
My Mom went to university in France and my sisters and I spent summers in France growing up, but I have lost a lot of my French (I used to be fluent). It was fun to know that I still can properly pronounce French words and brands. 💗
This hits on why it's easier to learn French from an English speaker than a French person. My first French teacher was from France and I swear the only thing I learned in the first year was "taisez vous." My second French teacher was American and really worked with us on pronunciation, taking a whole class each week just to practice pronunciation.
Cinema...French born teachers don't have the patience to teach a non French speaker (so why do they bother teaching the basics?).
@@marinazagrai1623 Rubbish. My high school French teacher was from Cannes and was a great teacher. She died in 2012.
@@pauljordan4452 We tend to speak from our own experience…I had a “rubbish” instructor and so did my son, years later. I took French when I was 10-12, and no French teacher would come teach kids in the Soviet Bloc.
Only in your experience. My 1st French teacher who was middle aged taught as so much. She was genuinely interested and very patient. My worse French teacher in high school was a harpy Armenian tyrant. Cos of her I failed my A' Level French.
She also speaks beautifully but makes it clear it didn’t come easily
Me at a bakery: One kwasun (croissant) please.
Lady: krosant?
Me: Yes, kwasun
Lady: krosant?
Me: krosant
☺️😁😉😋 It's happened to me!
@Pia Lee
Hi ! I'm French and your story makes me totaly lol, it's cute and your british accent also when you speak French 😉😊 (we have french accent in English so...😂)
Loool. I am crying, this is hilarious. Kwasun... It is exactly my experience as well. 😂
Lmao😂😂
So true!
Tell the French companies to advertise them correctly in English speaking countries so they're pronounced correctly. This reminds me of Adidas where Americans are criticized for our pronunciation but it is literally advertised with that American pronunciation.
Yes! A-DEED-as! It sounds rude for some reason! lol
I mean I feel like, are we criticized? Really? Just comfort yourself that lots of English brands and even Nike are mispronounced elsewhere in the world, if that helps. And anyway super luxury brands hardly advertise if at all, so using their pronunciations correctly is basically just a social cue.
You can always change your pronunciation and dialect based on your social setting. It's code switching and everyone does it one way or another. You can say Adidas differenty at home than when you're across the pond.
@@jzapert nike is marketed in eastern europe without that E.
I don't want to pronounce vowels, sounds and accent that don't exist in my language. That's a no brainer. Every language has something unique other languages don't have. Only natives can pronounce words properly, the rest of us can only try our best to say it as close as we can
@@ksenija1337 or, ya know...just pronounce it the way it’s socially acceptable to pronounce it in your country. At least everyone will know exactly what you’re talking about. There is no shame in that. Except for “native speakers” trying to shame you.
@@ladybaabaa3294 Aaaaa. Deeeee dasssssss. No Ass at the end.
This was such a fun informative video!! I love learning how French words are actually pronounced. 😊😉
I really enjoyed your pronunciation of each brand and how subtle it is. I have some old French blood in my family, so while 100% Aussie, I must have some of the rolling r's, and I enjoy spending time updating with French speaking native persons at work, and countryside French is again another side to add on.❤
Another trick I had learnt is how the language will rise and fall when spoken slowly, then increase the speed without forgetting the harsh to soft lit to the back of the nasal passage. The swearing is fun too😂
I am trying to learn Farsi (Persian) which has some French words used as well, so it comes in handy to have those French ones down pat 🤗🥂
If the companies want it pronounced correctly perhaps they should let their advertising companies know.
Absolutely right!
I appreciate the makers of Nutella for telling us they pronounce the product the same way most Americans do .
true
Most of the time, they will take the easy way out and accept recommendations from the marketing companies for every country. This leads to cases where Audi is pronounced correctly, but most foreign car makers are not. I am not aware of any country where people would make real efforts to pronounce the names closer to the original versions.
I had the same thought, because that is how we are being taught the pronunciations.
I am French. When english speakers pronounce "Louboutin" I hear "Louis Vuitton" haha
I relate!!
C'est vrai😎
😁😁😁
I've always assumed these people truly don't know they're speaking of 2 different companies.
THE ACTUAL WORST and I am an english speaker like they are not the same brand pls stop
Love this video, thank you for putting it out there, that we must respect where the word we are trying to say, has come from and how it should be pronounced🙏
This was very good - thank you very much!
I work in luxury brand shoes, and one I did want to hear was Yves Saint Laurent. Most people that are not comfortable with the pronunciation just skip it completely and say “YSL” I think I do a fairly good job on it, but I would like to have heard your pronunciation on it.
Yes. Same.
I'm french, I would love to say it to you bahaha
I slaughter every French word😭 I feel like Joey in Friends trying to learn French.
Lol and your last name is French. Do you slaughter that too? 🤣
@@mariagabbott oh goodness, I hope not! 🤣🤣🤣
In spite of your family name, which is very french! ;D
@@kareenvu1568 haha, I married a French man
Haha no shame here, Frenchies slaughter each word they try to pronounce in English... and we are proud of this 😅🙃
I don’t know how I got here but I’m watching the whole thing.
Welcome to YT.
So m i
I am gracious and accommodating when a non English speaker makes an effort to speak my language and grateful when someone shows the same kindness when i am trying to communicate with them in their primary language. That's always a less condescending approach.
You do a great job of explaining and breaking it down. Thank you!
A good trick if you can picture it when you learn French, English sounds are made in the front of the mouth, nearer to the teeth. French sounds originate from further back in the mouth, nearer to the throat. I'm a native French speaker who had a big accent when speaking English, but when I noticed this front and back of the mouth thing, I started correcting my accent and it made speaking English much easier. I suspect it would work the same way from English to French.
Ca et aussi si qu'on exercise les muscles de la bouche et la visage, puis parler. Les cles de mon telephone portable sont en ma langue anglais. 😂😂😂
I was born in Nashville, Tn. My first grade teacher couldn't understand why my English enunciation was so poor. In second grade, I realized on my own that "my mother talked funny" - she was German. I grew up concentrating on how I pronounced everything. No one thought I was from Tennessee. I could not even fake a southern accent (my siblings had severe southern accents.) Finally, at age 32 I moved to a "backwoods" area of the state where everyone "spoke hillbilly". After a couple of months, I would horrify myself as I heard myself pronouncing words in the local manner. Turns out, southerners only use the front of their mouth also - they just can't be bothered to open it very much either. Difficult to enunciate when you don't really bother to move your jaw much at all.
Oui, c’est bien vrai!
Except several of the consonants are pronounced more frontally, for instance the t. For the English t, the tongue is slightly farther back and more aspirated
makes sense because i feel like i’m going to gag trying to speak these french words 😂
4:29 is when it actually starts
Thank you😂👍👍
Thank you so much
Fun video! Really appreciate the phonetic spelling along with hearing the correct pronunciation- super, super helpful for me!
Hello how are you doing?
Best way to learn French by applying the pronunciation rules to names we already know, thanks!
I cannot hear the words Champs-Elysées without singing the song in my head.
Oh Champs Élysées
Oh Champs Élysées
Au soleil, sous la pluie
À midi ou à minuit
Il y a tout c'que vous voulez aux Champs Élysées
I cannot read it aloud without remembering the song first. 🤣
Same and I love it!
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez au champs elycées.
Me a French watching this at 3 am: hmmm interesting
I am so pleased that I knew most of these. I haven’t studied french since senior school 40 years ago .. I am amazed that I still remember the inflections
I'm so thankful that my HS French teacher (who had lived in France) didn't let us even see the book for the first few weeks; we only worked on proper pronunciation. For the French "R," she had us practice saying "OG" (as in dog) over and over --- then continue the same without fully closing the back of your throat. It was effective and it worked for most of us. It is much more effective than describing it as "AH."
Hi how are you doing?
Daughter was taught by a similar method. Had never seen it written but came home and said "hog-arde" for "regarde". You can see why they teach that way, because the written word can cause mispronunciation.
The problem is that if you're not talking to French-speaking people, you might not be understood using the French pronunciation. The same applies to using a "proper" English pronunciation for some English brand names while in France... You just can't win!
Exactly, I worked in a hotel in London England when I was young (I am French) and the menu of the restaurant was in French (with english description) I could not understand a word when guests would give their order trying to pronounce the dishes in French. The Head waiter would say: " you are French you should understand!!!".....
It happened to me in a restaurant in London ! I'm French and I thought it would be cool to try eating at a French restaurant there. The meal's name were written in French, but when I had to order I had to use an English pronunciation of the French words to be understood... I guess I shoud have thought about that before ordering xD
@@lunatictime151 J'avais jamais pensé à ça... Je notes pour mon prochain voyage à Londres, prononcer les mots français à l'anglaise x)
@@lunatictime151 That’s funny.😄
@@janicevin4207 😁
I had a French girl come visit me
I tried to impress her with a few French words
She almost died laughing.
Thats why I'm sooo afraid to start speak out loud! hahah
That’s the French attitude summed up right there. They laugh or mock or are just rude about foreigners trying to speak French and then complain no one foreign learns French nowadays. It’s not like English which is worldwide in culture, movies, music and learnt as the first second language by virtually everyone so they grow up hearing it.
Spanish speaker, meet a Brazilian guy ans spoke to him in Portuguese and he laughed at me... but yet when I wrote out what I said he understood me :(
@@tommoncrieff1154 absolutely not. That person was just idiot. In fact, we love when stranger really try to speak french, and we correct them in a gentle way if there are mistakes. Plus, the little accents are so cute. I just melt when I hear a little english, spanish or russian accent in french, for exemples. It's adorable and sometimes really sexy. Of course there are some idiots who will laugh, but idiots exist in every country 🤷♀️
@@miajimenez8238 , they don't speak European Portuguese.
I stumbled upon this video on September 2022. As a Brazilian and, therefore, a native speaker of a Latin language, it's funny we actually pronounce most of these brands (at least the ones we are familiar with) correctly, well, except for L'Oréal hahahaahah! Great video!
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
Thank you so much! I have been looking for the correct pronunciation all in one video. I may not afford buying all brands, but at least I can pronounce them correctly. 😀
"You don't frenchify people's names"
(giggles in Van Gogh)
Or even worse Leonardo da Vinci.
I am a teacher who speaks french as a first language. Your informations are totally accurate and your accent est parfait.
Merci!
French with a capital F...
Pardon ? Son accent est encore plus marqué que celui de Viggo Mortensen.
Sérieux? son accent est pas mal mais loin d'être parfait. Commençons par Cartier, déjà.
Her accent is among the best I've heard from an English speaker. However, saying that it is perfect is a bit of a stretch. For instance as others have pointed out, her pronunciation of "car" in the word "cartier" is not quite correct.
Bonjour, merci beaucoup for this wonderful lesson. I knew most of them, but some I did not. I'm actually studying French on a language app. I plan to visit France within the next two years & I want to be able to speak French in France, right 💁🏽♀️. I appreciate the breakdown of the syllables to be able to pronounce the words correctly. You are lovely. Thank you 😊. Cheers 😉🌷
As an Anglo-french speaker myself, I really enjoyed this. There’s one thing I have to correct you on and that’s the pronunciation of pronunciation. I live in Australia but am Canadian (did live in France as well) but I’ve noticed Australians often say pronOUnciation instead of pronunciation, you pronounce a word but it is pronunciation is spelt differently. You do it sometimes and not other times I noticed. Anyhow another funny word. Thanks, I’ve always wondered about Moët et Chandon. Your accent is lovely btw, very French.
The French is perfect but I thought it was funny that "correct" is pronounced "corrict" throughout!
I like how Aussies tend to have a stroke at the end of a word. Novemba.
Both ways are legitimate, "pronOUnciation" is the American . . . .well, pronunciation.
@@digidol52 As an Australian listening to this clip, I hear a slight New Zealand accent to her spoken english - the vowels are usually the giveaway there.
Interesting also how you used “spelt” instead of “spelled” both are correct, but Australians typically use spelt and Americans use spelled.
I don’t know if it’s the French words twisting language that many non-French speakers are having fun and trouble with or it’s this beautifully-presented video by Rosie. The comments here are really hilarious and medicine for a hearty laugh!
I'm french and honestly I'm glad someone did something like this.
I don't think she pronounced Louis Vuitton right anyways. I heard it from a parisien guy and it's not the same.
I can bet that you cannot pronounce properly names in russian, chinese, hebrew but in french's case someone had to say it, amiright
Well am just gonna say it: rest of the world don’t need to pronounce anything the way you French want it to when French will not pronounce any other. 🤪
Relax I wasn't trying to be mean and if there was a video for brands from those countries then I would look at it. However I'm just saying that nice that people can know how the french pronounce french brands and if you want to continue pronouncing it the way you do then go ahead it's none of my buisness. Als @Gloria Bobbio yeah you're right it's pronounced different in different languages.
@@clato_not_glato7447 no, you were trying to put us down. I don't know if there are other european languages who has french U. My nation cannot pronounce it because we don't have that sound. We also cannot pronounce letters with umlauts, we don't have those sounds either.
You cannot pronounce our ć, đ, lj, and you would never hear me saying "finally someone said it". I doubt you're properly pronouncing dutch H or east asian words. You're just trying to shame us. Stop thinking so highly of yourself.
Cool.. I lived in France for 3 year as a teenager. I'm an older American in the USA now, but visit France occasionally. My correct French accent returns on those trips after a few days, but for some days, I struggle as do so many non-native English speakers. Thank you for these videos, they help me re-orient myself.
Thank you for this video. I too, have been speaking French (since I was 15). I constantly try to help people pronounce these brands correctly. Especially, if your wearing these brands. My friends tease me- saying I sound "boujee" or "snobby" 😐
Hello how are you doing?
I learned French some years ago and my French teacher, who was a native French speaker, drilled into us how to pronounce many of these brands because then it's easier to grasp other words!
Imagine going to local drug store and ask for L'Oréal lipstick with that accent ahahhaa. You get your ass wooped for sounding snoby 🤣🤣
Sis omg I can't with you 😂😂
True, plus loreal's commercials say it the way we do, same with l'occitane and chloe, more too, their commercials say it differently than she says to pronounce it in the video
You can throw out a sortof Zhee-van-shay or prounounce Vuitton with the "vwee" and be ok...
But that L'Oréal is on the shelf not far from the Pepto Bismol. Ma'am do you have your CVS card?
1000% yes.
Even in my country when there's Loreal ads in TV they pronounce it wrong
Thank you😊
I loved this and shared it with my daughters. Correct grammar and verbalization really promotes one’s self•image.
I love the way you broke down everything id take your class to learn French ❤️
I love the way you teach the pronunciation of the words phonetically.. it is awesome!
Oh, this is so excellent! You have very clear lettering for how each name is spelled. Right under it, the spelling for the correct pronunciation is exactly what a native English-speaker needs, along with your excellent very French accent. You also give us enough time to repeat after you. And the insertions of the images are helpful. Ty so much for this!
First world problems.
I can't frigging stand it when people say "WOILA" when they mean "VOILA". I actually heard someone say "Why is there a V in there if you don't pronounce it?"
@@pampire13 😂at first I thought that read, “First word problems “.
except she's not even speaking with an english accent....hahaha
It reads Jean Paul, the pronunciation diagram says "John pohl", but what's coming out of her mouth is......"jauh pau"
this was so
enlightning, i enjoyed your video
Hello how’re you doing?
I like how u teach us being that u know English as well as French, I wish u was my French teacher irl cuz u actually break it down so simplistically.
I did french in highschool and my teacher grew up in France and one of the first things she taught us was how to pronounce french brands correctly lmao she'd get so frustrated because we were mangling it 😂
I stumbled across this video and I love how you teach! I took French in high school for 2 years and feel like I learned more from you in this video 😂
This was fun. I am a fragrance junkie and my favorites always are absolutely unpronounceable to me! If you ever consider doing another video like this, can you include Yves Saint Laurent? Thank you!
Eve Seh Lore-ahn
I have a Perfume channel and I agree!! I’d love a video on this
or you can try AXE instead. Cheaper too...😛
@@testdriver3146 Is that pronounced "a SHAY?" [asking for a Brazilian] 😆😎
@@AbsentWithoutLeaving ha ha! For a Brazilian. 😂 I don’t believe so, I could be mistaken when purchasing the incredible product for either the incredible value @ the $1 store or Walmart for $2.99 the cashiers haven’t added at the end of the purchase, ‘’yah know’’.. lol, it’s really not like the wood chopping tool or the slang word for a 🎸.
However the eye watering, nose bleed of smells that slap the $Hi+ & dizzy your senses more than a skunk 🦨 assaulting you with their ass tear gas I do believe is pronounced like AX/ 🪓. Which now to think of it, makes perfect sense because it’s like getting an 🪓 to your smeller & it assaults all your senses. Been a strange favorite for junior high school boys & misguided dudes believing that their lack of receiving attention from whoever they’re attracted too will be helped by their extraordinary purchase of an AXE aerosol spray or the plethora of other odd smelling items-instead of using the biggest tool to woo their target especially if it’s a female, the largest sex organ for females & in my experience is what seals any deal is by way of the brain, not a whole lot gets a female in the ‘’feels’’ more than being listened to or just having a conversation like a semi ‘’normal’’ human.
It’s a panty dropper for sure! Lmao!
Beautiful language, French (as are all the romance languages). So it's definitely worth pronouncing it properly - doing so shows respect and helps the speaker avoid letting loose with cringe-inducing pronounciations.
I failed French but am shocked that I actually almost got them all right , patting myself on the back , great video really enjoyed watching it 👍🏻
Thank you for telling me how to say L’Occitane! I, too, love their hand cream (I have some here by my chair) and also their facial moisturizer. I studied French is school, so I was at least “close” on all the other pronunciations, but this one had me baffled.
She actually pronounces it wrong. So she teaches it wrong. I am a native French speaker.
@@valeriehartman3705 You are correct.
I took French 2 years and can sing Frosty the Snowman in French but every time I have to ask the sales associate if they have Mon Guerlain I get dizzy & nauseous with nerves.😅 Thank you for this!!
Being french and watching this is super cool ! you really got the pronounciation right!
The breakdown of the pronunciation really helps me pronounce other French words! Thank you so much!
True, my friend
Minoring in fashion merchandising really helped me with the fashion houses but the others were so off for me 😂
I came into this video with very low expectations but I was surprised by how good your accent is. Great job!
Thank you for this helpful and entertaining video. I have a bit of a problem with luxury handbags and I have wondered how to pronounce Longchamp for about a decade!
Have seen quite a many French teaching lesson vids but this one tops it all! What a refreshing and breezy presentation! Genteel Rosie took the trouble to insert the spelling onto the screen and time stamped the words which are really helpful for the teaching content guidance. Well done! Subscribed!
I enjoyed this video so much. It's very empowering to know how to pronounce these French brand names properly(as someone very fastidious on pronounciation in my vernacular and in English). Thank you so much!
Wow I was actually pronouncing Evian pretty close to correctly. (the only one of these products I actually use) 😊 Thanks for the great lesson.
This is brilliant! I wish I would've thought of this! I've spent a bit of time explaining French pronunciation, as a native English speaker, to other English speakers trying to learn French. She is correct--it's so very helpful to have a non-French person explain in ways that make sense to an English speaking mouth! Because even if fluent, there are always words we either never learned how to say or have forgotten... I wish she would have pronounced Reims 13:30; I can never remember how that town is pronounced! I also needed the refresher on Hermes. 14:25 I noticed she did not link the s at the end of suis in Je suis allee... I forget if it's supposed to link with allee?? Overall I found her explanations were superb. Merci!
Reims is pronounced like "ren-ss", French "r", "ei" is like "ey", "m" makes a nasal sound and we pronounce the final "s" here
Australian here. Imagine my surprise when my French student a few years ago told me how excited she was to get a pair of "levees" because they were cheap here. Of course, she was referring to Levi's jeans...
😄😜 That’s so cute.
The letter named Eye (i) is prounouced correctly in in and in integral etc. Anglophones massacre vowels like it was no big deal.
@@Piccodon so do the French tbh
Wow what a horrible person.... jk😉, I could care less how people pronounce English words. I’ll let them be:)
How was he horrible. Said was surprised.
Really enjoyed this. I did O'level French back in 1987,and I must have retained a lot of info. I was amazed that I got most of these right! A few did catch me out though, so happy to get corrected!
I have never understood the concept of correcting someone's pronunciation without them asking (unless it would result in embarrassment) I am just always amazed that people are making that effort, especially when it is not their native language.
ooh, if you knew how many children run around with these names-mother nvr stepped out the state much less the country. its kind of funny and sad at the same time.
Depends on how someone correct them. You can do it rudely but politely going about it is okay. You shouldn't be embarrassed if someone politely corrects you. In so many cases you probably don't even realize you are speaking it wrong. It won't kill you to learn how to pronounce words correctly.
@@katepausig8562 - Agreed! I, for one, as a non-native speaker, will always appreciate a gentle correction to my pronunciation or usage, as opposed to walking around for the rest of my life pronouncing it wrong and sounding at best like a foreigner and at worst just plain silly.
When someone says something incorrectly, it makes no sense to me. I have to try to say it out loud, correctly, to be able to realize what it is... so I do it without thinking about it, and it helps me understand. I'm not meaning to 'correct them' actually, but if it helps them, great.
Most people don't even speak another lenguage and can't even imagine how hard is to learn a second idiom, especially after being an adult. If they are trying, they are aware that their pronunciation might not be perfect but they deserve some credit for the efforts.
Of course this kind of video is for someone that is interested to sound native but I must say that accents are part of your history so don't worry.
Btw, I'm from Brazil so English is not my mother lenguage. In case of any mistake here, I don't care.
You are so right about not having the muscles to pronounce sounds. They go so fast when they teach, Thank you for breaking it down into syllables. After four attempts to learn to understand and speak French I gave up. First time here. Thanks
I don't speak French but learned the basics of French pronunciation in college when all who studied classical singing had to learn to sing in 4 languages. French was one of my choices. You learn the basics and you don't make those "English speaking" mistakes quite so often ;-)
Amazingly intelligent and accurate approach to correctly pronouncing French Brand names!!!!
my grandmére (you can tell by how i call her grandma) was french creole from louisiana so i’ve always spoken these names correctly…. every woman in my mom’s family have french middle names including my daughters.
i don’t even speak french myself but i understand it like it’s english
I like how she “scolds” on the incorrect pronunciation parts especially on Veuve Cliquot, which i so deserve 😂
This is amazing, and it is very important as well for when an anglophone visits France there is always this misunderstanding when we pronounce the words differently, we often get misunderstood. Would appreciate more of the like :)
Me too! I just find it shows respect when speaking the language of the country you're visiting to try to pronounce things as correctly as possible, even if you make mistakes or only know a few words or sentences.
Ah, but the French deliberately misunderstand you. They know perfectly well what you mean, their just too anally retentive about their language to grant you any latitude.
Great video!
One remark: your "Louboutin" sounds like "Lubutin"; "ou" should be the same vowel as in "cool", with your mouth positioned closer to an "o" than a french "u" :)
Hurluberlu.. haha Après la rue, la route . Après l'accueil Rue Malesherbes :D
I m french and it is true
So, in that case, this is like the "u" in "full"
@@NotEvenFrench "an" and "on" seems to be difficult too
Even though similar, the french ‘ou’ is not exactly the same as the English ‘oo’ in cool, not to mention the various pronunciations of the word ‘cool’ in the many different accents and dialects of the English language.
As a MyL’Occitane consultant, it’s so interesting how everyone pronounces it in their own way. Haha
This was really cool. I liked hearing these names pronounced correctly.
Hi how are you doing?
Meanwhile French ppl are constantly abusing every single American brand name! I live in Paris, I was giving my hotmail account to a client service employee and she "corrected" me by pronouncing it "otmail"! 😏😂
Έκλαψα λίγο!
Non mais, les français en general prononcent horriblement TOUTES les langues etrangeres, considerez vous chanceux qu'elle ne vous reclame pas de dire "courriel".
this is our secret french trick at being adorable :)
Should we start pronouncing H&M or Ikea in Swedish next? Such nonsense!
@@joostkiefte7683 Im glad Im not the only one who sees it lol !
"Not the P. The P is not there."
Pretty much sums up the French language. 🤣
The English language is filled with silent letters and odd spelling. Comb thumb debt knee. I think all languages have them.
Yes! Try learning Danish, sometimes letters are said that aren’t there in the word and letters that are there aren’t said! 😂
Silent letters drive me nuts.
If you wanna see a language that isn’t pronounced in the way it’s written, check out some Irish words. For starters, the letter “h” screws up everything- any consonant immediately before an h takes on a completely different sound, and sometimes no sound at all. Example: The popular girls’ name “Siobhan” is pronounced “Shi-vawn”- the “bh” is pronounced as a “v”.
@@davidthaler7018 haha, that’s crazy. 😂
I tried to teach a French person how to say “mouth” in English. He kept confusing the word with the pronunciation of “bouche”. We worked on “ou” as in “how” for a while and it was very interesting for both of us. I enjoyed your lesson. Thanks.
It's like the Scottish mooth.
How was he doing with the “th” pre-lesson? I’m imagining his first attempts sounded like “moot”.
@@kmw4359 , yes you are correct.
This was fun! Not sure how much I’ll remember, but I thoroughly enjoyed this!
"Ben ouais en fait j'ai travaillé pour L'Oréal!" You even thought to start with "Ben" 😁😁 I love it! Bravo pour la prononciation 👍
Bien oui, en effet, j’ai travaillé chez l’Oréal. Each syllable must be said independently. No mashing them together. About the brand name: l’or = gold réal = real = real gold.
Grazie Aurore Del Vitto. What an interesting name.
I took French for four years so I mildly know how to pronounce these just based on what I was taught, but if I try to pronounce them this way, my bf (& others) think I’m being a snobby dick 🥸😭😒 or restaurants and stores try to correct me into pronouncing it the American way. Like Chanel’s mademoiselle, they’re like “oh you mean MAID-mwah-SEHLL?”
Same. With all of it
Barsxs Alicia now you know how Tom Holland feels.
Where do you live?? 😅 I've never heard anyone say mademoiselle like that 😂
Exactly. I knew how to pronounce them all correctly, with the exception of L'Occitane(went with "ahn" rather than "an" as the last syllable), but if you do this in the US, it comes off as extremely pretentious.
Then just look pretentions for american, you'll be loved in France if you show that you're making effort to speak and pronunce correctly 😘
LOVED this video!!! Merci.
Hi how are you doing?
Turns out I'm pronouncing all of them correctly but the East European shopkeepers think I'm having a stroke
Couldn’t wade through the loooong advert
Thank you for including Guerlain! I'm German, so I'm quite familiar with our neighbours language, but with Guerlain I've never been 100% sure. And la petite robe noire is beautiful! :-)
This was a great video! Thank you! Merci!
Fun! When I was little, I lived in France I learned French but list most of it when we moved back. It came back pretty fast.
My surrogate mother was a native French speaker and she INSISTED I learn proper pronunciation even though I'm not a fluent French speaker. Ironically, several of the sounds that are complicated for English speakers to master for French words are easier if you were taught Hebrew. Some of the muscles and tongue position are identical to make certain sounds.
This is 💯 true. Absolutely, but funnily enough the Hebrew starts to have a bit of a French pronunciation if you’re not careful. This was in my case anyway.
@@8xXcoolbeansXx8 same lol. My hebrew R’s are French R’s… oh well.
This explains a lot about my cousins who are tri-lingual in English, French, and Hebrew. (JK. Their mother is French, and they were born in Israel.) But it is interesting! Maybe that’s why I don’t struggle with French pronunciation as much - I have a foundation for Hebrew but not a fluency.
Oh Rosie, I just enjoyed your video so, so much!💕 In my opinion French is such a romantic language. You speak lovely and it sounds very beautiful. This is the first time I see you here in TH-cam. Thanks for sharing!
If I were speaking French, I definitely would pronounce things with a French accent in this way. However, I say Saint Martin, when referring to the island in the Caribbean , when I am speaking English . I do not say Sint Maarten, or “Sahn Marr tehn”(nasal)in the middle of an English conversation.😄
Fabulous video, thanks so much!
Wow your "Céline" was perfect you sounded exactly like a native speaker
True, and I would know, it's my name
One technicality: When the brand was conceived the gentleman refused to put the accent aigu on the first ‘e’! Thus, everyone is likely mispronouncing it!
I went to Macy's NYC and asked where the Givenchy counter was using the proper pronunciation and the salesperson looked at me like I sprouted a second head! LOL
😝 This is the one that grates on my ears the most!
@@nathalieconnor5803 I actually learned the correct pronunciation from Edwina on Absolutely Fabulous!
i understand
@@allabreveconsulting7067 Now that’s some street cred! 😄
@@nathalieconnor5803 That's a really grate response!
Hi, Thank you for this video. Question: Is the word “pronunciation” pronounced differently region from region? I noticed you say it a little differently than what I usually hear. Thank you for helping us with these French words. It gives us more confidence when we speak. ❤❤❤❤❤
Instructions unclear - a crowd of people are hurling baguettes at me.
Great video! I’ve had the gift of pronouncing some languages very well, French is one of them 😊
Maybe I lived there in a past life 😊
It’s a beautiful language 🤩👍🏽
Btw, Evian backwards spells : NAIVE 🤨
A guy who worked on the same Sephora store as I did, called me an elitist because I always said the words correctly. I learned how to pronounce french in school.
Good for you. It shows that you care about your job and the products that you sell. We can also call it "culture" but some people might be offended...
This was perfect! Thank you!
I studied French at school and at university, and I got the pronunciation of all these French brand names correct, except for L'Occitane!!! I've always pronounced it as: 'Lock - it - anne'!! LOL 😆 Oh, and Moet et Chandon, I got that one wrong too. I never knew that Moet was actually a Dutch name, so thank you for sharing this with us. The Champs Elysees is French for Elysian Fields isn't it?? Have I spelled Elysian correctly? Love from Amanda Jones in Melbourne, Australia ❤️
She mispronounced Moët too. The French do not pronounce the T. I don't know where she got that from.
@@valeriehartman3705 I am french and we do pronounce the T in moët...
She didnt pronounce L'Ocitane right. I am born in the French region of L'Occitanie and go there multiple times a year and the pronounciation was not right.
@@Googlium Je suis française aussi et chez moi, le T á Moët ne se prononce pas, il reste muet. FYI for English speakers, I am French born too and where I am from, the T in Moët is mute. So it depends on the region I guess.