Learn the 10 hardest-to-pronounce words
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| Hey, watchers! And welcome back to top words. This week will be about Top 10 Hardest Words to Pronounce. So what’s hard to pronounce in French? |
| 1. Heureux. Happy. |
| Heureux. Is it so hard to pronounce? Maybe for English speakers because the eu sound is really peculiar to the French language, heureux, heureux. |
| Because I am happy, par ce que je suis heureux. |
| You make me happy. Tu me rend heureux. |
| 2. Huile d'olive. Olive oil. |
| Really? Huile d'olive. Yeah, it’s full of ui ui….You try it, huile d'olive. It’s a oily sound, huile. |
| I like olive oil. J’aime l’huile d'olive. |
| Pasta with olive oil, des pâtes à l'huile d'olive, this is delicious. |
| 3. Je. I. |
| I, je, it also has a same sound for game, des jeux, jeux vidéos, video games. |
| It’s the e sound again, try it, e. |
| Je vais à la mer. I am going to beach. |
| 4. Je voudrais sortir. I would like to go out |
| Je voudrais sortir. It’s again full of ou. It sounds like the French language. It’s made only of vowels. Je voudrais sortir. |
| I would like to go out tonight. Je voudrais sortir ce soir. and party. |
| 5. Livre. Book. |
| Oh, I see, because for English speaking people, the R sound is also quite difficult to pronounce in French livre because it’s going to be rrrr, like a motor, rrrr. |
| J’aime lire des livres. I like reading books. That must be a complicated sentence to say for you guys. |
| 6. Mémoire. Memory. |
| Mémoire. |
| Je n’ai pas de mémoire. I get no memory. |
| 3 second memory, 3 secondes de mémoire. |
| 7. Merci. Thank you. |
| Merci. Yes, e and r sound again, merci, don’t forget to roll the R a little bit rrr, merci. |
| Merci beaucoup. Thank you very much. |
| Je vous remercie. I thank you, kind sir or kind lady, madam. |
| 8. Mercredi. Wednesday. |
| Mercredi. Have fun trying to pronounce this one, mercredi. |
| Je fais du sport le mercredi. I do sports on Wednesday, not true. |
| 9. Quincaillerie. Hardware store. |
| Quincaillerie. |
| Acheter un marteau à la quincaillerie. To buy a hammer at the hardware store. |
| 10. Très bien. Very good. |
| Très bien. This also must be complicated, très bien, try to roll the R sound again, très bien. |
| You did really good. Tu as très bien fait. |
| If you can pronounce this one, it’s très bien. If you can pronounce this one, it’s very good. |
| And it’s the end. So try to try and pronounce these word and pay a particular attention to the E sound and R, like rrrr, and we will see you next time for more words. Don’t forget to subscribe and check the website. See you next time, à bientôt! |
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