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[@TheArtisanGeek]

I don't speak any French, so I have no idea how bad or good this video actually is haha - either way any corrections are much appreciated (:

[@owend9050]

this is really good!

[@MsMarmima]

I could understand most of what you said, I would say that you could improve your prosody. The rhythm that you spoke with made it harder to understand even though the pronunciation was good.

[@emiliepaquet5159]

Tu es très impressionnante. Bravo Seji !!

[@lyadmilo]

Vous parlez si bien! Je dirais un ou deux ans d'étude, minimum! Bravo!

[@iana.2973]

You sound good! Some mistakes here and there but overall I understood everything just fine. The pronunciation was v good!

[@ollynolly4592]

Sorry if this is a bit long and too detailed. I studied linguistics and I use to sing in a choir and spent several years learning as much as I could about how people make sounds and those things combined has made me really good at helping people learn languages and getting the sound of it right. French is also one of the many languages I speak and now I annoyingly go around correcting people on the Internet. Except it is fun for me lol. You are actually really good. You have a great vocabulary, which you seem comfortable using and your grammar is really good (surprisingly so, I've met a lot of people that have learned French for years and their grammar is... to put it kindly, not reflecting of that) but you do make a few mistakes. For example, with the feminin and masculine nouns and in the ending pronunciations of verbs and adjectives, but that is totally ok because your French is understood perfectly. But if you do want to better your pronunciation, you could work on your tone placement. French is a language that is a bit more set back in your throat than for example English. It also has a nasal quality to it and from listening to you speaking I can tell that you are mostly saying the words from the tip of your tongue and you don't really allow for air to pass out your nose when you speak. There are also certain sounds that are, not unique to French but will make your pronunciation more accurate. Such as the s/z (sounds like sie in German) that vibrating bee like sound. Clearly sounding out the s/c (as the s in snake). Making a clear distinction in your pronunciations of consonants. For example when you say vœux (wish) it sounds like feu (fire) but linguistically speaking is a very common mistake that none natives of any language are prone to make. This is because some consonants are toned and untoned (I think that that is what they are called in English, I learned all this in Swedish), but basically V is the toned version of F and you can tell by the vibration (try it out). If you sound out s (as in snake) and add a vibration to it you get z (as in the German sie) which is the toned version of s and sometimes it varies from language to language, especially if they are not from the same language family. It is complicated lol but good job. PS: you have inspired me to pick up my Korean studies once more. I started a couple of years go but had to stop because being a linguistics student I was balancing 5 languages at the same time and adding a sixth would have been my death. It's now been 4 years and I'm going to restart learning Korean. Wish me luck 😊.

[@Number77712]

Toned and untoned could well be correct too, but as a person who is not a linguist but who does like to learn languages, I have always seen it called voiced and unvoiced!

[@gab.o_]

You’re amazing

[@ines3770]

As a french person : that was good ! Just be careful with : the adjectives referring to yourself must be in their feminine form. Ex : je suis un peu nerveuSE x)

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Thank you!! :)

[@Morsoth]

@@TheArtisanGeek Apart of that, your French is very good, and fluid. In fact, it doesn't seem that it's not your first language at all. Very good!

[@emmanovella]

I was going to write this in french but my brain isn't working - i'm just loving that I understood a good amount of this!

[@jungastein3952]

Your hair looks wonderful. Lovely form. Like a Matisse.

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Thank you very much! :D

[@naomiodeyemi3768]

I love the vintage hairstyles ❤

[@TheArtisanGeek]

thank you very much :)

[@thari_za]

Wait how many languages do you know and how did you learn them all🙆🏾‍♂️

[@TheArtisanGeek]

I speak Dutch and English fluent and I'm mainly learning Japanese at the moment :)

[@thari_za]

Oh cool🙌🏾 I saw you spoke a bit of yoruba in one of your videos are you from Nigeria or Benin, PS this is my final question😂

[@appleandroid60]

@@thari_za I would love to know as well as a fellow nigerian haha

[@sonderexpeditions]

@@TheArtisanGeek you're so cool.

[@LeComplice]

“i don’t speak any french” but you did so well! from what I see, you do speak french, you just do. haha

[@alice-je8ui]

Came right after the thumbnail's stream 💛 thanks for reviewing this :) Your french is good !

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Thank you Alice! :D Had a lot of fun during the stream, thanks for keeping me company!! xx

[@s.h.6097]

Wow! Tu as un excellent niveau! Ta prononciation est très bonne. Plus la vidéo avançait, plus tu gagnais en confiance et tu semblais plus à l'aise. J'ai bien apprécié ta vidéo!

[@RaissaMelof]

Bravo ! J'étudie aussi le français et je trouve que c'est une bonne idée de lire les mangas pour pratiquer !

[@antodi1]

You're doing awesome! J'ai apprécié :) Well done :)

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Thank you! :)

[@WEYffles]

Perfect timing! I started studying French again just yesterday!

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Awesome!! Good luck on your language learning journey! :D

[@P.EnglishLiterature]

I just love your review. Never knew you speak French too. That's fantastic.

[@sarahharas6629]

Peux-tu faire une vidéo "astuces pour apprendre les langues"? C'est vrai que y a déjà beaucoup de vidéos de ce genre sur youtube mais j'aimerai bien savoir ce qui marche le mieux pour toi

[@ifihadfriends437]

Moi aussi je veux bien le voir!

[@donghunsbeautifuleyes7692]

Woooow I see you become more incredible every day. Never seen a channel doing this before. This is such a great idea.

[@shimone5198]

I forgot to read the subtitles 🥺i was so focused on your voice ❤

[@emaan7023]

Wow, you sound so good! You should read and review french literature. I'm learning french and this helped me practice my listening comprehension.

[@agakura]

Bravo ! Très bonne revue en français, continue comme ça :)

[@heyimsasa]

i really love your passion for language. it's contagious 💖 also you look soooo cute!! ☺️

[@ShroomAndMoss]

Wow !! Bravo ! I'ms so impressed !

[@winterguts9914]

I really admire your bravery! I've no idea of french but that sounded amazing! :)

[@vogelein]

Yo I just discovered you channel and oh boy your aesthetics and brains are *mwah* chef's kiss

[@manon4778]

Bravo ! Tu parles très bien, c'était très compréhensible ! J'espère que tu feras d'autres vidéos de ce genre 🙆‍♀️

[@gejah_]

Loved your review!!! I'm from Brazil and I'm looking for this kind of video to improve my French. I understood everything you said!! :)

[@nico-et3cz]

this was so interesting to watch! :) I love that you tried something so different for you!

[@akiko3337]

c'était parfait!! J'ai trop peur donc je ne lirai pas ce manga je pense... Il me rappelle Frankenstein! I agree, the French manga publishing market is very broad and has some interesting titles as you said. I believe it's the number one manga market outside of Japan!

[@NadineTouzet]

Félicitations ! Avec seulement deux années d’étude du français il y a dix ans, tu parles très bien français avec une prononciation naturelle. Cela dit, je ne connais pas spécifiquement le marché du manga en France, mais je sais que le manga a un important public d’amateurs.

[@purplecatpaws9636]

This is cool! I'm learning french right now, and I hope you do more of these because it helps me to practice listening!

[@juliadupont7252]

I wanst expecting a video in french, it’s amazing ! As a french-speaking Belgian I wish my flemish/dutch was as good as your french 😊 there were only minor errors, what i heard the most was your enthousiasm and your nice vocabulary. Your accent is quite good as well, congrats ☀️

[@ManikaTheStrangerWhoReads]

Wow! C'est super impression que tu puisses parler autant de langue ! Merci de partager avec nous cette super expérience.

[@__nmae]

je suis archi impressionnée 😭🤍 ur french is so good !!

[@foreverlearning8926]

Tu parles super bien français !! Tes phrases sont très belles et bien structurées. Les petites erreurs sont anecdotique, tu gères !

[@dk___]

Omg comment se fait-il que tu parles aussi bien ! Bon courage je t’envoie de la force from France ;)

[@Jennifer-wq2kc]

tu gères !! remarquable

[@candicebmusic]

your french is actually really really good :) love your vids !

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Ah thank you very much! :D

[@lucievovk]

super impressionant, bravo! et la critique était super intéressante, merci pour la recommendation :)

[@joreads8782]

Really enjoyed this! Also really appreciated that despite the multitude of years since I learnt French, I still actually understood some of it! I really like the idea of reading manga or graphic novels in French as a good way to pick up some of the basics again. Except I don’t really know where to look for them but this has given me ideas!

[@nl3237]

Tu as fait un excellent travail. J'en veux plus !

[@gregorvorbarra9425]

Ton français est très bon et c'est super que tu puisse découvrir d'anciens mangas dans cette langue ! Je ne lis pas beaucoup de manga, mais j'ai vraiment beaucoup aimé "Journal d'une vie tranquille" de Tetsuya Chiba qui raconte en parallèle la vie d'un vieux mangaka et son enfance. Le tome 2 sort en France dans quelques jours. Je te le conseille. Merci pour tes videos!

[@alienorragot2872]

Bravo pour cette première vidéo en francais, ta prononciation est excellente ! C'était aussi très intéressant comme toujours ; )

[@GabrielBarbosa-bl4sb]

A sua força de vontade para tentar coisas novas me surpreende. Sinto que isso vem desaparecendo de mim, mas ver seus videos tem me motivado demais! :)

[@ella5452]

very much enjoyed this vid. well done lovely😊xx

[@Ary13896]

Ton français est vraiment bon pour une première video en français! ;P Good job!^^

[@imabooks]

I think you did very good! Even with my limited French knowledge, I understood you perfectly fine (I‘ve had to study French for many years and you already sound better than I was at the height of my French „career“). Your polyglot-abilities are astounding

[@symoneontheinternet]

!!! So cool that you did a video in French! Fais-attention au adjectives (je suits neuveuse au lieu de nerveux) mais tu parles très bien 😊😊😊

[@OfficiallySarabi]

Très bien! I understood the whole review and it sounds very interesting. I'd love to hear more about the series and more French reviews :D

[@tara8004]

came from the livestream! so glad i found your channel

[@bubblegum3882]

C'étais vraiment très bien !

[@lilacchocolate]

Tu t'es bien débrouillée, bravo!!! 👏☺️ Although the manga does sound slightly horrifying...not much into gore or Chucky-like puppets! 😂😅

[@iamamess7522]

I'm so impressed by this. Especially since you said you **don't** speak French

[@Sassyee]

Le Lézard noir is my favourite manga publisher and Miyako Slocombe my favourite Japanese-French translator. Bravo, tu t’es super bien débrouillée, on te comprend très bien. :)

[@emroyka]

Excellente vidéo et beaux constats! Merci de partager ta passion en français!💖日本語勉強する事も応援してま～す！

[@pommejuice8943]

Ta prononciation était très bonne ! Il te faut tout simplement te relaxer et avoir plus confiance en toi en parlant français. N'aie pas peur de faire des erreurs :) Tu vas t'améliorer en faisant plus de vidéos en français ! Le marché du manga en France est très divers comme tu dis. Cette année, beaucoup de mangas vont être publiés ou réédités. Lire des mangas tranche de vie peut être plus facile pour toi à lire et tu apprendras des mots du quotidien. Je te conseille d'utiliser Deepl au lieu de Google Traduction pour chercher la traduction des mots. Continue comme ça 😊

[@_larchiviste_]

As a French girl I'm speechless! GIRL YOU'RE DOING SO GREAT ❤️

[@morganrouzies6198]

I simply love you I’m French I started watching you a week ago and you suddenly upload in French so cooool!!! Aussi quand tu “une journée” il faut dire un jour, c’est l’équivalent de “ and one day...” tatatitatata voilà

[@youknow5853]

Ton français est super ! C'est à la limite du parfait !

[@Mariel_ing]

You did very well

[@TheArtisanGeek]

thank you! ☺️✨

[@fabiennecherubin5560]

Bravo pour ton français j'aurai aimé parler néerlandais comme tu parles français. Bravo encore. Je suis française et je te regarde depuis Paris.

[@lizziereads4531]

This was so cool, Seji!

[@Phatcat1936]

im happy i subscribed after the Japanese class video!! I really like your content!! Im looking forward to more of your videos 🥺🥺

[@lalilaura1000]

omg i'm trying to learn french and this was so much fun!! :)

[@scooterlovya]

I like your lipstick girl!!

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Thank you!! :)

[@earthling-liliac]

je connaissais pas ce manga il a l'air génial 😘 ton français est très bon the manga market is huge in French there a very diverse version choice of manga and what I like personally they now try to stay as close as possible to the Japanese version

[@plant9708]

Hearing you laugh throughout made me so happy! Bravo c'était une très bonne vidéo :)

[@joseluisreynoso1540]

I think your french is really good! I am a Mexican french teacher and maybe i'm not that quite advanced ( I teach beginners) but I can tell you did pretty great! Keep up learning languages 💕

[@chloediebolt1036]

you speak very well ! btw, around 29 seconds, in french we would say "je me suis dit" instead of "j'ai pensé" more !

[@mah_jayjay]

As a person who doesn't speak French very well, this was so great!!

[@LeComplice]

omg! vraiment génial. bravo.

[@ella5452]

and thank you for subtitles, deffo needed XD

[@dubbytheapple7115]

Merci! Cette vidéo était tellement bonne! Ton français était super. Je serais ravie si tu pourrais nous donner une autre vidéo en français.

[@onmyway7970]

Ohhh tu parles vraiment bien!

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Merci!

[@cabinfeverremedy5636]

Ton français est super bon! C'est bien la première fois que j'entend quelqu'un dire qu'elle apprend le français pour pouvoir lire des manga japonais mais si ça devient une tendance c'est super.

[@basiletmh6752]

oohhh tu t'y prends bien même si il y a quelque petite faute et ton accent est mignon x')))) you are doing great !!!

[@ifihadfriends437]

Je me suis vraiment impressionnée par votre vidéo! Je n'aurais pas le courage de faire une vidéo en français (tant que ce soit ma langue seconde après l'anglais)

[@phoebs987]

oh god i was watching the stream on a tiny floating window and i was convinced that the guy on the cover was a cute little alien with a bandana, and i was going to suggest you put it on the thumbnail but boy was i wrong this mangaka's art is really beautiful though, i gotta give this book a try sometime if i can find it in not french!

[@rayonlecture4087]

Thank you for this video. Truly, You’re french is good 🙂 In France, we have lot of very good translations of old manga. Le lézard noir is a really good publishing house. I recommend you La cantine de minuit, Tokyo Alien Bros or Chiisakobé. All are very interesting and fun. J’aime beaucoup tes vidéos ❤️

[@kxlot79]

You are too cute. Thanks for sharing! I don’t speak French but you made this super fun to watch. 🤣🤣🦸🏾‍♀️🪄✨🥳😍

[@Adamcameralens]

I felt like a learned a lot of French while watching this video Great content and great video. Thank you

[@NovaVanBuren]

Qui a osé mettre un pouce vers le bas??? Well done Seji!!! Your accent is very nice!

[@paradoxelle481]

J’étudie français aussi! J’essaye écouter cette vidéo sans spud-titres pour savoir si je peux comprendre parce que j’ai peur de écouter en français, car c’est si vite. Very cool video!

[@sarahharas6629]

Wowwww Seji j'habite en Belgique (du coup je parle un peu néerlandais aussi) et je te suis depuis longtemps maintenant !!! tu t'exprimes super bien même si tu dis ne pas savoir parler français !

[@lauragatti4487]

Bravo ! Tu t'exprimes très bien et avec un accent adorable :)

[@AryaSerafina]

Loved the video. Your french is so cute and easy understanble, which is nice because french is not my frist language.

[@luluberlu1477]

Ton français est super bon bravo!

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Merci beaucoup! :)

[@matildawolfram4687]

Huh, that's an interesting video! Many thanks to the author of the channel for the recommendations! The problem with many people is that they want to take a "magic pill" or get "secret knowledge" and immediately have skills and abilities. However, the truth of life is that knowledge, skills, and abilities do not come by themselves. You can't learn a foreign language without doing anything, without wasting your time and effort, just like you can't learn to ride a bike lying on a comfy couch, listening to lectures and watching videos about "modern methods of learning" on a bike. To really learn something, you have to really practice every day. You're going to fall down while you're learning, and you're going to get bumps - that's normal! The ups and downs of learning are an integral part of our lives. Motivation from success and depression from failure will always be your study companions. However, every student has problems in his or her studies that he or she lacks the knowledge to solve. It can be: poor memorization of words; no progress in language learning; the student can speak, but does not understand speech by ear; misunderstanding of grammar; incorrect pronunciation, etc. Agree that a problem you don't know how to solve is very demotivating. In order to find the answer to our question we have to spend a lot of time to read videos, articles and books by polyglots. In today's world, we have to solve problems as quickly as possible. I don't have time to study and analyze a huge amount of information. My goal is to master the basic knowledge of a foreign language as quickly as possible and already start earning money effectively in the international arena. I settled on the practical guide by Yuriy Ivantsiv " Polyglot's Notes: practical tips for learning foreign language". This book is always in my bag. If I have a problem while learning a language, I quickly find the answer in this book. There are many different techniques and tips for learning a foreign language in Polyglot Notes. I have made my own individual schedule and plan for language learning. Now I know what I am going to study, how I am going to study, when I am going to study and what results I am going to achieve. No problem could stop me! With an effective language learning plan my professional skills are more and more in demand internationally every day. Friends, don't stop there! Everyone has talents that millions of people around the world need! Learn the language and make your ideas and dreams come true! Thanks to the author of the channel for the informative and useful video! Your videos motivate me.

[@Sakuhani]

Girl ! You actually speak very well 👏🏾👌👍🏾 I'm surprised AF !

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Thank you very much! :D

[@Marie-sw]

I’m French and I honestly think it’s really good, your speaking is very fluid and I can understand it very well. Be careful of the gender though, but except that is so good make more of those review !!

[@duzuboo6957]

Merci pour cette review ! Je connaissais pas du tout ce manga Ton français est très bon (prononciation, vocabulaire...), ça manque juste un peu de fluidité, mais ça c'est une question de pratique !

[@sometimesshewrites]

You did great!

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Thank you! :)

[@daisyinthelife]

J' étudie le français [a l'université en fait] et j'utilise des mangas et des BD pour pratiquer la langue. Je te recommande des Webtoons en français [et en anglais aussi mdr]. Mon Webtoon préféré est 'Honey Honey Wedding' si l'application t'intéresse. Bonne Chance avec tes études langues.

[@danecobain]

Tres bien!

[@AkaHeiwa]

Je suis impressionnée par ton niveau de français :)

[@rafaela00002]

was paying attention to the french to see if i could understand it and kept forgetting to read the subtitles lmao

[@mangayidagoloh2380]

i am a french speaker you r very fluent

[@fl.oralion]

Trop mignonne!!!!! Ton français est vraiment chouette

[@kerminaarts]

Enjoyed this video! You seem nice!

[@TheArtisanGeek]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it! And thank you very much, that's very kind of you to say :)

[@PierrotTheJoker]

Bien fait !!

[@camilaalmeida3511]

C'est super ta vidéo ! Combien de langues parlez vous? Et comment vous les étudiez ?

[@IntlPublications]

Bravo ! Tu es magnifique ! Et j'aime ta coiffure. De plus, j'aime Kazuo Umezu - notamment son chef d'oeuvre, "L'école emportee".