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Today, I want to teach you specific words and expressions that you won’t find in most textbooks or literature.
These phrases will make you sound much more modern… and more French! Even just using two or three of them can go a long way.
Welcome to Week #2 of the Comme une Française French Summer Camp!
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ABOUT GÉRALDINE
Hi! I’m Géraldine Lepère, the founder of Comme une Française (= “Like a French woman”) and your new French best friend. :)
Each Tuesday, I share a fun, fresh and bite-sized lesson on French language and French culture-from embarrassing mistakes to avoid to pop-cultural references to “get” !
For over five years now, with millions of views and students in over 56 countries, I’ve been helping people just like you gain the confidence to really talk in French. And better than the “textbook” French from high school!

[@Commeunefrancaise]

Qu’est-ce que tu as appris aujourd’hui ?

[@pondi-1234]

Comme une Française J'appris quelquechose vraiment utile. Je utilisais "C'est tout" pour dire "That's all" et voilà me sens comme un bon alternatif. Merci. Mais la utilisation de "Quand-même" est vraiment compliqué pour les amateurs de la langue. Je suis indien et j'étudie français depuis 11 mois

[@nadeemabbas6823]

beaucoup de choses

[@CB-en5iq]

"Mouais" et "ouais, ouais". Closest equivalent I know of is "meh" and "sure", respectively. In this case, sure is drawn out and sounds doubtful: "suuuuure."

[@gabrielmartins4421]

Bonjour Géraldine, j'ai 15 ans et Ça fait deux ans que j'habite en France, avant j'habitais au Portugal et j'avais donc pas de connaissances en ce qui concerne la langue française. Et quand je suis arrivé j'ai commencé à regarder tes vidéos et ça m'a beaucoup aidé. Je voulais te remercier et continue "d'enseigner" la langue française aux gens

[@Jessejrt1]

Eh voilà, c'est enfin le vrai français! Brava!

[@avadavies240]

Not using inversions is way, way easier! And it’s really easy to tell the difference between a question and a statement by the tone people use. Super useful video! Merci, Geraldine.

[@abirmef9510]

Whos gonna need the sentence on veut des carottes hahahah wtffff 🤣🤣

[@JoeBodego]

Tu es triste

[@aprilreinhart4074]

As a teacher I try hard not to teach "textbook French". Thank you so much for helping all of us stay current with the new language trends! Merci Geraldine :)

[@fransicochunji327]

Bonsior mon prof. Pouvoir vous aidez moi?

[@fransicochunji327]

sil vous plait mon prof. If you have a whatsap group for your students sil te plait join me. Jaime beaucoup apprendre les français. Mon number est [phone]

[@fransicochunji327]

merci beaucoup et felicitations

[@tapiocaheadgurl]

0:12 il y a une ballon rouge qui roule au coin de l'écran (gauche), puis un chien magnifique

[@mariemreda8245]

This summer series is so good , keep it up.

[@halloumisloth7479]

Je ne connaissais pas ‘Tu m’étonnes’ et ‘T’inquiète’, ce type de vidéo est très utile pour des choses que l’on ne nous dit pas en classe :)

[@LWBC-Paris]

is it the same in “il faut”?

[@LD-cc2de]

my father in law says "dis donc" or "bas dis donc" everyday all day and I never got it, and now I do.Thank u Geraldine

[@favourhenry135]

Jai appris plein chose, merci comme une français.... I loving this summer lessons 😂 😍

[@kaymgee08]

Quels beaux hortensias!

[@jullyanolino]

Anne Hathaway, est-ce toi?

[@baronmeduse]

Or is it: c'est toi? She said don't do inverted s/o for questions! Perhaps that rule doesn't always work...hmmmm

[@babkebab2659]

F Bordewijk je confirme c’est bien : « c’est toi ? » 😊

[@sweiland75]

MDR

[@souhridyobose4362]

@@baronmeduse c'est utilisé dans la case mentionné. On peut dire 'Est-ce toi' mais 'C'est toi' est plus utilisé

[@naominorris223]

I am loving your videos. They are great as refreshers without being overly academic. I'm driving down to the Dordogne while listening to lots queued up.

[@maddiemoor]

This was incredibly helpful so thank you so much! I learned a lot and especially with tu m’étonnes - your explanation helped me understand it a lot better :)) bravo !!!

[@flipper2392]

The problem with trying to sound French, (as I've found} is that they'll think you'll understand them if they speak double quick. If you're lucky you might catch every fifth word. "Je parle un peu" apparently translates as "I am fluent"

[@amiel9779]

Wheneve my french friends ask me if I can speak french I just say now so I don't embarrass myself

[@BW-CC]

I learn so much from your channel. I love all these expressions. They seem very common sense to me. I took up saying Ouai because I heard it on films all the time.

[@bobnice3044]

Just when i thought it could not get anymore fucking complicated ..this pops up.

[@MrBelmont79]

I get your message, but Duolingo won’t let me drop the “ne” and so on... By the way, I am going to France very soon et je voudrais aller à dancer avec vous en France. À bientôt 😘❤️😘

[@matcradle]

C'est très utilisé mais quand meme, je suis encore à niveau debutant. :)

[@iamURHO]

I like that you tried your best to explain, it was very helpful. I just hope you also focused more on teaching how to say the words as the French would (like a demo) and repeat them because I had a bit of trouble knowing the actual tone. However, still thank you for this. 😊

[@LD-cc2de]

everytime i use "quand meme" I feel like it means "of course" or "obviously" Is that right or off track?

[@fotolynn]

That's a good way of thinking of it. It's often used as an exclamation, just by itself. Eg, J'ai pas osé demandé si elle était enceinte... -- Quand-mēme.(!) [with emphasis on "mēme" -- Quand-MEME, as you'd emphasize OBviously in English] The exclamation is also used like "Well, at LEAST that!" Il n'a pas payé sa part du repas mais il a laissé le pourboire. -- Quand-MEME. Hope that helps. She's really excellent!

[@LD-cc2de]

fotolynn Thank u for the explanation.Are you french?

[@fotolynn]

@@LD-cc2de no, American. But I lived there for 14 years. I just came here because I miss hearing French being spoken with a proper accent sometimes. She really has great tips! -- She breaks down very simply a lot of things that I never even really thought about. "Bon courage!" for getting more fluent -- you seem to have a very good level already!

[@josephciolino2865]

Et puis ... voila -- And so.... there it is. (As the Emperor in "Amadeus")

[@annmarietornabene]

we use "uh" in English as well for a filler. :)

[@sweiland75]

That's how you know you're talking with a Millennial LOL

[@annmarietornabene]

@@sweiland75 What is? Using "uh" as filler? Usually it's the word "like" every 2 seconds, however that goes back to earlier generations as well. (I hate it more than you can imagine).

[@ninurtacronus3093]

Thank you so much for your videos!! so helpful.

[@Purpleeee_1]

I know french but my pronunciation is very poor.

[@RonnyJR]

J'ai appris beaucoup de chose tres chouettes. "Quand meme" sera une dificilite mais comme vous avez dit je vais trouver plein des examples pour pratiquer.

[@theShaunus]

A propos, le fameux Hakim M'barek a redige un guide sur le francais cool pour ceux qui veulent avoir l'air branche. Voici le lien : www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/cool/

[@280zjammer]

French always gets easier to speak while it gets harder to understand. I like how it's all about what you don't have to say.

[@wazimaina9579]

J'aime parle français pourqour c'est mignonne

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello professor Bonjour professeur Merci beaucoup pour votre aide et vos conseils .

[@tadeocastro8817]

I just found your channel. How lovely and good teacher you are!!!! Merci!

[@afrocyberdelia]

French is outmoded pra caralho

[@swastikasaha8954]

Merci beaucoup pour cette leçon, je vais à donner mon examen de DELF B1. Si vous pouvez, partagez une leçon sur ça avec moi, s'il vous plaît. Peut-être quelques instructions... Merci en avance :)

[@thierryf67]

Attention.... les expressions qu'elle dit ne sont pas à utiliser pour un examen. C'est du français usuel mais pas forcément correct.

[@chscaife1]

qq'un m'a dit "tu dois dire Oui et jamais "Ouais" afin de parler bien.

[@frenchwithloveleensingh3526]

How can I learn French fastly?

[@sonjacassidy7201]

uh? mmouais ouais, c'est quelque chose de nouveau pour moi.

[@Liflecken]

But if you're talking to someone you don't know well, instead of saying 'T'inquiètes!', you would say 'Vous inquiètez!'? Merci!

[@MetaMM]

Love this approach of teaching. Thank you.

[@viviaguilar29]

Merci beaucoup!!! C'est trés informative! 😊

[@dr.pedersen9952]

Why on earth would one aim at talking as the young ones ?? Some of those sound just awfull - as they've never gone to school :-) - and some of their sounds, just make me shiver :-) as e.g. 'Ouais'

[@cdiaz537]

I love your channel! But I feel that when I think I’m making progress then many subjects I’ve learned are no longer used. This creates so much confusion and frustration. French is an absolutely beautiful language and I love it, but this makes it quite maddening as well because I feel I’m learning two versions of the same language.

[@OuiInFrance]

Salut! My 71-year-old French mother-in-law says the "young" expressions. ;-)

[@timdiggle5090]

Je m'en souviens de ma grand-mère qui disait souvent «t'inquiète» pendant les années 70! Et au lieu de «tu m'etonne» on dirait plutot «ca m'etonne» n'est-ce pas? Et quand j'étais moniteur dans une Colonie de Vacances au Pas de Calais vers 1972/3 j'ai trouvé que les seniors s'en fichaient du conjugaison des verbes (je vais, tu vais, il vais, nous vais, vous vais, ils vais!) et personne mangeait les pommes de terres - on mangeait les patates!

[@joanlynch5271]

I recommend using a conversational french book. They normally give you about ten dialogues that cover a range of topics. They give you vocabulary words that help you develop your skills in that direction. I really think that might help you get ready for a trip.

[@rosangelaridgewell3885]

If I was in France before this lessons I would feel lost. Merci beaucoup!

[@rosangelaridgewell3885]

So relaxing not to use inversion questions.

[@katelynwilliams6930]

lol im from the caribbean, so saying "hein" would never be an issue for me.... although when writing it, it isn't spelt as "hein", it's "eh"

[@katelynwilliams6930]

lol im from the caribbean, so saying "hein" would never be an issue for me.... although when writing it, it isn't spelt as "hein", it's "eh"

[@LD-cc2de]

thank u for the lessons. Today my 2yr old daughter started school.Le maternelle.She cried after I left and I wanted to go back but the professor reassured me and said "t'inquiete pas"😥😥😥

[@karmalobsang2916]

Cest franca pa facil

[@arrystophanes7909]

I'm not a huge fan of carrots to be honest. How would that translate ?

[@Commeunefrancaise]

Je ne suis pas un grand fan de carottes. :)

[@JoshuaTanzer]

I would add, in addition to dropping the "ne," it is common to smush together je+suis into "j'uis" and je+sais into "j'ais." (And that can include the dropping of the "ne.") "J'uis pas vraiment français." "Est-ce qu'il vient?" "J'ais pas."

[@peticabogar]

Quand même has another meaning as well, when it is used to express surprise or being impressed. I can't give you an example though, it's not that easy :) There is comme quoi too which is used similarly but it's even less clear.

[@evavehnerova2985]

Parfait! merci bien.

[@laural765]

Aujourd'hui, je regardais un autre épisode de 'Comme une Française' qui parlait d'etiquette en France. Après, J'ai regardé cet épisode et j'ai appris que je dois practiquer beaucoup si je veux progresser en français. (a girl from the Netherlands who is learning French, thank you for your amazing videos. You are of great help!)

[@ptrckkear1]

Merci Geraldine.

[@kathytaylor6000]

I learned that my everyday cajun french is very much like your frenchie french. Merci beaucoup.

[@monicasmadhouse9278]

I would not use fillers...it's bad habit for speaking

[@cecileconoly4140]

Merci Geraldine, J'ai appris aujourd'hui "Tu m'ettones " veut dire I am not surperised. a bientot!

[@joanneburns325]

J’apprends que j’ai du faire un revu immediatement!! Merci, Geraldine! Bonne journee, Jo Anne

[@legality8228]

The best

[@sonjacassidy7201]

et bah, dis donc!

[@youssefmokadem5434]

Great

[@elizabethb805]

Merci beaucoup, Geraldine ! Je vais utiliser "tu m'etonne". C'est utile. Aussi, j'adore le chien dans cette vidéo. Très marrant.

[@crissss2612]

Merci beaucoup Gèraldine à Dubai. J'ai appris Quais, Pas sans 'ne', Voila, T'inquiete mais je vais etudier plus environ Quand Meme.

[@leyankee247]

Un élève aime quand tu dis 'même.' Une autre s'intéresse à l'idée que le français parlé change comme change l'anglais parlé. Moi, je continue à parler comme un livre scolaire, malheureusement.

[@hassanamghar4349]

Bonjour, Merci beaucoup Si vous permettez , j'ai une petite demande : on veut voir des vidéo seulement en langue français , on comprend pas beaucoup en anglais et merci d'avance

[@frane7588]

I love your lessons and what a beautiful place.

[@dogutzy9247]

J’ai écouté de « drop the ne » mais après vu cette vidéo, je vais utiliser plus...

[@balwinderbath4184]

Very useful comments on spoken French - merci beaucoup👍

[@EricaNernie]

Just a beginner, but this is helpful. Merci!

[@jbhann]

Currently, I’m studying Spanish, but I would like to learn French, however the French pronunciation seems really difficult.

[@LeighSuzi]

Well, disagree. You can swallow too many vowels in French but you have to speak all the way to the last vowel in Spanish. Too tiresome, you just can't be lazy speaking Spanish and Italian 😲

[@priscilla8906]

Merci beaucoup pour ce vidéo, j’ai un examen le semaine prochaine et ce vidéo m’aider!👌🏾

[@brittanyfarmer7642]

Merci beaucoup Geraldine. Vous avez bien explique dis donc, je l'ai entendu deja mais je ne savais pas vraiment le sens jusqu'a maintenant!

[@evelynvigil-montano7564]

Merc beaucoup Geraldine! I have learned a lot of useful expressions! You are a great teacher!

[@gabe321]

Thank you, this was very good. Trying to learn and speak like a native.

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

On veut des carrots. Oui, votre leçon trés bien. Merci beaucoup.

[@rosangelaridgewell3885]

I learned e erything and I am using now. Merci!

[@brookethebook5692]

So is tu m'éteonne like sarcasm?

[@BeatlesBiitch]

I don't quite understand the new slang meaning of "quand même" discussed in the video. Can someone help me understand?

[@raykent3211]

Ali Sandler it often anticipates that someone you object to will make excuses or offer justification. For example "OK, your gate broke and your dog harried my cows, who panicked and almost killed me, but you're not excused!" Can be reduced to "quand même!", which kinda means you shouldn't need any explanation, because "even so" you're in the wrong. It can also signify admiration. "Après un seul leçon de peinture t'as fait ça?! Quand même! ".

[@nl2766]

A lot!! Very useful. Thank you!

[@ubizmo]

"T'inquiete" and "tu m'etonne" work exactly like English "I could care less" which means exactly the opposite of what is actually said.

[@daverigby23]

Not to us Brits. The response to ' I could care less' is 'oh how much less could you care? ' The Brits say ' I couldn't care less ' which means I'm done caring about such and such a thing

[@ubizmo]

True enough, and I've been caught out on that one when in the UK. I imagine there is some similar example in casual British English, but I can't think of one off the top of my head.

[@DivineCreative]

'I could care less' has never made sense to me because of that and always irked me.

[@daverigby23]

Join the ranks of the irked

[@outsidestuff4867]

I couldn't care less, makes more sense. I've never used "could" it doesn't sound right. I'm from the US

[@ubizmo]

I hope you will do some more of these vague "connector" phrases that are used instead of more elaborate formal constructions. For example, in English we say "in terms of" or "as far as" in a very casual way to set up what we're about to comment on. "As far as breakfast, I usually just get a muffin on the way to work." Strictly speaking, we should say "As far as breakfast is concerned," but the "is concerned" is skipped in casual speech. "In terms of" can be used in a similar way. "In terms of luggage, I only brought one suitcase." There is a more formal, restricted sense of "in terms of" but it's often used casually like this to mention a topic. I have no idea how to do this kind of thing in French. Maybe "en ce qui concerne"???

[@jrr3558]

ubizmo hi. We would use « pour » . Pour mes bagages, je prend une seule valise...

[@raykent3211]

JR R yes, and in English you can use "for" ... "for breakfast. ..." and "for baggage...." but, sadly many people think they sound more clever by using more elaborate constructs. So we often hear "to be honest I prefer blue" which implies that the speaker is normally dishonest about their colour preference. Not what they intended.

[@sobordinates]

You're a god at teaching french

[@starydancer]

can I learn fluent French in 2months

[@josephmillikan4824]

You are excellent. Thank you.

[@amolsheshbhare5069]

This is the way to teach languages

[@JamesLintonwriter]

Tres interessant videe! je ne sais pas sur l'inversion des questions!

[@tinghuixin9134]

J’aime toutes les votre leçons beaucoup! Merci!

[@LWBC-Paris]

Thanks for sharing, Is there an expression il fou, or il faux or il feu? i heard often, thanks

[@sammyisawkward]

You may be referring to the expression "Il faut (que), which means 'it is necessary (that)'. An example could be: Il faut que tu fasses les tâches ménagères or "Il faut manger pour vivre." This translates to "it is necessary that you do the housework/chores" and the second phrase translates to "it is necessary to eat to live". The expression "il faut que" uses the subjunctive tense.

[@yashmeensidhu4615]

C'est très intéressant. Merci beaucoup ☺

[@emy8567]

Je ne comprends pas l'intérêt de leur apprendre les différentes façons de dire la même chose, déjà apprendre le français c'est compliqué, alors en plus leur dire que la négation ne se dit pas toujours mouais....

[@susie2251]

emy8567 because when people talk to us and use these other forms, we don’t know what they are saying unless someone teaches it to us

[@jimlang7461]

je pense que 'quand meme' = 'whaever'

[@elisasiles2494]

more slowly please

[@lisawilson-wright4423]

J'ai appris à laisser tomber le ne. Merci!

[@tayyabaqureshi1416]

when using "on" followed by a word started with a vowel, will there be a liaison?

[@xlunelitex]

Wherever you see a word ended with a consonant and the next word starts with a vowel you have to connect the words (only with speaking ) I am not a teacher or pro in French but Nobody was answering your question so I thought I had to

[@tayyabaqureshi1416]

@@xlunelitex merci! What about the conjugations for "on"? Will they be the same as the conjugations of nous?

[@xlunelitex]

@@tayyabaqureshi1416 Pas de probléme. For 'on' we use the same as for Il and elle So example il a, elle a , on a and for nous We add +ons not for the exceptions

[@xlunelitex]

@@tayyabaqureshi1416 I hope that did answer your question I did not understand the question completely. English is not my native language. My excuses for that

[@tayyabaqureshi1416]

@@xlunelitex I got my answer. Merci beaucoup

[@tanyawashburn8964]

You are such a good teacher!

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

Aimer Géraldine. Très bon.

[@barsbayar4252]

Quelle bonne vidéo! Merci.

[@kaymgee08]

Quels beaux hortensias!

[@ameerahalgohary]

That was very helpful ❤️

[@outsidestuff4867]

I love your channel!