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Bonjour, Hello human beings!
This video is specifically for all my french language learners! I have learned these verbs, words, and phrases during my 2 years of living in the city of Paris.
I came to the country not knowing any colloquial French, and I sounded pretty much like a robot when I would speak.
It made me so much more confident being able to have these easy go-to conversational phrases in my pocket.
I hope these help you out as much as they did me.
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How old am I?
21
Where do I live?
Paris, France
Where am I from?
United States of America
Origin- Puerto Rican
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Hey all you lovely humans.
I just wanted to come on here and say a big THANK YOU to all of who have been showing this video and my channel so much love lately. I also just want to write a quick *DISCLAIMER*, perhaps I didn't clarify enough in the video itself. However, these words are not found in your textbooks FOR A REASON. Most of the words/phrases I mentioned are NOT used in formal situations, or with strangers. Otherwise they can be considered rude, or not very polite :) So keep this in mind.
Lastly, I have only been learning this language for 2 years therefore, I am not an expert in French in anyway. I am giving you guys MY insight based on MY personal experience in this country and with learning FRENCH.
Bon courage à tous with your language learning journeys
and see you all in Part 2! which is coming soon ;)
Vraiment aujourd'hui est mon premiére jour de te rejoinre et je t'aime enormement🥰🥰
you deserve it, thank you!
thank u! Luv from Brazil!
I am french, i don't know what am i doing here...
same
omg please teach me french
@@tea4836 hhahah sorry i am not a professor i don't know how to teach my mothertongue because i learned it by instinct. But some apps can help you for sure (I don't have their names but you can find it easily on the internet)
@@lauryne1174 Professor is a bit different from teacher. Someone is professor at university and only there. Don't forget French with a capital letter. Same for I . Anyway instinct has nothing to do with learning a language. You didn't learnt French by instinct. By the way we don't learn our native tongue, we acquire it.
@@aquarius4953 In french we only use capital letter in a very specific situation, so it was disturbing me, I think. But anyway, maybe I used the wrong words but I am sure everyone got the idea and that's the important part. I was not writing an essay haha. But thank you for correcting me, i will be more careful about my english next time.
Pour la bouffe on dit souvent “ acheter à manger” c’est un peu plus poli on vas dire 😂
Oui bouffer c'est trop familier ahah
Sinon y a plus familier 🙃 graille
@@genekisayan6564 c'est vrai qu'on dit plus souvent ça (perso j'ai jamais entendu quelqu'un dire "on va bouffer ?")
On peux dire « on se fait une bouffe » ça fait pas extrêmement familier
How to use acheter à manger ? Ex: On va acheter à manger (?)
Le plus familier : graille
Le plus soutenu : se sustenter
C'est offert par la maison 🙃
🤣🤣🤣 J'graille des becks en regardant la vidéo en plus
c'est vrai que "nourriture" ne s'emploie pas trop, mais on dit par exemple plus couramment, "est ce que tu as acheté à manger ?", "on va déjeuner/manger ?". Le mot " bouffe" marche aussi mais c'est beaucoup plus familier ! Du coup il faut faire gaffe de ne peut pas dire "bouffer" avec des personnes que tu ne connais pas trop !
Oui vous avez bien raison, c pour ça que j’ai dit vite fait au début de la vidéo que ces mots sont plutôt utilisés entre les jeunes et pas trop avec les gens qu’on connaît pas trop :)
Déjà c'est familier et puis c'est surtout plus "irrespectueux" envers la nourriture fin je sais pas comment expliquer mais😅 personnellement je ne l'utilise jamais parce que j'ai l'impression de dire implicitement que la nourriture est de basse qualité quand je l'appelle "bouffe"
Par exemple quand je parle de nourriture de restau je dirais pas "bouffe" je pense. A part genre fastfood
@@CaMille-xr2bd c'est plus ton avis ça en fait, pas la regle de langage en france. , les gens peuvent dire qu'ils aiment la bonne bouffe, sans pour autant lui montrer d'irrespect.
Bouffe est familier certe, mais n'a aucune notion de mauvaise qualite ou de fastfood.. le mot existait bien avant les fast food deja.
@@redizdead666 mais tfaçon y'a pas de règle c'est subtil, c'est pas mon opinion non plus puisque j'ai appris à utiliser ce mot de cette manière par tout mon entourage, ça ne tient pas qu'à moi... je partage juste ma propre utilisation pas besoin de faire la police, si ton utilisation est different c'est super génial mais tu peux partager sans reprendre les autres sur comment ils voient les gens autour d'eux l'utiliser... Et j'ai jamais dit que ça faisait référence aux fast food là t'as juste pas compris mon propos
@@CaMille-xr2bd t'inquiète je discute aussi. Opinion n'est pas un gros mot ;)
I also hear this a lot : kiffer... which means 'to like'
Oui
Bouffer - to eat
La bouffe - food
Bosser- to work
Le boulot- work
Se capter - to catch up
Un truc- a thing
Génial - cool
Grave- totally!( agree)Or serious
Carrement - totally (also when you agreee)
T'inquiètes(pas) - do not worry
À plus or à toute -see you soon
Fais gaffe - to be careful
J'ai la flemme- to be lazy to do smth
La vache- holy cow
Me Watching this as french for learning English 😭
you are learning english?
Haha pareil mdrrr
I wish you luck! :)
@@lizzieerickson5893 thanks it’s much needed x)
I think “ t’inquiète” does not mean “do worry” that would be «inquiète-toi» just the phrase “ne t’inquiète pas “ got shortened to that.
E. Durán you are absolutely right. And the fact that she spelt it with a final "s" gives the impression she didn't understand it was the imperative. T' isn't Tu but te in that case since it's the pronominal verb s'inquiéter.
@@melita3333 true, even if it could have.. I often use "t'as" when I text friends instead of "tu as" (I know it's not really a useful shortcut, but kinda closer to how I speak, I suppose)
Be careful with "bouffe" and "bouffer", it's coloquial. Instead of "bouffe", we'd rather use "à manger" (j'ai acheté à manger). Saying "on va bouffer" when you're a stranger or even a native French will make you sound rude. Be careful to use it only with you friends - if they use it as well. Same for "fais gaffe".
love love loved this :) maybe you could do a video talking about u fav french media? books, tv, music artists, music etc?
A French Musician I love is Pomme!
Ty for this! haha my bf (french) won't talk to me the way he does with his friends which is super informal (obviously) because he thinks it will mess up my learning in French but I don't want to sound like a textbook when I'm talking to him, so, thank you very much!!!!
That's so cute and thoughtful though!!
Omg same! he goes so far as to make me say "ne pas" every time lol
And you can add the word "galère", actualy i never heard it till i came to France and wich used to describe something difficult or complicated
Yes, and the verb "galérer" can be translated as "to struggle"
Love! These are awesome words! Another one I want to add is : Tu m'étonnes. literally, it means you surprise me, but nobody use it that way. French use it in a way to confirm something , or in an ironic sense. E.g "il fait froid aujourd'hui" and you would reply "tu m'étonnes" to confirm. Or "j'aimerais gagner 1 million euros au lotto ", "tu m'étonnes"!
Oooh so it’s a bit like in english “Oh really?”
@@Ravenroxy it is more like « I bet you do ! »
Yeah true ..
"Tu m'étonnes" is often said ironically. I mean, I often use it ironically, as a native
@@Ravenroxy That might come off a bit sarcastic; and it really shouldn't since you are in agreement with the person. I'd say it's more like "I'm not surprised." The irony is that "tu m'étonnes" translates literally to "you surprise me" when you actually are not surprised at all! Who knows, maybe "tu m'étonnes" was once "tu ne m'étonnes pas". And then just like "t'inquiètes", it lost the "ne" and the "pas" but retained its original meaning.
thank you so much for this! i literally sound like a walking french textbook 💀
Lmfao and that's on duolingo😭
@@Thisorthat00009 "Le cheval mange une pomme" 🙃
you and me both....sigh
Hi :) being French I allow myself to give just one little tip : instead of saying « est ce que t’as acheté la bouffe » we rather say « est ce que t’as fais les courses » meaning « did you go shopping (for food) »
Hope it helps a little bit, I am 20 and still not really sure to speak French sometimes 😂
I've noticed that they use the word "là" a lot... could you do a video about it?
Btw, I LOVED this video, it helps me keep motivated to learn French
“La” is basically “the” sometimes it’s cut out when speaking or sometimes they speak very quickly and you can barely hear it. In writing format “la” is used and other times it’s a contraction in some words. For example La garçon or l’ouverture or la femme and l’obscurité it truly depends 😂 hope this helps!
*Oofh I made this comment at 1:00 am lol and someone in the comments kindly corrected me lol “la” and “là” are completely different 💀😅
La is “the”and là is “there” or “then” depending on the context lol sry for the confusion!
@@naomia472 Merci Naomi (: i actually was wondering when it's used as an adverb like in "On va aller bouffer la" but i've seen the video again and it's translated as "now". On the other hand, it's also used as an article as you've mentioned, so thanks again for answering
I’ve seen French shows and là is used to say here or there. Like for example, she is here= Elle est là! Or ou est mon stylo? Il est là!
@@valeriyarepnikova3907 ohh I see, merci bcp
Yeah we use a lot of "bah" at the begining and "là" at the end.
C'est vrai assez drôle, en tant que française, de redécouvrir nos expressions qui nous paraissait " classique" ahah
I'm a French native and she sounds like a native. That's great!
I think the second definition of "carrément" might be closer to the figurative use of the word "literally".
I'm literally so picky when it comes to who I trust to learn from, and I gotta say you've got me ❤️
Ton format vidéo est vraiment super ! Continue comme ça 🙂
Ça fait plaisir qu'une américaine partage la langue française aux autres. 😁
En tout cas, tu commences à vraiment bien gérer la langue 😌👌
8 days so far of learning with duolingo!!
I'm 22, when I was around 13 I was completely determined to learn french because it's such a beautiful language, I learned a lot between 13-14 but not enough to really speak french.
Now I'm following my wish and trying my best to learn!! It is hard with some words with my accent but I keep on and my motivation is up! Hopefully I will be able to fluently speak it one day. The only thing I worry is none of my family or friends is studying french and I'm the only person around that is, I'm nervous that what I do learn will be forgotten as I can't actively practice. BTW learning on my own, not at university
For « fait gaffe » we can say « fait belek »
Cecily, I'm so Shocked on how you know so much French.
Love your videos.
I'm french, I confirm. I would just say that "bouffer" is veryyyyy informal, you wouldn't say that with your parents, the rest you can
Oh what a helpful video for french learners ..
Imma let some notes here ''as a fluent ''
1. Talking about '' la nourriture '' lmao that part was so funny cuz u said I've never in my life seen a person say '' t'as acheté de la nourriture'' .. so trueee
(You guys should just make sure at the fact that ''bouffe'' is supposed to be used with ppl u know very well as she mentioned in the video )
2. I'd say that you could say '' super '' instead of '' genial '' ( although genial is totally correct )
Voilà superbe vidéo .. bonne continuation 🥀
Ahaha I'm French but I discovered "se capter" with a non French friend, I didn't understand at first, but he said that a lot of people used it. I was like: eeeh? Really? But seems it's true haha
I love your outfit and your style are very calm I love it Love love 💕 From France 🇫🇷 This is really helpful for people wanting to learn French and I also agree with you the expressions for peapole wanting to sounds like more native this is really cool we love you J’attends ta vidéo avec impatience ❤️❤️
my teacher showed this vid in class and now i found my new favorite youtuber :)
I'm surprised because some of these words are in my french textbook (my teachers just go over this because it's in the culture section.... smh)
That’s so cool that your textbook actually includes some of theses! And well if you really think about it from your teacher’s perspective, their job is to just get you to pass the class/exams. Not necessarily to know colloquial or french slang as a native would. It is a shame, but if you want to immerse yourself deeper into the language this is one of the reasons why i share my insight/resources like this online :)
Hey awesome video! I love that you gave examples, that helps to understand. I want to point out however that although these are french words, many are expressions/words used mostly in France. To someone who is curious to know if these words are also used in french Canada, here is a breakdown:
*Used also in Canada*
Bouffer (to eat)
La bouffe (food)
Un truc (a thing - However it is used a lot less than the French. In Canada we would use mostly "une affaire" or "une chose")
Génial (cool - Also, it is used, but I'd say not as commonly used as the French)
Carrement (totally - Also used, but less than the French)
T'inquiètes(pas) (do not worry - We use this, but we word it a little differently, we would say "inquiète-toi pas")
À plus (bye)
*Understood in Canada, but not used/barely used*
Bosser (to work - we would say travailler)
Le boulot (work - we would say le travail, or also la job)
À toute (see you soon - we don't use this, but we could say "à tout de suite" if you're parting ways with someone, but are going to see them soon after)
Fais gaffe (to be careful - not used or barely used. We say "Fais attention")
La vache (holy cow - this is a french expression. I'd say most canadians understand it but we don't use it)
*Expressions from France - someone from canada could be confused on what you mean (depending on their knowledge on french expressions)*
J'ai la flemme (to be lazy - I personally never heard this before)
J'ai adoré cette vidéo!! Je trouve que la plupart des vidéos qui essaient d'enseigner le français ne donnent pas de mots utiles, seulment comme "vous devez dire on au lieu de nous" et tout ça alors merci parce que j'ai appris beaucoup d'information de ça☺️
Boulot means job
Love this video! I’m so glad I found your channel!
J'adooooore ce vidéo😍 merci pour nous aider à parler mieux
One of the best video I’ve watched to learn daily spoken french! Merci t’es la meilleure !
We also usually say "T'as acheté à manger ?" :) "À manger" is very used to speak about food
Desole mon francais c'est nest pas tres bien mais c'est video et tres utile! Je ecoute un podcast et chaque episode l'homme dit "T'inqiuete". Je me pense que il dit 'worry" en anglias. Maintenant je comprends!
How long have you been learning??
I think another expression that might be useful is "quand même" which means "at least", "anyway" or "not really". It depends on the context and where it is in the sentence.
I lived in France for awhile and the french woman chez qui I lived told me la bouffe can be a little derogatory for la nourriture. Like something you feed the cows.
I loved this. Thank you so much
Thank you very much! I learn a lot from this video 😄
So good content, very useful. Thank you 💜
I love your channel. Can you please do more of this????⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I've recently started french at university and these videos are so helpful!
I am studying French and this is the first time to view ur clip, subscribed and liked already! Tres genial 👍🏼
Tu as un bel accent français 🥰
Hi Cecily. I really love your videos, the way you you are and the way you present. I would love to see a video about sayings in French language, such as "c'est donnant donnant".
That's Coraline backraund sound 3:05 :))
a great video! thank you. would love if you did some more french speaking videos with french subtitles, it's really helpful.
I really appreciate videos like these!
So cool!
haha these are great ! :) i did a video on essential sounds to add to your everyday convo to sound more french and i love how you can create a whole sentence using them like bon ben bref voilà quoi ;) hehe :)
bisous
I am so glad I just discovered you. I will definitely check out your channel, it seems pretty helpful
Loved this video. It was very informative and helpful. Merci.
This is great, now explain to me the expression or word "coup" which is something I Can never hope to understanmd
A coup means a "knock".. like a physical hit.. or a knock sound. ("j'ai entendu un coup" = I heard a knock, but we would use "toc" for the sound itself, as in "toc ! toc ! qui est là ?")
There's a lot of expression using the word "coup" :
- The expression "coup d'état" is a government sudden overthrow by opposite forces.. (it gives the meaning in English)
- a "coup de foudre" (literally a thunder knock, but meaning love at first sight)...
- a "coup de poing" (a punch, "poing"= fist)
- a "coup de soleil" (a sunburn)
- a "coup de Trafalgar" (a treason done to somebody)
- a "coup du lapin" ("lapin"= rabbit.. a broken neck, or a neck twist injury.. because it's how rabbit are usually killed)
- "donner un coup de main" (to give a hand)
- "un coup de maitre" (a master strike/move)
etc
@@oneeyejack2 So you’re telling me as someone who isn’t natively French just simply master all of the different types of coup expressions? Cause that’s the only way I’ll ever hope to know them all.
@@Kevin-xk3me don't worry ! I'm french and you have some equivalent in english.. you don't have to master everything rightaway.. you learn more and more as you speak and listen.
We also use « coup » in the expression « du coup » which means « so » or « therefore » (ex : du coup on se voit tout demain ? / So we catch up tomorrow ?)
Moi j'suis clairement entrain d'apprendre l'anglais là 😂😂😂
J'aodre c trop satisfaisant 😊💞
Thank you so much! Your content is super helpful ❤️
Loved this video. Would love if you could do more videos like this.
Love your channel! Any chance you could leave the words on screen a little longer as they disappear so fast before I have chance to pause and I have to keep rewinding. Thanks
The video and everything is great but about the phrase "la vache" I don't think I will use it very often since it has the same pronunciation with some sort of tortilla in my country and I wouldn't be that serious using it. Additionally there is a long way ahead of me to be fluent in French :)
I love this video and hope you make make some more with more words, verbs, and phrases! I love how you provide context and a few example sentences. It's super helpful and I've added all of these to my french vocab! Thanks! :)
c'était très simple mais en même temps informatif :)
Tres charmant!
this is very helpful:)!! it would be awesome another video like this!
more videos like this please. love the content
This was really nice and helpful. Thank you a lot 🙌
hello im in france and i have a lot of difficulties in it but i learn a lot in your video merci beaucoup.
Super helpful! I’m tired of practicing my French only to have my French boyfriend tell me the way to “really” say something 😅
So great to hear your level of comfort in a language that you learned after being fluent in English and Spanish. My heart swells with pride for you
am I french ? yea
do I still watch ? yea
By the way, we usually say '"manger, acheter à manger" instead of "bouffer, acheter de la bouffe" it's clearly more polite event with your close friends than "bouffer" that's really not polite at all
For the rest well say ! ^^
"La vache" is really not use at the least in Belgium (Namur)
Merci, très génial 🙌🏾
Thank you for this video!
You're accent in french is so cute, it sounds like Lisandro from "ici Tout commence", a french series that airs on TF1 and that I'm not sure many young people watch lol. Where are you from?
So good please do more I love your way of teaching us , your adorable as well ! .Can you do farmers market or flea market . 💙🤍❤️
merciiiiii
This video is super useful and cool✨ I couldn't even imagine that it'll be so helpful. Thank you so much 💛🙌🏻👑
plss i need another vid like this. so good!
I loved this video! Merci pour doing this💖
Brilliant video. Thank you.
This was so so helpful! Thanks girl🌟
Ahh merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo, c'est très utile !!
hey Cecily i love like you teach French
Thank you 😃😃😃this super helpful!!!
Une personne qui a la flemme est dit flemmard mais c’est familier donc si tu es avec des inconnus ou au travail tu privilégiera le mot feignant qui peux aussi s’écrire fainéant
more please
This is so helpful and your accent is so good! :)
On dit plus la "graille" pour la nourriture et ça se conjugue comme grailler : je graille tu grailles il graille
Mdr j'ai vraiment ècris ça dans ma vie 🥲
merci, ce vidéo m'a aidé bcp!
you don't say "ce" in this sentence, because it refers to something that is masculine, the word "vidéo" is feminine so you can put "la" or "cette"
It's almost nothing but "à toute suite" is actually written "à tout de suite" (pronounced tou-de-suite and so it sounds like toute suite) and so the abreviation would be written "à tout' " (but i think a lot of french people do that mistake too lmao) :)
Can u make more videos like these plz its rlly helpful 🥺💕
Thanking so much your video.i learned lot from your video.
Please could you speak franch little bit slowly because I can't catch up the pronunciation.tu parles rapideme le français mais je n peux pas se capter votre phrase. Merci beaucoup pour votre vidéo.
Hi Cecily, how long have you been speaking French? you sound very fluent...you speak French with such ease.....
thank you!
Hi, it s funny to see our usual expression, which are very common for us. Little mistake , we said : A tout de suite ( or à toute) .I think I use nourriture when I think in global. Dans ce resto la nourriture est bonne. La nourriture est avarié ( rotten) . Another expression : tu déconnes ! You’re joking ! When somebody said you something unimaginable
Very good video
this was so so useful thank youu
Great video. One weird thing is happening in the video, though: if you click the closed caption option and do the “French (auto generated), a pretty disturbing result comes around 1:57. Is there a way to have TH-cam fix that?
New viewer!! Okay living in Paris, goalsss 😍