Learn 5 tongue twisters
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| Hi, everyone, welcome back to Top Words, I’m Lindsay from FrenchPod101.com. Today we're going to be talking about tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are called virelangue in French. |
| TONGUE TWISTER 1 |
| The first one is ... |
| [Normal] Seize chaises sèchent. [Slow] Seize chaises sèchent. |
| "Sixteen chairs are drying." |
| Tongue twisters are phrases that are difficult to say, so they're a really great way to practice your pronunciation. |
| Try to repeat them as much as you can, Seize chaises sèchent, Seize chaises sèchent, Seize chaises sèchent…. |
| TONGUE TWISTER 2 |
| The next tongue twister is... |
| [Normal] Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches? Archi-sèches! [Slow] Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches? Archi-sèches! |
| This literally means “Are the archduchess's socks dry? Extremely dry!" |
| Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches? Archi-sèches! |
| This tongue twister is probably the most famous and everyone in France knows it, so try to learn it! |
| TONGUE TWISTER 3 |
| The next one is very difficult! |
| [Normal] Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien. [Slow] Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien. |
| It means “A hunter who can hunt should be able to hunt without his dog." |
| Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien. |
| TONGUE TWISTER 4 |
| Next up is... |
| [Normal] Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge? [Slow] Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge? |
| "Am I at dear Serge's place?" |
| I didn't know this one! I’ll try to say it quickly, it's almost impossible! |
| Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge?, Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge?, Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge?…. |
| TONGUE TWISTER 5 |
| On to the next one! |
| [Normal] Je veux et j'exige d'exquises excuses. [Slow] Je veux et j'exige d'exquises excuses. |
| The literal meaning is "I want and demand exquisite apologies." |
| Try repeating it! |
| Je veux et j'exige d'exquises excuses., Je veux et j'exige d'exquises excuses., Je veux et j'exige d'exquises excuses! |
| TONGUE TWISTER 6 |
| The next one is very nice! |
| [Normal] Si ton tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu par ton tonton. [Slow] Si ton tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu par ton tonton. |
| It means "If your uncle shaves your uncle, then your uncle will be shaved by your uncle." |
| It is the repetition of sounds that makes the pronunciation so difficult. Tonton means "uncle" and tondu means "shaved." |
| TONGUE TWISTER 7 |
| On to the next one! |
| [Normal] Les vers verts levèrent le verre vert vers le ver vert. [Slow] Les vers verts levèrent le verre vert vers le ver vert. |
| "The green worms raised the glass towards the green worm." |
| This doesn’t make sense, but works very well as a tongue twister! |
Outro |
| Okay, that's all for this lesson. Which tongue twister did you like more? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time! |
| À bientôt! |
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