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What are the sterotypes you've heard about French people in your country? We're here to discuss it in the comments section ! 😁
C'est la première fois que j'écoute le cliché sur la mauvaise hygiène de vie ! Très intéressant ! hahah
Un cliché que je connais c'est que les français parlent l'anglais mal ou ne savent pas parler l'anglais du tout.
@@andreu2365 Vraiment? Pourtant, on l'entend vraiment beaucoup! Mais tu as dû remarquer en nous côtoyant que c'était pas vrai (enfin on espère 😉 😆)
@@evenwerk Oui, effectivement, on entend ça souvent aussi! Et c'est vrai que globalement, en France, on ne parle pas aussi bien anglais que dans d'autres pays d'Europe.
@@EasyFrench Oui, je peux constater que c'est pas vrai! 👌
5:22 "not really, do you see anybody here with a beret?" A second after, they interview someone with a beret 😂😂😂
;)
I like berets I wish people would wear them more often.
In Paris a lot of people don't wear berets or marinière
But not a man though. The béret stereotype comes from old Frenchmen wearing bérets, 50 or 100 years ago. It doesn't come from fashion style bérets for girls in 2020.
That's the power of video edition.
je suis italien, je pense que le stereotype que le français sont ''rude'' c'est false. Quand j'étais en Erasmus j'avais beacoup d'amies français et je pense que nous (Italiens et français), avons traditions et style de vie très similaires. Je suis été aussi beaucoup de fois en France pour me vacances especialment pendant ma enfance!! La France on a était et c'est une nation important pour moi! (Pardonne-moi pour mon français)
Tu apprends français par IGCSE?
Ton Français est top et on entend ton merveilleux accent à travers lui.
@@kanchanraj2904Ça c’est en Angleterre
Tu fais certainement moins de fautes d'orthographe que beaucoup de français ( moi inclus ) . Forza Francesco🙏
The cut after the segment at 5:22 is pure gold ^^
Hah we found it quite funny too 😁
what happened there?
@@White-sw9pe the girl with red hair said that there was no one walking around with béret,, and yet the next girl wore béret. 😂
@@evanraymond8728 True, but it's only a fashion thing, since the beret cliche is only about men. And beside few very old men in the countryside, no one wears berets in France anymore.
ok but the girl with the red/orange hair has such a beautiful voice
Scarves. The French love their scarves.
Haha that's kind of true ;) But in winter, it's important not to get a cold!! ;)
How many scarves did you see in this video?
They also tend to wear their pullovers over their shoulders ^^
@@Mokkamalia Only conservatives in their mid 30s.
@@JustinCase99999 ^^
05:39 "We don't stink, it's only the subway that causes this impression".
That was the best one.
I’m Canadian and went to Paris a few years ago. My dream come true. I would like to live there beside the Eiffel Tower. The people were polite. No one was rude. I was surprised it was quite easy to get by in English. My French is very limited. The food is great. A really beautiful city. But btw I’m from Toronto and we have a reputation for being rude and unfriendly so maybe I like that style
Or maybe the unfriendliness stereotype is wrong in both Toronto and Paris 🤔😁 It's nice to read your positive impression on Paris!
@@EasyFrench Do French people think Americans are super nice? I live in San Francisco and most people are rude 😂 Maybe it's the cloudy weather all year haha
@@zachary8224 It's not easy to speak for French people in general, but yes, we could say that generally Americans have the reputation to be rather friendly and specially enthusiastic :)
Easy French really wow! people here are quite rude haha :)
James Lade , come back to Paris we are niiice ^^
Seriously you have a lot of beautiful cities in France not only Paris :)
I visited Paris (and other French cities) three times in my life and I smell nobody's terrible stinky in my sightseeings (and I took a lot of subways around the city). I visited Vienna (beautiful, by the way) and THERE I smell people very stinky on the subway (It was terrible). I'm from a tropical country (Brazil) and I do shower a lot (03 times a day or more).
When I went to Europe, in late autumn, the weather was mild and the temperatures are not so high, so I found it necessary to take only 02 baths a day (when I woke up and before I go to sleep), and I found myself clean. I think it’s a cultural issue associated with the climate of colder countries. I just LOOOOVE Paris too much!!! The country (France) and the people are always in my heart.............
In my experience in Paris, the stereotype was confirmed, unfortunately. The stench of many people was common in the streets and especially in the subway. In the subway, the smell was terrible.
I live in France I shower every night before bed in summer once every 2 or 3 days depending of my activities in winter. But I always wash my " culo" before going to bed.
@@towaritch Confucius say, "If you go to bed without your pajamas, you wake up with smelly fingers."
@@deanronson6331 I wear pajamas in winter and clean underwear/t-shirt in summer
@@towaritch Whoosh
I live in Tunisia and i learned one very important thing in my life during my studies in France : freedom is not a conquered land.
"Ils sont romantiques et ils puent". That is perfect over-compensation.
on pue le romantisme
3:17 attention 27% au lieu de 35% ! Tout est dans la précision des chiffres 😂
Hahaha !
C'est très français de chipoter sur ce genre de chose 😂
C'était une bonne blague !
Ok, I am french but I am currently living in London for about 4 years now. It is true that there are a lot of clichés about french people and the fact of being outside my homeland make me realised that most of them are true. This is mainly due to cultural differences rather than real flaws meaning that according to someone standards, the other will act differently and in a weird way but the other will think the completely opposite about you. For instance, it is true, us french people, we are protesting A LOT and moaning a lot as well but in turn, me as french in London, I will say that English people don't express themselves and prefer to hide everything down when something is not right... this is a matter of point of view. The fact of moaning and protesting a lot is just a consequence of being more direct. This may also explain why we are identified as rude as well.
Thanks for sharing with us your point of view! It's true that living abroad really helpps to have more of a distant perspective towards one's own cultural and social habits.
Loïc Rolas better than being hypocrite
Loïc Rolas can you say if it is true that french don’t shower often or not and why??? I have known strong smelly ones.
@@amandaconstanza what do you mean by "that often"? I am taking showers every day. I am not sure you know enough French people to draw any conclusion. Especially because French people are so diverse (as in every nationalities) that I am not sure they can be reduced down to a population that does not shower. This is a matter of education, not nationality.
Loïc Rolas it can be a cultural thing and that is why i am asking, not attacking you 🙄🙄🙄🙄 I have known like 20 in my life, been there twice, my ex boyfriend is french, etc. And yes, i know there is people that showers everyday but I have known three aprox that always smell and my friends found very weird that coincidence. I am really just asking if there is a reason. ps i didn’t said that you specially don’t shower hahahaha. ps2: in my country think that stuff about every european not just french people haha.
Now I want to learn French to get an additional personality! I feel like i’d be very humorous in the French language lol
We smell you Pierre Desproges
I made my own analyse about the reputed "french rudeness". I think it's a mostly american feeling taking roots in the cultural differences of mentality : America has a deep culture of optimism, positivity and motivation mindset. Its common to talk to anybody you want to talk to on public spaces, markets or whatever. If you seek help to somebody, he will cheerfully act like you're in a friendship, living you a phone number even though he may often don't give a damn about you and never call you back later on. Friendliness is a natural social code in america even though it may be fake, and every interaction shall be positive.
France on the other hand does not have such a culture of interaction. It is almost rude to stop someone in the street to chat about something because people have things to do and must not be disturbed. If you actually need something, french indeed have a politeness etiquette which enable to friendly ask for something, but if you step outside of it "Bonjour" + "excusez moi de vous déranger.." you'll not receive a nice greeting. Things tourist don't know about most of the time.
To be simple, americans put loads of vaseline on their exchanges.
It's very interesting to read yur opinion about that, thanks for sharing! It indeed echoes other feebacks about social interactions in France we have heard from other Americans.
haha America must be a nightmare country for an introvert..I hate small talks with strangers..But I get the benefit of your friendliness culture.
@@unpopulardollsdontreadrepl8453 Although america must be sweetier as a tourist, meeting people and making friends it can also been tiring I guess. People don't bother with those they don't have to in France
Les français ont du mal à faire le premier pas mais si on leur parle, ils seront ravis d'échanger.
Roman wild is not true
I ADORE this channel... it really makes me laugh, I love seeing how the French respond to questions in the street. Viva la France! Merci beaucoup...
Merci à vous !
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@@EasyFrench merci, je le ferais!
We've been to Paris three times and encountered nice people who have stopped to help us. As for the baguettes, cheese, and wine, I couldn't get enough!
Haven't been to Paris for more than a decade, but been to France three times. The French are charming and helpful in my experience and speaking a bit of French helps a lot.
That's such a nice comment to read! Thank you 😍
Absolutely, I dust off my high school French to make sure I have basic polite and survival sentences. It really makes a difference.
How can’t you love French with this sense of humour?
Who uses 27% in the conversation?
Au Brésil, ce que j'ai déjà écouté en concernant les Français c'est que l'on dit beaucoup que les Français ils se douchent pas souvent, et que c'est à cause de ça que vous avez les meilleurs parfums (pour "cacher" l'odeur) ! L'on dit aussi que vous êtes râleurs, grossiers, que vous aimez trop les vins et les fromages, etc, et que vous savez revendiquer vos droits ! Moi par contre je ne suis pas d'accord avec tous ces clichés, j'ai déjà rencontré des Français très agréables et qui sont hygiéniques hahaha! Vive la France et les Français !
Merci Arian pour ce commentaire très détaillé! Et écrit dans un français parfait, bravo! 👌
@@EasyFrench Merci beaucoup, c'est trop gentil 😄
Franchement, on a du mal à croire que vous n'êtes pas français en vous lisant. Franchement félicitations. À part en lisant : "L'on dit que...". Ce n'est pas une faute. C'est juste que c'est un langage tellement soutenu que personne ne le dit jamais. Même un homme politique, je n'en ai jamais entendu parler de cette manière là.
Je pense que 100% des clichés sont vrais sauf celui qu'on se lave pas et celui la il date du moyen age et il a perdurer one sait trop comment
@@octa7557 Je savais ça mais comment expliquer que des brésiliens qui était aussi catholique ait ce cliché sur nous
You guys talk too fast lol. I only know Spanish and English, but went to France and somehow navigated all by myself, and did everything I wanted. Kind of proud of my instinct. Can’t wait to visit again 💜 Saludos desde Los Angeles
J'aime vraiment cette chaîne. Les filles qui font les interviews sont très sympatiques. J'apprends beaucoup de langage familier. Tout est très détendu et agréable. Je suis déjà fan de vous. Merci pour les videos très intéressantes. Et voilà. À bientôt.
J'habite à Paris les parisiens sont tres gentils. ils se lavent. Ils ne sont pas égoïstes. J'aime cette ville et j'aime trop ces gens
Entièrement d'accord, les parisiens sont grognons (parfois) mais foncièrement gentils !
Aaaah enfin un commentaire sympas sur les parisiens
@@judithbenzadon4808 ce n est Pas Mon experience et j ai vecu Les 3/4 de ma vie a Paris et banlieue (plutot residentielle).
La plupart des français qui disent du mal de Paris sont des droitards qui n'y vivent pas mais disent ça par agenda politique.
@@judithbenzadon4808 des vrais e....s oui je sais de quoi je parle j y ai vecu 60 ans. Et foncierement caracteriels.
J'ai jamais été en France encore mais c'est un must go ! Du cousin Québécois
coucou cousin moi je rêve du Québec
Quand tu vx :D@@juliad368
French stereotypes:
•eat a lot of croissants
•have tiny portions of food
•women’s fashion/makeup goal is to look “effortless” but polished (I.e. messy bun, minimal makeup, red lipstick but no lip liner)
•French people commonly have extramarital affairs & it’s not a taboo
•French women have hairy armpits
•French men have squiggly mustaches
•French ppl look down on Americans
•French are very blunt & don’t sugarcoat
•French always dress great
Generally, I can say as an American, we think pretty highly of France ❤️ 😎
I am Brazilian and there are also many stereotypes about us. For example, they think we live in the middle of the Amazon or in Rio de Janeiro (funny fact, I never went to these two places), or that we just party all year long, walk around in our bikinis and drink caipirinha. I don't even need to talk about how uncomfortable this stereotype is...
> French people commonly have extramarital affairs & it’s not a taboo
Yeah that one is false lmao
The rest of them are pretty correct I think, or at least they have some truth to them.
Still, I think most girls shave their armpits, and plenty of people don't care how they dress, however a lot of french girls will do their makeup and pick a good outfit even if it's just to go do the groceries for example...
@@catherineribeiro917adoro caipirinha mas faz tempo que não tomo. Kct
My grandparents told me it is quite true that up until a couple of decades ago, full-body-and-hair bathing or showering were a once-weekly affair all over Europe, not just France. One would wash their face and ears in the morning, brush their teeth, and possibly wash one's feet in the evening. As most people know by now, perfume was invented centuries ago to mask the body odors of the upper crust, who hardly bathed at all. In Victorian England, those who could afford a bath tub bathed , but the poor were likely to bathe only once a year.
Agree. My grandparents had to go to a public bath, so they would not bath often for a good practical reason. Now it's because of the problem of the lack of water that people avoid taking bath in France. Baths are not really eco-friendly. Especially because French people don't bathe in the same water (I saw families bathe in the same water in England, and of course it's the norm in Japan).
I was born in the 70's raised in France and a shower once or twice a day is the norm. Maybe what you describe was true in my grandparents' days not sure.
@@juliad368 My post starts with, "My grandparents told me..." And yet, your own comment sounds like what I said in my post went into one ear and went out the other.
7:33 Trop mignonne sa petite apologie de son peuple.
The reporter's smile took all my attention XD
Well, I have been to France many times and I must say that the baguette things is true. and I love it.
Je cherche depuis longtemps cette chaine magnifique. .je suis syrien. J'aime beaucoup la Langue française. 😍😍😍
Alors, bienvenue sur notre chaîne! Nous sommes contents qu'elle vous plaise :)
@@EasyFrench
Montrez -nous beaucoup de videos, s'il vous plait
@@georgeebrahim9703 Nous sommes très contents que nos vidéos vous plaisent ! Nous publions 3 vidéos par mois, nous aimerions aussi faire plus, bientôt peut-être :)
@@EasyFrench ❤😍👍
Muito muito obrigado pelo trabalho muito bom muito bem feito , parabéns e sucesso a todos .
De riiiiien et merci 🤗
Having people say the same thing in different ways was really helpful
Having watched quite a few of your videos, this is definitely one of the best.
I have been twice in less than a year to Paris and besides they always think I am French ( until my terrible accent tells them I am foreigner 😹 ), I have found people in Paris very nice and despite what others say, friendly.
I don’t like staring at people or talking to strangers and I am very respectful to others and that’s pretty much the same way with French people.
Maybe I have been very lucky but I adore Paris and it’s people!
Viva la France toujours!
Thank you, this is such a nice comment! It makes us really happy to hear that foreigners enjoyed their time France and the contact to local people :)
Merciii David :) 👍
Charlotte Cherasse de rien!😸
Tu es italien?
En France on adore les italiens !!!!
@@cocorico2701 no je suis costarricien. Mes ancêtres etaient italiens, français, espagnols et anglais. Je suis un melange!
1:11 Par un moment j'ai pensé que j'avais mis le x1'5 xD
Merci pour ce bon épisode! J’apprends tellement!
Here in Germany i have never heard that French people don't shower. I'm surprised this was mentioned so often. But we do have the cliché that a typical French breakfast is just coffee and cigarette and that they smoke cigarette after cigarette all day long. Then there is the cliché that they are rude unless you talk to them in their language. And that they drive around in old run down cars but spend their money on nice food and clothes instead, while in Germany having a nice car is a priority to many people.
Haha for having lived in Germany as a French person, I can say that the difference of priorities regarding what to do with one's money surprised me too! I never thought people were driving old cars in France until I saw what kind of cars people drive in Germany haha
En France, l'ostentation est mal vue, ce sont les "racailles " qui roulent dans de grosses voitures.(ils préfèrent les voitures allemande d'ailleurs! !!!!)
@@cocorico2701 en Allemagne, l'ostentation est aussi mal vue je dirais. Mais quand on gagne bien sa vie, il n'y a pas de raison de rouler dans une Clio de 2001 😅
J'ai trouvé que c'est surtout aux États-Unis où les gens aiment l'ostentation.
When child tv used to Broadcast an American Cartoon called Pepe le Pew, this helped to this Freanch stereotype because it was very popular.
Oh you're right! That might be why then...
you can right away notice the difference of behavior with the two Southerners more lead back and funny. The girl with the bonnet hat was cool too.
I could live on baguettes ,coffee, cheese,crossaints and maybe some wine de temps en temps
C'est la vie !
I have ❤️🙏🏾
*THEY SMOKE A LOT!!!!*
that's completely true
We do 😂
And that is unironically based
32% smoke , 68% do not
Cet épisode a été génial! Tout le monde que vous avez trouvé avait bien envie de parler de ce sujet.
The interviewer is gorgeous 😍 😍 😍
I am a foreigner, living in Parisian area... And i have to say that people with baguettes are really everywhere! Maybe you just don't understand how it is unusual in other countries to see so many guys in the morning to carry 3-4 baguettes 😂
:D
Wow, me encanta el idioma frances espero aprender algun dia❤
Puedes empezar ahora ! 🤗
@@EasyFrench es dificil :(
No es tan difícil cuando prácticas constantemente.
I've been living abroad for 10 years, surrounded by foreigners almost exclusively, and in my experience, there's some kind of fascination or obsession with France and the French, whether it's positive or negative. There's ALWAYS something to say about the French. No matter what, no matter how trivial it is, when it comes to the French, people want to see something more complicated in it. And they cling to their stereotypes, even if you prove them wrong XD Once I was dressed in black from head to toe and I got 'you look so French today'. Yup, being dressed in black is a French exclusivity - however you've never seen me like that before, so how is it 'so French' exactly, knowing that I'm also half Spanish? :) You have no idea how many times I tell my friends or workmates 'oh, this one too? Let me add it to the very long list of French stereotypes!' That said, we all get along so well, we come from everywhere around the world and it's amazing to share and teach each other so many things, I love it to bits.
YES I've been trying to articulate that very same thought all over the internet but foreigners don't get it. English speakers tend to have a weird sense of ownership towards France.
Charles this is because the French people and France in general have a huge role in their history , while for the French that is not the case !
@@rachelsombo9045 That may be true but dang this is so bizarre. They print endless articles in their trash medias when they're hardly ever mentioned here lmao
hubris
Lorsque j'ai été toute nouvelle arrivante en france, on m'a dit que les parisiens sont hautains mais je les ai trouvés très sympa. Donc je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce cliché :-) Merci pour cetter super vidéo!
In Korea, always Fashion, Romance, Gourmet are what we think about French in my opinion. As I am living in France now, I see those are all true! (not sure about the second one)
Interesting! Where do you live, in France?
@@EasyFrench I live in Biarritz♡ beautiful Basque town in Sud Ouest. It will be awesome to see Easy French crew making video in this town😎
@@Jieun3733 That's great! Beautiful city, beautiful region :) You are lucky! We would love to shoot there one day, the landscapes are incredible
@@EasyFrench I'll be thrilled as a fan😍
Here in London you don't hear the cliches about berets, striped t-shirts, baguettes, croissants. I think it's because we now have 140 different ethnic groups in London and it's pointless to engage in ethnic stereotypes. Also, French style is recognised as supreme, so what's wrong with striped t-shirts? I have seven. And berets are really in again. As for baguettes and croissants, everyone cheers up when a French patisserie moves into the neighbourhood. The only downside is you know you are going to put on 10 kilos that you won't be able to shift. The way you speak English is totally seductive and cute. But perhaps there is a certain tendency towards endless argument about nothing at all. I blame Voltaire and all those enlightenment types. Love your channel.
Thanks for the very detailed comment! It's nice to hear that our UK neighbors like our style and food, and even our way of speaking English (of which many French people are ashamed of). And thanks for supporting us :)
haha you nailed it : pointless argument is our religion but we don't have to agree to love each other, it's more like sports it's a game "joute verbale".
Hey salut! Piece of French Subscriber here too 😋
Londonians know what's up. Also striped t-shirts totally rock !
Bonjour au Vietnam.
Merci pour nouvelle vidéo, j'adore pas mal le série "Cliché de Francais", que je trouve très utile pour apprendre votre point de vue à votre problème. Ici, au Vietnam, votre cliché est la peuple hautaine.Mais, je crois c'est pas vrai du tout. Je connais environ 4 ou 5 peuple et tous sont super gentil, sympa; un peu hautain, oui, haha; mais en général, j'aime votre langue et le francais.
Merci d'avoir partagé ça avec nous! C'est toujours intéressant pour nous de connaître le ressenti des autres peuples à notre sujet 🙂
Râleurs est traduit comme grousers.. Ça veut dire plutôt "grumpy" en anglais
Grumpy c'est plutôt grincheux ou grognon ;)
le mot que vous chercher est “moaners”
An stereotype is that they don't like when foreigners talk in English or talk in an imperfect French
laurananiis rb infortunately, that is kind of true than many French people habeevery high standards towards their own language, and are not always patient with people trying to speak French... But not everyone in France, fortunately!
Easy French J’ai entendu parlé que la plupart des francaises qui ont mauvaise attitude vers les apprenants qui parlent pas bien francais est les parisiens, et pas tellement eux des autres regions en France. Est-ce que c’est vrai ?
@@cornfetishhh3305 well, I find French are quite weird regarding this matter cause when they're abroad and someone wants to speak French to them they use English but when they're in France they don't like people speak to them in English so wtf! And then you use your B1 French level to avoid hate but since they're so perfectionists they start talking to you in English again... and it's so weird because when they're learning a new language they ask for patience and people even help them but when is the opposite situation French don't have the same patience they were asking for.
laurananiis rb i ´m french and i never heard of that
What is funny though is that most of French people don't speak proper English or any other foreign language.
J'adore leur autodérision!
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God damn it, I've been learning french for a couple of weeks now and all I understood from your introduction (without looking at the subtitles) was "hello and welcome" reading and writing in french is quite easy but listening and speaking french is incredibly hard.
We understand, it can indeed be quite frustrating at the beginning... it will be easier once your hear is getting used to the sound of the language. Maybe try to put the video in slower speed? It helps a lot of people! You can also check our Super Easy videos, they are much easier to understand ;)
Thanks U for your lovely helpful in France class 👍
Thought my playback settings were 1.25 +
The first time I was in Paris (years ago) a waiter mocked me and made me order in French and corrected my pronunciation. I found it was actually pretty funny. The last time I was in Paris, I ordered and spoke in French and they didn't even switch to English and were quite friendly about it.
That can be seen as rude, though. I don't expect people to know my language when visiting my country.
Not very often
5:09 "ils sont pas très polis"
"est-ce que c'est vrai?"
"mais non!"
...et le mec à coté avec la tete degoutée: "tchu me poses la question à moi?"
Hw wants the french cheesy cook
Je suis allée à Paris une fois comme touriste...et le gens c'était sympa
J’ADORE VOTRES VIDEOS!! J’apprends beaucoup de choses avec ces vidéos. S’il vous plaît n’arrête pas de faire ces vidéos ils sont indispensable. Je voudrais garder aussi un vidéo de cuisiner une recette française. Peut-être il ne serait pas Mal idée de faire par nous les américains. Merci beaucoup merci beaucoup!!
Gringuita Life Belle idée 🌻
i lived in France and married a French girl. We were married for 24 years (and are still great friends). This has not been the experience of my life. But, I know now that my family may not have been entirely typical as they were very educated. First we lived an hour outside of Paris. There was nobody in my wife's direct family, who baring some really constraining thing (camping, etc.), would not shower every day, including my mother and father-in law, my wife's brother, his wife, and their son. In the time I was dating many French girls, before I met my wife , (those days made me KNOW it was going to be a French girl and wow what a cultural experience) there was only one of many I dated whose hygiene may have been less than pristine (and we didn't date long).
But, I do not have experience living in Paris even though I visited frequently with family frequently for the weekend for museums, theatre, etc. So who knows. I'm not prepared to say because I don't know. But I would not trade the growth I felt as a person from my French family on so many levels for an American girl given another 20 tries (family is amazing there--it was so much stronger).
If I had the chance to do it all again I'd marry a French lady; my ex-wife, but I wouldn't f**k it up this time.
Thank you for sharing such a large personal experience with us!! It's always so incredibly interesting to hear people's stories related to French language and culture. We make those videos for people, so getting to know them a little really is amazing. Merci beaucoup 😊
should have kept your pants zipped up then.
Water and soap and shower foam is expensive in France. Hence.
thank god the hookers arent
@@TheSmurfboard Priorities.
Está buenísimo! J'aime le sourire de Judith et le baguette haha
I went to a restaurant near Bastille and the server acted like he was doing me a favour by being around. Pretty sure it was his job, though. Apart from that, the French were nothing but polite and helpful and Paris lovely.
Some servers cane be really rude in Paris, especially in touristic places like Bastille but it's really getting better :)
Yeah the same happened to me, they don't have a good customer service. I remember a day I greeted a server like "Salut" (I was so nice when I said that) but he angrily told me: "do I know you? Why are you greeting me like that" And I was shocked! I didn't expect people were touchy like that. However the rest of my experience in France was amazing but never would come back to that place neither would recommend it haha
@@nancyc1585i am not a native speaker and have never been to France. i think that's bc 'salut' is used informally in french(usually for family and friends ). 'Bonjour' could have been a safer option. ☺️
@@nancyc1585 hm you don't say "salut" to a complete stranger, that's impolite. You say "bonjour". He was probably taken aback by this. "Salut" is reserved for friends
@@nancyc1585 This is so not polite to say Salut to a stranger! But he could have been more forgiving with a foreigner!
I don't speak French, not trying to learn either but it's nice to listen to. I didn't even read the subtitles most of the video.
I just like looking at people’s outfits tbh. They all dress so well
You are so pretty I only see these videos because of you
Tengo pocos amigos, y la mitad de ellos son franceses.
Do french people shower ?
Me: I hope so 😳
Mon dieu, j'aime cette chaîne
Waouw! Merci :D
I really wonder where this reputation of smelling bad comes from...I think some people are so jealous of the French way of living that they invent petty legends to disparage it.
Ça c'est à cause de Pepe le pew ce chien de la casse
Hahahaha, mystère résolu !
Some of the guys are soo cute!
Je suis colombien et j'aime la France
1:50 La fille à gauche a un air d'Eleonore Waldorf, la mère de Blair dans Gossip Girl 😂
é brasileiros, realmente nós somos o povo que mais cuida dos dentes no mundo
J'ai fait connaissance avec beaucoup de français et moi, je les aime bien. Bien que mon français ne soit pas parfait, ils étaient toujours très polis et gentils (J'appris le français depuis quelques années). J'étais à Paris, mais aussi à Lyon, Caen et Strasbourg . Certes, il y a les bons gens et aussi les gens méchants, mais c'est la vie - partout. Salutations d'Allemagne!!
tu parles super bien le Français bravo
I started working in France in the late 70's. I was living in central France and my French teacher was Parisian, She said/admitted that folks in Auvengne thought the bath tub was for storing their luggage .... things changed over the decades ... I miss most of my 70's central France.
hm I highly doubt that
this is hilarious. the luggage thing. to be fair, your Parisian teacher was probably looking down on the French from 'Province' with that remark. Not sure it's fair on her part.
The beret for the french is like the Stetson for the muricans, if you go to Boston or NY there is little chance to find a guy with a stetson, you can find some girls with a beret in Europe but now is more a fashion accessory.
Le mec a 0:23 est très sympa☺️❤️
I had never heard that the French people didn't shower often. One of the nicer cliches is that you're well dressed, much like the Italians. One of the not so nice ones is that you surrender too easily. It goes back to WW2 I believe.
Otherwise the berets are a French classic, and look really good, especially on the ladies.
I'm currently learning French through the Duolingo app, and am going to supplement that with this channel. Looking forward to being excellent at the language when the next Rugby World Cup takes place in your great country - 2023.
Thanks for the comment! Good idea to use Duolingo. We like it a lot too. Do you know that there is also a Duolingo podcast? And btw, if you like our videos, you may also want to get access to the learning material related to it :) If so, I recommend you to take a look at our Patreon page (link below the video). Thanks for watching!
2:45 Omar Sharif aimait ça chez les Parisiens. Et c'est vrai que je suis souvent tombé sur des gens "désagréablement gentils" à Paris, il ne faut pas trop s'attacher à la forme.
D'ailleurs je regarde juste cette vidéo car Paris me manque.
Thank You!!
Si juzgas una escultura solo por una pequeña esquina de su base, pensarás que es solo un pedazo de piedra o metal sin valor. Así funcionan los estereotipos.
4:14 I think that guy with the headphones has a crush on Judith and I can totally undestand it
Je voudrais savoir s’il y a une chance pour les français de changer leur nationalités, ils vont choisir quel pays? Autrement, la place où il ont grand envie de vivre~~
Ce serait intéressant à savoir oui! On envisage de faire une vidéo sur les pays ou destinations préférées
@@EasyFrench Merci bien!~~~
@@ireneisme8747 De rien 🤗
En Belgique, ça c'est le vrai pays des droits de l'homme
Cris ahah ! Quand vous aurez un gouvernement stable peut-être ;-)
The first time I visited Paris I was a bit intimidated, as my French wasn't (and still isn't) that great. Everyone was nice and friendly and I got by just fine, until the taxi ride to the airport. The driver (wearing a beret, mind) made a big show of correcting me when i asked to go to "terminale une" (terminale is masculine), then dropped me off at Terminal 2 just to be a jerk! He was definitely the exception though.
Ce n'est vraiment pas gentil ! 😱 Heureusement que c'était l'exception !
Here in Japan, there's a really popular book titled "French people only own 10 clothes", but I haven't read it so I have no clue if it was based off a stereotype.
Well, nothing surprising coming from Japan.
That is true, many of us don't stack clothes. We give to charities what we don't use for those in need, and prefer choosing better to spend on activities. Love Japan, a weeb 🇯🇵🇨🇵
très très sympa!!! merci!!!
MERCI!
Cette video est trés drole et montre que en quelque moment les français ont sens d'humeur.
I don't find this French to be easy.
Of course it is difficult to understand, but keep in mind that the goal is not to understand everything, but the global meaning of what people say. Or, if you're a beginner, just to recognize a few words. You have to adapt it to your own level 🙂 You can also make the video slower, it helps a lot
And je pense que cette vitesse donner le chance de sentir l'air de Paris beaucoup mieux as if on est sur le meme rue en Paris
@@EasyFrench Young people speak way too fast and too casually, by definition. But it may be a good exercise for an advanced foreigner to try to watch the video-clip several times and make sense of what they are saying.
It's more about comprehending their conversations but overall I get off my cap how they can speak s fluent and fast it sounds beautiful
The idea is that once you keep listening to these episodes french will become easy for you. But that's just my interpretation of things.
En vrai, ayant vécu en France entre l'âge de 6 à 17 ans, ça m'étonne toujours comment on est tellement friand des écharpes en France. Genre, dac, je comprends que je vous croyez que c'est stylé, mais ça vaut pas la peine d'en porter une lorsque ça fait 30 degrés dehors l'été.
James Wraith 😂 Promis nous on ne fait pas ça 😅
@@EasyFrench apparemment c'est qu'en Bretagne donc avec leur chères écharpes à laine de mouton
En Colombie, on dit que les français ne se douchent pas 🤣, qui boit beaucoup de vin, qui n'aime pas parler en l'anglais au écoute du mauvais français. Maintenant que je vivre là, je sais que ce n'est pas la règle, ça dépend de la personne et la situation. Alors, a mon avis, je crois que les français fument beaucoup, qui aime le soleil, le fromage, le vin et faire de sport.
Vivant à l'étranger, les plus fréquents clichés sur "nous" qu'on entend, c'est qu'on est arrogants, qu'on discute (trop) de politique, qu'on aime (trop) la contradiction, qu'on sait tout meilleur que tout le monde. et que notre accent est charmant...
On retiendra surtout le dernier et seul point positif, hahaha !
@@EasyFrench Oui, enfin à part "arrogants", tout les autres peuvent être positifs.
Moi, j'étais en France 3 fois. Je dois franchement admettre que les Français ne sont pas très polis, très gentils avec les autres et qu'ils sont chauvins.
Mais je dois aussi admettre que le pays est très beau, les paysages magnifiques, l'architecture splendide, la gastronomie délicieuse (oui, les fromages sont très bons et le vin aussi). En ce qui concerne le pain je pense qu'il est meilleur dans ma patrie (Pologne).
Je dois admettre aussi que les Français râlent beaucoup. Je ne sais pas si c'est leur sport national ?
Je ne pense pas qu'ils puent.
Je ne pense pas qu'ils soient plus chics que les autres.
Je pense qu'ils ne sont pas très bons en langues étrangères.
La grève, c'est leur spécialité. J'admire leur capacité à se réunir pour revendiquer qqch. Je voudrais bien que mes compatriotes aient cette même capacité.
Les Français aiment corriger les autres.
Et débattre. Pourquoi tant discuter ?
La langue est belle. Les chanteurs d'autrefois c'est un trésor.
Voilà, c'est mon observation personnelle.
C'est tres magnifique que je peut estudier le francais tres content. Je pense beaucoup de l'hommes le aimair!!
French language sounds so sophisticated. Lol
bonsoir
Gostei, mas achei que ela podia falar um pouco mais devagar. Facilitaria muito!