Don't Learn French | Saruei

[@Pilligrim-gd3oe]

Saruei: "It's painful. It's like getting f**ked in the ass for 45 minutes" Me: Ah, yes. Saruei with her precise analogies again

[@AmphiStuG]

Heh, "Anal"ogies.

[@chadthundercock5641]

Sareui knows from personal experience

[@SouLEdgeSpirit]

Well... She's an expert in this domain ! (The French domain... What did you think I talk about, you jerk ?!)

[@Tera_GX]

She likes analogies

[@rezendeiiz.knight1084]

ah so like thats y japanese manga and anime adaptation have long title name and she said a french movie with its actual title yep learning those languages is gonna be hard

[@littlebilly3604]

French is a mandatory class through grades 4, 5, and 6 in Canada all I remember from it is the one kid who asked to use the bathroom and said “je suis toilette” (I am a toilet)

[@FeatherWait]

I thought "toilette" meant 'dress' or something in French.

[@the711devin4]

My french teacher told us about a student who thought the word “pain” was the same in french, so he said “J’ai du pain dans ma derrière”

[@razarac432]

@@FeatherWait depends on context and articles : les toilettes is toilets/restroom while la toilette is an old expression that means a person’s clothes and accessories ( more like in the sense of what they own , not necessarily what they are wearing atm) [ you basically will only find this use of the word in 19th century novels and older] and faire sa toilette is the act of cleaning yourself , in the morning or the evening ( but lighter than taking a shower/bath) And that is not taking into account words derived from toilette like toilettage ( animal grooming)

[@FeatherWait]

@@razarac432 Thank you for the info! It's been a long time since I did French in school, and oddly enough I did come across the word 'toilette' in that context in a 19th century novel. I thought it was one of those faux amis.

[@canadalynx]

@@the711devin4 Ah yes, bread in my butt, hate it when that happens

[@MrHodoAstartes]

As a German I get the problem with French as a concept, but I fail to see the issue with getting analyzed for an hour.

[@Anpanator]

Underrated comment.

[@theyrenihilists]

analysis is a just another way of saying hello in francophone countries.

[@ThatMattaTatta]

Wouldn't it be sodomized?

[@pennyisdreadful]

@@ThatMattaTatta no, that reeks of bigotry

[@CrestOfArtorias]

I mean apparently she considers getting analysed for 45 minutes rather painful... .

[@N3roX509]

last sentence convinced me to learn french. thanks

[@zerokidd21]

I feel like she has a lot of experience with both

[@christianrhendy8145]

Lmao😂

[@Misanthropolis]

How do you think she made that comparison?

[@Xannyphantom905]

I know the french are technically European just like Americans, but it's still weird seeing non-americans make American jokes.

[@SophiaAstatine]

@@Xannyphantom905 American jokes? Do you mean English jokes?

[@Xannyphantom905]

@@SophiaAstatine the English make jokes about butt pounding?

[@Noja8787]

0:37 that was oddly specific...

[@ericwheeler7705]

I was so mad at my highschool French teacher when she taught vegetables Specifically Potatoes which in French is "Pommes de terre". Mf Apples of the Earth bro.

[@raphaelmiguel4565]

we usually call it " patate " that's faster than " pommes de terre " same thing different name it's french

[@seneca983]

English does a similar thing with "pineapple".

[@DrMario-]

@@raphaelmiguel4565 same. Down in Louisiana, we call it Patate.

[@AzhreiVep]

@@DrMario- One state up, we prefer 'taters.

[@AmphiStuG]

@@AzhreiVep Up north in Canada we call them 'ers'

[@sober_katz]

as someone who is currently learning french, i 100% agree. it's somewhat easy for me but there are SO MANY WORDS

[@sproutlingunderaroof9679]

45 minutes? Don't threaten me with a good time.

[@lordahzidal6674]

👀 Oh really?

[@HeavenOnHigh]

"Dont learn frensh, you WILL get pregnant, and die"

[@the711devin4]

12 year old me: Yeah, I’ll take French class, how hard could it be? Me now: Silent letters Irregular verbs There are exactly 17 words that use Être in past tense instead of Avoir There must be an article in front of every noun Qu’est-ce que c’est ça? -> What’s that? And to think there’s an actual counsel that determines what goes in the language

[@AjixGameOver]

Wait there's no english language academy?

[@ProjectEkerTest33]

@@AjixGameOver If there was the American side and the British side would have already murdered each other

[@alexandergrey3765]

@@ProjectEkerTest33 Point

[@Nomadica117]

@@AjixGameOver No, the closest thing to an English academy would be the Oxford English Dictionary. Even then, their primary goal is to record all English words from the past and present and their current meanings from the various English dialect standards. It's the reason why you can find words like dox, and bot in Oxford. Aside from that, what makes English "proper English" is usually decided by the general consensus of the English speaking population.

[@Arkainjel]

@@Nomadica117 Neaux*

[@Psykel]

Saruei: 0:31 Me: ✨😩✨

[@simondelisle9310]

As a man who speak french, i agree with everything she just said 😂

[@Never_heart]

She is right... then there are numbers, dates especially are just so long to pronounce

[@dups_bebrach]

Yeah, learn French about 11 years in school, in the middle school i already start hating this language and concentrate on English. But i like to swear in French, bcs putain and merde sound better than Fuck you or syka blyat:D

[@AveXx]

Lol so good that I didn't go for French back when I was in school I guess. I did go for Spanish, through I forgot allmost everything, except for ordering a beer xD

[@alkiris8518]

Mdrrr j'avoue que c'est une souffrance pour certains français aussi vu l'orthographe global

[@lordahzidal6674]

That was an awesome 42 seconds 😆

[@deathkorpsofkreig475]

That was a oddly precise expression complete with a time limit

[@yourvenparianen5390]

I feel like she speaking from experience about the 45 minute part lmao

[@GameFuMaster]

r/oddlyspecific

[@lordahzidal6674]

@@GameFuMaster 🤣🤣🤣

[@Loli_lover206]

@@GameFuMaster cringe

[@dr.dylansgame5583]

@@Loli_lover206 oh come on it was apt for the situation save that shit for when its actually worth it

[@ErikPT]

She might have experienced it don’t know about the time length though

[@erronblack8266]

0:37 Saruei would know what that's like.

[@nucleargypsy9470]

Saruei: learning french is like getting a F'ed for 45 minutes in the A. Me: well it is the language of romance I guess so that kind of makes sense...

[@jeanmahmoudventilateur3480]

Language of bromance

[@PhonyCh]

I wasn't ready

[@Zergonapal]

So like in romance movies when the guy whispers some long-winded french phase in the heroine's ear he is just saying "we'll bang, ok?"

[@tylerproudlove8883]

@@Zergonapal basically yeah.

[@gabrielmora5092]

remember that French is not the only romance language so I can relate to her

[@spikespiegel2246]

To say the number Eighty in French you have to say "quatre-vingts." Literally 4x20. To say Ninety you have to say "quatre-vingt-dix." Literally 4x20+10...

[@idioticpanther8068]

I tried learning french in school, but as soon as I was able to boot it away from my curriculum, my brain purged all knowledge of the language in protest.

[@whitelight2195]

Even french people think that French is an absurdly difficult language, je le sais car je suis français

[@KrissNaramon]

@@whitelight2195 Surtout quand les gens qui sont nées avant 1945 parlent de façon sarcasme et Shakespeare en même temps juste pour dire un truc

[@corentincaspers8229]

@@KrissNaramon Parler de façon sarcasme ? C'est le première fois que j'entends parler d'une façon sarcasme de parler. Sarcastique oui.

[@SaladeDeFruitt]

@@corentincaspers8229 wow le gars est lourd face à un anglais qui fait un effort

[@amadoucisse8140]

I had to choose between french or german, but since I hate German I'm stuck woth french. The most annoying thing is how you have 10 different 'forms' you can have a verb but you pronounce them all the same so you need to be able to tell from context what form they're actually using.

[@Paul-vi9gh]

Well looks like I have to learn French...

[@kingmustache4858]

Goddammit, her french accent assert dominance

[@smaragdwolf1]

Maybe for cultures outside of Europe^^ Within Europe, French is one of many.

[@AokiZeto]

as french is my first language....no it isnt xD

[@GooeyZeb]

​​​​​@@AokiZeto i mean there is a teeny tiny accent change from northern french to southern french but other than that (people from Toulouse not pronouncing Z) it's pretty much the same.

[@AokiZeto]

@@GooeyZeb i know i'm belgian and i live near Nimes xD

[@CJayEvermoure]

WISH YOU TOLD ME THIS A YEAR AGO!

[@kirbymaster5]

The word for the number 80 in French is literally "four twenties"

[@lunettesfumees1312]

For a less strange translation you can refer to the belgian 80 that is pronounced the same lmao, gotcha Jokes aside they use "septante" (70) and "nonante" (90) but for some reason they keep "Quatre-vingt" (the "-" is important here because the number is lesser than 100) instead of saying "octante"

[@Erik_Emer]

To be honest, that isn't a French language problem rather than a translator/localizer problem.

[@abisailaboy5778]

Japanese in a corner with its 3 different types of speaking and writing: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[@thorn_lekoh]

The difference between katakana and hiragana is the same as uppercase and lowercase latin script though, and pretty much every language has different speeches based on levels of formality.

[@werren894]

@@thorn_lekoh no they have the same concept at the philosophy, naming things and grammar, western movies title also converted into japan title as long ass name

[@Levy_Wilson]

Japanese has like 10+ different vocabularies for numbers depending on WHAT you're counting. Imagine trying to learn ten different ways to say the number 3.

[@sirwobble265]

For some reason I read 3 different flavors the first time around.

[@TheSonsofSigmar]

Got to love the irony that French is the language setting used by Speedrunners of Alien Isolation.

[@gergoantal1066]

Why's that?

[@TheSonsofSigmar]

​@gergoantal1066 it's used because it has the fastest unskippable dialouge (at least that was the concensus the last time I looked at Alien Isolation speed running, which to be fair was a couple years ago)

[@anonymousfranklinaggot9179]

The man who whispers in the ears of horses sounds like something you would write if you're trying to pad out an essay.

[@Adeon55]

Gotta reach that word requirement somehow

[@Lyoko972]

She's right,like instead of "flush", we say "tirer la chasse" which mean "shoot the hunt"

[@PentaSquares]

Imagine doing math in French. You have to do math whilst doing math.

[@fpsrox3499]

well that was a really specific comparison xDDD

[@Wearyman]

That is a VERY SPECIFIC comparison she makes right at the end... Makes you wonder if this was a life experience for her. (If it was, My condolences, dear lady.)

[@boted2190]

Saurei: "It's painful. It's like getting f**ked in the ass for 45 minutes" Me: I see this as an absolute win.

[@Y-LAT]

An absolute win indeed!

[@kokocoke4948]

Wat

[@dy7296]

The lastest paris olympic just convinced me further

[@StUCaboose]

How to write a light novel Step 1: Learn french Step 2: Come up with title Step 3: Profit

[@yodalicious7857]

0:36 how do you know how that feels saruei?? yabe.

[@Thekilla2659]

All I like to think of after learning a small amount of French bc my spanish teacher was out for like 3 weeks in high school is a recent video where it’s like “hmm, here’s a bunch of words that translate to ver/verr/vere/verre, etc. and put them together for the biggest ver chain in history.

[@Wearyman]

In fairness, English isn't entirely immune to that kind of thing either. the word "Buffalo" in the English language is a word that can have every single kind of major grammatical meaning. (Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective) So that one can make a sentence that is ALWAYS grammatically correct using any amount of that one word strung together without any other words. The classic example is: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" Which, based on the various meanings and definitions of the word Buffalo, means: "Buffalo from Buffalo that other buffalo from Buffalo bamboozle, bamboozle still other buffalo from Buffalo."

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

The Red Mages guild approves of this video.

[@alexanderschweinehunde167]

I saw a saw saw salsa

[@Eterky]

Worm > ver Green > vert Glass > verre Towards > vers A verse > vers

[@aptspire]

Je vais écrire un vers sur le ver qui va vers le verre vert

[@BeccaTKawaii]

As long as you're prepared, that 45 minutes could be very nice.

[@cheetonips6399]

I spent 3 years learning french intensively at school, 2 hours daily… I remember nothing …

[@LecherousLizard]

Same and the only thing I learned was how to read that gibberish. That's it. Not a single word (that I didn't know before at least) or a rule to the language, just the ability to pronounce the words.

[@neverint5131]

She’s so right

[@vvey4523]

"the horse whisperer" would be way too close to "the whispering horse" in french

[@marredechercherunpseudo4285]

she is pretty much right

[@SenaVL]

As someone who grew up speaking French, that's just the beginning of it. Once you get to the conjugation with present and past tenses it's a pain in the ass.

[@Shikonai]

any other languages : one single way to speak about past... or two maybe. French : passé simple, passé composé, imparfait, imparfait du subjonctif, etc. "oh my god, the french is a beautiful language !"... Please, just stick to "baguette" and "oui, oui", you'll be fine, trust me

[@Tounushi]

Wait until you see how to conjugate words in Finnish.

[@bobmcguffin5706]

And that's not even mentioning four-twenties-nineteen

[@lefr33man]

English : Yours sincerely French : Veuillez agréer, Madame, Monsieur, l'expression de mes salutations distinguées. Joke aside, I'm a translator. when you slog through ten hours of the mountain of approximations, half-sentences and guesswork that is the English language, going back to the scalpel-like accuracy of the french language at the end of your day is a breath of fresh air.

[@Eye_Of_Odin978]

What? English is easily one of the most descriptive, non-vague languages in the entire world. It's literally why it's a trade language, because it's specifically descriptive.

[@lefr33man]

Come on, English is the language of trade because its use was strongly encouraged by the Americans after the end of World War II. Before that, the majority of international communication was in French, because it was the language of diplomacy (a position that, admittedly, had been wavering since the end of WWI). This has nothing to do with its intrinsic qualities. In the same way, I'm not saying that French was the language of diplomacy because it's a more precise language: it's simply a tradition going back to William the Conqueror, when French was spoken at the English court. That said, I may have misspoken in my original message: what I meant was that because of its many borrowings from German and French, English has many, many synonyms and is highly polysemic: in other words, it's a language where context is very important, and where the same word can mean multiple, very different things : For example, off the top of my head, I can translate "bushing" into French in five different ways, depending on the use or shape of the part, but an English document (admittedly, especially American English) will see no harm in using the same term for all five...in the same document! And don't even get me started on words like "blade" or "bearing"! This is what I meant by "scalpel-like accuracy of the French language": in French, where true synonyms are almost nonexistent, using the same word for two different things is almost absurd; in English, it's much less so, and it can be off putting. And the fact that I was translating a lot of technical manuals poorly written by engineers at the time didn't help my mood :p That said, you're right: English is an extraordinarily efficient language for specialists, precisely because it's highly context-dependent ( assumed to be known by specialists) and can do without complicated structures and multiple words for different concepts. It's a very "streamlined" language, in a way. Provided you're in on it.

[@Soaringfeather0]

@@lefr33man Native english speaker here. I noticed that new words seem to be easier to create in english than other languages. Like if you give someone a joke name, you can just swap letters around or mash two different words together and have it make sense as well as anyone else knowing english being able to understand it's meaning wit little to no help. I think of english as a sandbox language. We do have a lot of rule breaking though. I before e except after c??? Vein, Veil, Neighbor, Weigh, etc.. break it. It would be a much easier language to learn if it's official words followed it's rules. They alsso don't really teach much of prefix/suffix latin. If they taught that more, then new words could be figured out without context needed for the most part. Out of curiousity, what languages do you know since you are a translator? Just english and french?

[@boyethewise1728]

laughs in spanish passive sentence conjugation

[@xantiagoraco]

As a person who speaks english, spanish and french, and took a french class for 3 years, i totally agree. The funny thing is, French is a beautiful language when speaked slowly, but then the french came and now eveything is so short lmao They have long ass phrases but cut them in like 80% for the sake of time "Je ne suis pas bien" means "i'm not okay/fine" but they spell it "ch'sui pá bien" and sometimes even shorter lol i love this language. We do the same shit in spanish too

[@jeremybosse5088]

it might be beautiful but for fuck sake we need to at least be able to speak it in a practical manner because god knows how much it's not the case in written form

[@syaredzaashrafi1101]

@@jeremybosse5088 yeah i don't know how to pronounce this shit => "Je ne suis pas bien" or "ch'sui pá bien"

[@kevinboijoly2295]

Those would be slang from the quebecois

[@jeremybosse5088]

@@kevinboijoly2295 nah even the french use that

[@SaladeDeFruitt]

@@kevinboijoly2295 no

[@daneal7500]

That part in the end. It was very specific.

[@Slackerhun]

The most I remember from 4 years of french classes is how to say "I don't know" and "I don't speak french"

[@navigators8650]

Wait till you hear about the jibber jabber language area.

[@virgilthemob1242]

Accurate description of how I remember my French classes tbh.

[@chaosXP3RT]

I wish she would've told me his before I chose to take French classes in High School! Lol

[@intorsusvolo7834]

I can see how this precision can be useful sometimes to avoid confusion. American English can be vague because we like to spend less energy talking less, which is why we have the saying “You know what I mean?”

[@KnightBokura]

I honestly have to disagree with that. While English may be less specific than French, English is still TOO specific and too redundant. Having studied both Chinese and Japanese, I can say that the English language wastes too much time on useless words.

[@intorsusvolo7834]

@@KnightBokura compared to Japanese yes. But Americans are confused daily about what each other has said and need clarification.

[@KnightBokura]

@@intorsusvolo7834 Definitely true

[@Dhorannis]

Don't even get started on French words for numbers.

[@finding_mp3]

her accent is beautiful

[@vyzl2288]

What a thing to compare it to

[@aeris4909]

As a french, I agree that speaking vocally in french is painful. But when it came to write and read, french is beautiful language that allow a lot of precision. I like both english and french.

[@trafa5096]

" speaking vocally in french is painful. " how so?

[@helloneighbour2408]

@@trafa5096 Because you know in english contractions are actually grammatically correct? Like Don't and They're etc. Well in French they're not, so you always speak as I am, You are, It is

[@hoarauthomas1006]

don't threaten people with a good time

[@kyurei4478]

As a French person I find english to be a little too simple to describe some things on the contrary. I feel like it lacks layers for me to explain very subtile things sometimes and the way it would be said in english often looks too simplified for me. I guess it's a cultural thing but it feels like english is mostly a language better suited for talking while french is better suited for writing to me.

[@andrewtheanimenerd]

You must despise the the German language, ambulance is literally "sick wagon". It makes sense but is extremely blunt.

[@kyurei4478]

Lmao. I don't "despise" it but I'm not the biggest fan I'll admit.

[@Alex-hv8rj]

English has a higher rate of information than French. On average, more information is expressed per syllable than French. Romance language speakers use this non-existent reason that you've mentioned to justify their incessant yapping about nothing important. There's nothing admirable about non-succinct speech.

[@zItsyaboiii]

Yeah she is right

[@Toazt64]

The last part perfectly summarized that one year of french lessons I had to take in school.

[@theonlytnargmatt]

As a Welsh speaker I feel her pain.

[@Muslim_Bread_]

Je suis content que youtube met recommandé ça !

[@AnimeMasterShow]

tu n'es pas le seul :)

[@jzs_tms]

We do not learn here, we acquire

[@zer0_logicc217]

French is such a beautiful language but mandatory learning is such a hassle because of the different rules that my teacher can't explain

[@TheZapan99]

Foreign language teachers are all shit to begin with, because schools want them to test you on reliable things, meaning you're going to be disgusted by all the conjugation before even learning to buy a light bulb. Plus, you're going to forget all that, because your brain is wired for context and you only learned it in the context of a classroom. The real way to learn a language is through entertainment, because it triggers your reward and pleasure neural pathways, meaning it will stay with you forever. Sadly, fun is not allowed in schools!

[@exponenttie9707]

Yeah, having to learn this in school was a pain, from grade 4-8 and i stupidily took it in 9, the only thing i really remember is how to say "my name is" in french, but not the spelling

[@ostaruempire]

Won't stop my parents unfortunately

[@champiggyfrm_pig5271]

French as a main language in college is such a pain, literally imagine a subject where everyone in the class sucks at it and gets bad grades

[@legionxcommanderdegurechaf8566]

Problem is, chat would probably LIKE that

[@pisto_is_here]

I've been studying French for about a year and I'm on a somewhat conversational level, I can confirm the grammar makes no fking sense a lot of times, you just have to roll with it. English isn't any better though, it's just that native speakers don't notice how inconsistent it can be, specially when it comes to pronunciation. I feel like all languages are actually like that, tbh 😐

[@aeris4909]

French is a bit more hardcore than english but you are on point, most language appear weird to other just because it is not heir native language.

[@thorn_lekoh]

That's the thing with very old languages, maybe it made sense a millennia ago but it got deformed again and again so much that basically any consistency is the outlier now.

[@aestheticmirror9257]

French native here, trust me English is a joke compared to how fucking wild French is

[@aeris4909]

@@aestheticmirror9257 If you're speaking about the basic english needed to enjoy a conversation with other people. Then yes, english is easier. But when it come to the depth of the language, english is not easy, french is just a bit more hardcore due to those êéèûù... And other little things.

[@kevinboijoly2295]

@@aestheticmirror9257 the french grammar has it's how rules set and exceptions and then there are the rules which govern those exceptions and in order to fuck you up even more there are exeption to those exepyion rules, the french languague made so much effort to make rules about everything that french class for native speaker requires 2 different dictionnairy, one for words and another for grammar rules, it's stupidly precise tho And that if you ignore the fact that it's just for written form, the spoken language effectively split in 2 different spoken dialect french from france and french from Quebec(the french part of canada) we still understand each other but some expression dont make it over to the other dialect

[@EnnTomi1]

that was rather specific, but k.

[@epicepicburrito2066]

I mean… that last quote is a bit of a stretch, but… I guess you might be kinda sore after a language pounding like that

[@joonjoon819]

The way they say the numbers 70 to 99 is a god forsaken abomination

[@Lenno94]

Bro, Germans say it backwards lol

[@joonjoon819]

@@Lenno94 Eh idk. I still think "seven and seventy" or "nine and ninety" is way, way better than "sixty-ten-seven" or "four-twenties-ten-nine"

[@Lenno94]

​@@joonjoon819 When I was learning German in college it really threw me off somehow like ''five and fiveten'' wuut

[@zelgiusthebrave1401]

As someone in their fourth year of taking french, I have never heard someone more accurately describe the language.

[@WhatTheFnu]

So, there's an indie game out there called "The Fruit". It's a first person lovecraftian adventure, where you have to explore a corrupted town, and find sigils that let you speak Eldritch words to progress. Near the end of the game, when you finally meet the person you've been searching the entire town for, the dialogue goes something like: "You learned a forbidden language for my sake?" "I would learn any language for you, my love." "Even French?" "Okay, maybe not French." This man risked his physical and mental health, possibly even his spiritual sanctity, memorizing an ancient tongue that wasn't even designed with human vocal capabilities in mind, but he would not learn French. Let that sink in.

[@alcapwned3933]

Reminder: The french word for bird, which is "oiseau", is pronounced "wazoo".

[@themrcrow2901]

*I am currently experiencing indescribable rage due to being reminded of this fact, how dare you, take your damn like*

[@ultimatepunster5850]

I already knew this, but everytime I see it, I am reminded why I hate the French language. This single word has made me incapable of associating the language with anything other than pure annoyance. Too many words, too many vowels, too many accents on the letters that make it a bitch and a half to type or write accurately, I'd rather learn Celtic, and to quote a comedian, Celtic, specifically the Irish variety, was created by some dude who took a game of Scrabble, and threw it on the ground and said "Yep! That's our language!". That's how much I dislike the Frwnch language. And while yes, English is full of exceptions and has way too many rules, all of which get broken often, it's still a whole lot easier to learn, at least in my opinion, but then again I'm biased, I grew up with this language. All that being said, Saruei's accent and general demeanor win me over quite easily, I may hate her language, but I gotta admit, France is quite a nice place, with interesting people.

[@nihluxler1890]

@@ultimatepunster5850 I can confirm it’s way easier for a native french speaker to learn english than the other way around.

[@octobraingaming6847]

@@themrcrow2901 You want more ? I'm a native french speaker, for birds you also have in english look at those beautiful birds, and in french we have : regarde ces beaux oiseaux, and here birds is pronouced "zwazoo"

[@marocainforlife]

I honestly fail to see what the problem is

[@pc_suffering6941]

instructions clear, passed an exam without knowing a bit of French

[@baghoulthefool9623]

This just confirms what I already know about the french.

[@nev9266]

"four times twenty plus eighteen"

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

As someone who speaks Spanish and learned French I can confirm I almost sounded like I was trying to speaking Spanish while chocking on a Popeye's biscuit without water nearby and I got an A+ for fluency because of it.

[@Ong.s_Jukebox]

I fucking love her already!

[@dylives7667]

Not only in french but, in other countries for foreign media, the titles don't match the original name. Not only it's already bad it not being the direct translation of the media's title, they make it worse by either making it unnecessarily long or completely unrelated to the movie. I'm just glad that my country had the decency to call Star Wars and The Muppets by their name.

[@heliosspecialistarrogant7031]

It's call localisation try thesimpson it's a nightmare to see how they rely on it

[@kwj_nekko_6320]

Sometimes literal translation simply doesn't work. Sometimes direct transcription makes the movie title totally undecipherable to the people not very good at English (or any foreign language). Sometimes somewhat more 'local friendly' alternative title is deemed to have better profit prospect. Sometimes the language purists simply object any trace of foreign languages on mass media, exerting pressure on the media companies.

[@JuiceofApple107]

Cough cough….some people like that analogy

[@BlancheNuit]

Notre langue est compliquée certes, mais je la trouve vraiment jolie, de par les différents mots de vocabulaire qui permettent de décrire une même action mais dans des contexte différent, que l'on peut ainsi utiliser pour donner plus d'impact et de sens à un poème, ou juste une phrase. Et tout simplement la sonorité de celle-ci. Le Français et le Russe sont celles qui pour moi sonnent le mieux et sont le plus plaisant à écouter

[@aquarius60253]

Personnellement et c'est surement très lié au fait que pour moi, c'est une langue naturelle étant française, mais je la trouve très fade, banale et sans saveur, contrairement aux langues asiatiques et germaniques. C'est très étrange mais aussi assez logique, quand depuis ta naissance, tu bouffe la même chose, quoi que ce soit de nouveau parait mieux

[@ErenJager_]

@@aquarius60253 ​ C'est bien ta aussi hérité de la flagellation a la française aussi comme l'art de dénigrer sa propre langue, le français fade et banale mdr je reve en comparaison je prend ton exemple de langues germaniques "l'allemand, et le "néerlandais" tu aime souffrir ou c'est le fantasme de tous se qui est pas français sonne "exotique" donc forcement mieux a ton oreille vu que tu comprend rien je finirai par une expression française on est dans le theme "l'herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs"

[@bco1981]

well... some like that...

[@tbc5902]

as a greek that was forced to choose between german and french I have regreted every fucking second of choosing to learn french. I love France as a country and have even been there but fucking hell the language is painful to learn

[@schnozbott]

If only someone had told me this in middle school...

[@martinstensvehagen9161]

so, anyway I learned French and it felt really good...........

[@StarboyXL9]

Kek

[@Sebass1999]

What a colorful analogy.

[@Bastard_Mississippi1976]

as someone who was forced to learn it for a year and didnt learn a single word, i agree

[@shadowtrooper262]

German: First time?

[@natezf6226]

My high school made us take like 2 years of mandatory foreign language classes to graduate and we only had French or Spanish to choose from. I’m so glad my friends talked me out of learning French. Spanish seems a lot easier.

[@jackmesrel4933]

As a Spanish native whose mother has tried to teach him French, I can confirm that it is way easier to learn Spanish grammar, so you did well on avoiding that cursed language

[@nicolasherman6487]

I speak both, same shit

[@bossunsenpie6784]

That's an oddly specific comparison

[@patrickjasonbongales5080]

Learning French sounds like a blast!

[@heelia_editz]

i dont even even need to watch the video and i already 100% agree

[@corentincaspers8229]

Learning french is like wanting to try out a new recipe of cake, that you saw a big ad for. Then thinking you're only half-way through the process of making the cake, but in reality you just cracked an egg. And when you're finally done, the cake taste like shit.

[@Adeon55]

30 minutes in: "WOULD YOU JUST BLOW THE LOAD ALREADY"

[@TorManiak]

I mean, to be fair, hearing any literal translation of any language that does actually mean the same thing is still either awful or not enough "interesting". I mean, using that Movie title as an example, litterally translating "The Horse Whisperer" makes "Le Murmureur de Chevaux", which does convey the meaning, but doesn't sound cool and enough(I'm French, and a lot of things like this sound the same unless you change the title a bit to make it more ""original"". Hell, this applies to everything that plagiarizes Hunger Games too lmao: story is the same on practically all levels, except the titles are cool and ""original"") for a Title. Like, you gotta make it memorable, but also distinct enough so that people actually look at your Title, just like in Ads and shit. Another example everyone here knows: Light Novel, sometimes Anime or Japanese Video Game Titles. It's just even worse than French, because of how it's constructed. And when authors don't even try to make it short and memorable and just go for a full sentence telling the whole concept in a Title, of course it would be so long. I mean, Danmachi in English sounds completely different to the premise you get. What results in those cases is litterally having to use vocabulary you don't normally use for Titles because in other Languages it's indeed short and memorable. TL;DR: Please, give the localization teams that do make great Titles out of translated languages a raise.

[@TheKazuma410P]

Hmm.."Le Murm de Chevaux" even if not everybody'd get it immediately.

[@shanearmstrong9861]

L'homme Qui Murmure aux Chevaux. Gets to the point without too much flowery bullshit but still sounds good.

[@TorManiak]

@@shanearmstrong9861 See? That's what I mean. Props to you.

[@GrayAndGrey]

Tangentially, there's one thing that annoys me about localization of foreign titles: when the title gives away certain crucial details when it isn't necessary. Take _Gothika,_ starring Halle Berry, for example; spoiler alert: the title is localized as: "Hidden Spirits" in Latin American Spanish localization -- and guess what, even if it doesn't give away the biggest twist in the movie, it cheapens it, since these "hidden spirits" are a crucial plot point. It would've been a better movie for me if it weren't for that attempt at making a "more interesting title" (and Limp Bizkit's "personalized" cover of _Behind Blue Eyes_ in the credits.)

[@TorManiak]

​@@GrayAndGrey Yeah. That's why it's just tough adapting a title from one language to the other without making weird sounding things, or even worse cheapen the experience like you said.

[@ElljayVA]

first time i encountered this was when i learned how the french say 99

[@rayanderson5797]

As a guy from the south, I'm sure all of France will thank me for never even attempting French.

[@parthic7743]

Finally i cant show that to my teacher.

[@XenoWeeb]

I had French 3-4 years ago, and it was hell. That was the only class I failed miserably at