PRONOUNCE FRENCH BRANDS w/ a French Native Speaker

[@earlprinsloo9632]

It’s all good and well to pronounce it like it should be, but narrow-minded English speakers look at you funny like you’re being all posh lol

[@Street_French]

Oh that's fine ;)

[@itsacarolbthing5221]

I couldn't agree more!! God forbid you should pronounce something correctly.

[@jimmyb4982]

And there are many such people, sadly.

[@youtuberyoutuber2029]

Nice thanks

[@Street_French]

you're welcome! :)

[@FineArtofCooking]

They all sound a little different than I would say them. Thank you so much for the lesson. All the best.

[@Street_French]

ow thanks, glad you liked it 😊

[@MetaMM]

I never knew how to pronounce Longchamp and Yves Saint Laurent, so thank you.

[@Street_French]

you're welcome :):)

[@USEDtoRule]

merci beaucoup..

[@Street_French]

de rien 🙂

[@MultiSUPERLATIVO]

3:32 I found it to be rather interesting when you mentioned people saying YSL instead of the Yves Saint Laurent. There is a brilliant italian philosopher called Giorgio Agamben who wrote a great essay, 'Profanations', where he writes exactly something about the monogram (YSL), as a name that cannot be spoken, there are only letters, it is the secret name, given in the beginning, in the Garden of Eden.

[@Jan-S-Simonsen]

Beautiful accent, beautiful lady.

[@speeddemon945]

Car Brands like Peugeot, Citroen and such please.. thank you! :D

[@Street_French]

ok :)

[@speeddemon945]

Looking forward for the video.. More power! 😁👍

[@1Devonpen]

Just found this Video, I found it helpful in understanding certain sounds.

[@Street_French]

Glad it was helpful!☺☺

[@leenaliimatainen4264]

10 High fashion brands: (Chanel, Dior, Céline, Hermès) 1. Christian Lacroix 2. Pierre Cardin 3. Lanvin (Jeanne Lanvin) 4. Louboutin 5. Givenchy 6. Jean Paul Gautier 7. Longchamp 8. Vetements 9. Yves Saint Laurent 10. Louis Vuitton

[@DearLeader850]

Your English is great!!!

[@Street_French]

ow thanks it means a lot :))

[@bluemyeproudarmy459]

Thank you !! Thanks for helping with YSl pronunciation been trying to learn that

[@Street_French]

Happy to help! :):)

[@habsahabdulrahman4126]

Good that i can correct all.my mistakes

[@Street_French]

☺☺

[@shreyasgovande2772]

I'll stick to Target thank you

[@Street_French]

haha ^^

[@Raufiko]

Really good exercise on phonetics and pronunciation

[@Street_French]

Merci! ;)

[@jakewolf991]

Thanks! Great video

[@Street_French]

you're welcome! :)

[@annmariemcquilly9874]

Excellent now I can pronounce the ones I couldn't properly. How about Bvlgari?

[@tonyperez5360]

Thank you for all you do

[@phylis3917]

Merci !

[@maria_lara111]

Love it. Merci 😊😊

[@amoranimo7381]

Très intéressant ❤merci

[@Street_French]

de rien :):)

[@eigrontopediax]

Thank you it's very helpful. Can you please make one about hospital terms or when visiting a clinic or emergency? Thank you.

[@AtlSuga]

Thank you !

[@Street_French]

de rien :)

[@AndalusiaChromatic]

Thanks..👍

[@Street_French]

de rien :)

[@natalievo9576]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@Street_French]

de rien! ;)

[@xxGeorginaa]

I’ve heard people pronounce Givenchy as “given” “she” (English way).

[@Street_French]

Ah I see :)

[@Susan1937Fisher]

Could you do a video on French sewing words, too?

[@Street_French]

ah yeah why not^^

[@apolloholmes208]

When you finally know how to speak it properly people will tend to look at you differently. It seemed like you're joking and you're the one speaking it incorrectly. I told my friend how to pronounce Lanvin but she was like, "you're weird"... But, Thank You very much! It's so nice to hear the brands being spoken by native of France. Also, I never knew that that is the way you should pronounce Longchamp.😅 👍👍👍 ●~~~~●

[@Street_French]

ah interesting yeah, well if you ever come to france you'll be able to say these brands properly :)

[@vicrorsr9154]

I love you

[@spr15]

Exactly. That happened with me so many times that now I am secretly learning the correct pronunciation so that when I am in France I will use them 😁

[@taniaaloha1]

Love coming here cause I don’t feel judged

[@Street_French]

oh cool glad to hear that 😊

[@AnthonyOzimic]

Maybe historic brands such as Gobelin, Sèvres, Chartreuse etc.

[@carlaluzuriaga-salinas9610]

Always pronounced "Dior" as it's written! *Screams in spanish speaker*

[@beagordon7947]

Amazing thank you🖤

[@Street_French]

:)

[@willlexie]

I come back to this video after learning French in Institut Français for 2 weeks. FINALLY IT MAKES SENSE!!!

[@Street_French]

Trop bien :D

[@shishi-uq1nu]

Louis Vuitton is the most difficult one. I always wonder if the "L " has any sound, as sometimes I heard ppl speak with the L sound, but some don't, please clarify

[@eusouneto20]

I love french S2

[@Street_French]

;)

[@eberk78]

Although seems quite simple but I struggled the most with pronunciation of ''Guerlain''

[@Street_French]

Ah yeah that can be a tough one

[@rekharawat8435]

thanks really💖...but please ...can anyone enlist these names in english....

[@Justin2cu]

I think you have pronounced pronunciation as 'pronounciation' in this video somewhere near1:55

[@Street_French]

ah merci

[@rahmaabdelbadie5919]

Formidable

[@Street_French]

Merci!

[@wasigupitobudiarto7767]

How do you pronounce karl lagerfeld in french? He is german whose office is in Paris, used to work in chanel before opening his own brand

[@Street_French]

Sorry, it's kind of difficult to explain through a KZbin comment. Look up some interviews with him in French and I'm sure someone will pronounce his name ;)

[@wasigupitobudiarto7767]

@@Street_French yeah i found the video and his name is quite easy to pronounce in french..

[@Street_French]

@@wasigupitobudiarto7767 great :)

[@Mr.Edd3905]

Terre D'Hermes is my favourite perfume (for men), but although you said 'it's an easy one', I actually heard this mis-pronounced a lot. I heard 'Her-Meez' before, which would sound very funny to French people I guess. The 'Vetemens' bit was funny. I know it's not a fashion brand, but how do I say 'Ladurée'? The two 'ee's look confusing; and I don't think I ever heard anyone ever actually say it before. Thanks!

[@Street_French]

Bonjour! You pronounce it kinda like "la dur aye" hope that helps :) thanks for watching!

[@Mr.Edd3905]

Yes, that helps. Thanks! Just an idea, but how about a short video of French city pronunciations? I am going to France soon for a couple of weeks. My first stop is Reims (which I am not totally sure about how to pronounce) and also there are other places too like Troyes, Rouen which are maybe mis-pronuncables.

[@Street_French]

Ah yeah great idea! We'll add that to the list of videos to make :)

[@chuckstrawman8555]

how about Hermes

[@axelwalter4046]

Yes, that's fun and indeed foreigners mispronounce French very easily, BUT now the French who talk about foreign brands themselves.... Tommy Hilfiger (not "Ilfi-guerre" as they say in France), but also a beer from my country: Heineken. Or when French people pronounce artist's names, like: Michael Jackson ("Mika-el Jacques-son"). So who is funnier ????

[@Street_French]

Ahahaha ouai c'est vrai :)

[@ailleurd]

A yam fani...the are eu mouvi fani: la panthere noire, tze pinque pantére with inspecteur Clouzeau, ...it's mocked about the french, how they cannot pronounce english words properly. As I do...😉

[@fraponglais7796]

comptoir des cotonniers、agent provocateur❤️

[@_Fasyanora]

i have no intention to learn france, but i end up watching these videos to watch you pronounce things cutely. :(

[@Street_French]

:)

[@_Fasyanora]

@@Street_French ♡

[@sheilagonzales9645]

Hi! How do you pronounce Poléne?

[@TheObsessedGardener]

Funniest English word into French is "McDonalds"..... McDo.

[@genivievedegrijalva9949]

It's red "sole" not red "soil"

[@Street_French]

haha yeah I always make that mistake hahaha

[@antoinedemm7533]

Other brands I see people mispronouncing are famous french wines and champagne. Such as: Dom PeriGNON, Veuve Clicquot, Moet & Chandon, etc. Another thing you can do is regions in France that are more difficult to pronounce correctly such as Reims, Caen, Bourgogne, Auvergne, etc. etc. There are tons.

[@Street_French]

ah yeah I've made a video pronouncing French cities, look it up :) but can do regions good idea!

[@lohphat]

"Bouygues Telecom" Oh how that confused me as I learned French in Paris. "Boy you gwezz"?

[@Street_French]

haha yeah that one is tricky!

[@smoker_joe]

It sounds like "boo - ig(nition)" --> boo-ig --> bouygues :-)

[@conversationclasses]

vêtement? avec le circonflexe?

[@luckybarrel7829]

L'Oréal is loh-ray-al? or Laureal?

[@philippinewauthy3061]

It's the first one.😊

[@luckybarrel7829]

@@philippinewauthy3061 Thanks

[@Street_French]

first one yeah :)

[@luckybarrel7829]

@@Street_French Thanks

[@nodr.a4583]

What about Jaeger lacoutre

[@Street_French]

ah tricky haha

[@skyla3143]

Longchamp!

[@Street_French]

:)

[@BibaSenana]

Hermes with apostrophe people all the time say wrong. they say Ermiz. :O Once someone asked me what perfume I used and I said "Terre d' Hermes " and they didnt get it when I said properly ----and when I showed them advertisement when they say in French then they said : "ah ermiz " . :(

[@Street_French]

Haha xD

[@claudepain1770]

How do you say Quechua

[@Y3llow_Submarin3]

Is Maia on IG?

[@wengs4788]

Wow longchamp.

[@Street_French]

☺☺

[@tally1604]

Serge Lutens. Never have i heard a non-french speaker pronounce it properly.

[@aquaronne]

L ‘Occitane?

[@lydiafife8716]

Just a tip The word pronunciation is pronounced as it is spelled: Pro-nun-ciation

[@Street_French]

thanks :)

[@papiamukherjee1221]

Where is Chanel ?

[@byankaree91]

Please rate Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif's French! They're the biggest Egyptian Arabian movie stars! They mean so much to all Arabs

[@thomascool1335]

Piaget spelt pia-syeh" right?

[@Street_French]

No it's pronounced kinda like "pee ah jay" like a French J sound, like "Je" haha hope that makes sense :)

[@thomascool1335]

StreetFrench.org so there's no "h" right there?

[@Street_French]

ummmmm no

[@TangerineTux]

@@thomascool1335 There is no /h/ sound at all in French. Have you not noticed that it’s even missing from the “Hi everyone!” at the start of the video? :) Going back to your question, “Piaget” is pronounced: /pjäʒɛ/ That is, the successive sounds are: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_stop (p) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_approximant (j) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_central_unrounded_vowel (ä) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_postalveolar_fricative (ʒ) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel (ɛ) (There is an audio sample in each of those articles, as well as examples of occurrences in various languages.)

[@raymondschulz1236]

How do the French pronounce Ermenegildo Zegna?

[@Street_French]

oula haha I don't really know, I can do a second part where I pronounce it :)

[@quazimunira]

Longchamp is the hardest.

[@janhvichavan7034]

Hermes

[@Street_French]

:)

[@luna.37]

"Air-mez" or "ayr-mez" would make sense to an English speaker trying to pronounce Hermès.

[@Street_French]

Yeah that looks great! Thanks for sharing ;)

[@AntonioRomanify]

Why is the s in Hermes pronounced? And not silent

[@Street_French]

I don't know, it's like that :)

[@philippenachtergal6077]

Because that's how the greek god Hermès is pronounced in French. Proper pronunciation of old latin or greek words that are still perceived to be somewhat latin or greek rather than just a French word that originated from Latin or Greek follow their own rules. Scientists have not always agreed on what the proper pronunciation for them is and, as a result, the pronunciation thought at school for those words has varied somewhat. For instance, we have the French "Musée" pronounced the usual french way but in "muséum" (meaning a natural sciences museum) the second "u" is pronounced "o" which is not something you would have in a "real normal" French word.

[@AntonioRomanify]

@@philippenachtergal6077 thank you

[@easterlinear]

You got it slightly wrong here, ‘in’ and ‘un’ are pronounced quite differently in French. Other than that, great job!

[@philippenachtergal6077]

Euh, "in" and "un" aren't the same sound at all.

[@Street_French]

it's the same pronunciation in paris :)

[@soyesth]

In France “in” and “un” are the EXACT SAME SOUND, so what are you talking about lol

[@soyesth]

It’s funny cause you’re assuming things even though you aren’t french 😂

[@philippenachtergal6077]

@@soyesth They are not. There appears to be an ongoing shift to pronounce the "in" like "un" but it's far from being done so everywhere, even in France, and in every case. I'm not French but I'm a native French speaker in a French environment and I have some French family. French isn't limited to France, France isn't limited to Paris. www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/magasin/48516?q=magasin#48425 If you look at the larousse online, magasin, is still [magazɛ̃] whereas words like vin are indeed closer to [vœ̃] but not exactly.

[@vaibhavathalye7542]

L'air du temps could be tough

[@michaelshinjinakano5575]

You're so cute !

[@painbow6528]

It will always be Yee-Ves Saint Law-rent to me.

[@Street_French]

^^

[@hyun-julim1304]

Goyard??

[@Luke0701]

It's not a fashion brand, but Carrefour i think is hard for most non French speaker to pronounce correctly. All those R's! Mdr

[@Street_French]

ah yeah you're right it's tricky!

[@billbrown8023]

These words are too expensive to say correctly.

[@Street_French]

haha ok

[@everlongization]

* L'Occitane en Provence *

[@Street_French]

:):)

[@jacquelinebucar9485]

Are you pronouncing at all the “l” in Gaultier? If you see the old word for France it’s Gaul and you say the l. But in Gaultier, I do not say the “”l”. I’m listening to you to see if you pronounce th l in his name and there is a difference between saying “Gautier” with no l and the way you say Gaultier even if I’m not hearing the l. So what is that difference?

[@dieweltweltetshankardeepu2734]

pourquoi te ne fais pas les vidéos seulment en français..

[@Street_French]

pour que les gens me comprennent . on a des gens du monde entier qui nous regardent :)

[@dieweltweltetshankardeepu2734]

​@@Street_French hmmm ok.....mais des gens vous regardent pour apprendre le français. tant pis.... je l'apprend aussi depuis quelque mois grâce à youtube. si cela ne vous offensez pas, j'ai une suggestion pourqoui pas l'un d'entre vous parle en anglais et l'autre en français en suite dans la prochaine vidéo vous faisserez autrement... A humble suggestion from an eager french aspirant....et merci pour votre réponse...

[@Street_French]

@@dieweltweltetshankardeepu2734 ah oui oui merci pour la suggestion :) on a fait ça dans des vlogs. par exemple cette video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXTQf6B5qdp1f80 ou celle-là : kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5mWkJp4pd-amdk

[@dieweltweltetshankardeepu2734]

@@Street_French hmm d'accord je vais le voir merci bien

[@dieweltweltetshankardeepu2734]

Eh oui je les ai vu, c'était exactement que je voulais c'est parfait parfait parfait. Les vidéos ont été si naturel et spontanées tout à fait valide je les ai bien aimées d'un seul coup.... Merci merci vous êtes magnifiques. J'espère que vous allez faire les vidéos comme ceux-ci plus en plus (pardon my French I just unleashed it)

[@Quartermaster_77]

SL sonne comme... aisselle!

[@Street_French]

haha c'est vrai! :)

[@valphel7732]

You're very beautiful!

[@lilsvillano]

Polene

[@apusaha7663]

God damn you are unbelievably cute ♥️♥️♥️

[@ΣαπφωΘωιδου]

The most mispronounced is Givenchy all the Americans say it like it's written with a J like jeans 😭and it makes me cringe a lot 😉

[@JMack42]

What would really help is if you would spell out the word(s) in phonetics because the music drowns out the subtleties of the sounds. Also, I get the feeling that she's laughing at us to our face. Improve it and make it more worthwhile to learn.

[@Verbalaesthet]

Christian Lacroix? That sounds like Christ at the cross to me.

[@marthafearon391]

How do you pronounce anais anais, cacharel? Thank you

[@luna.37]

Anaïs is a female name, spelled either as before or Anaís. Both accents over the I are to indicate it's long sound "ee" not "ih". So "ah-nah-EESE" might give you an understanding of how to say it. The perfume company Cacharel is like "cah-sha-rel" (often pronounced "cash-uh-rel" by English speakers. Hope that helps.

[@opexwells435]

I think the French and German languages are quite challenged to the Asians.

[@manjuchowdhury]

At least once when explaining, please pounce the name clearly and slowly as if verbal high lighting. Thankyou.

[@ryeofoatmeal]

god, french have so many unnecessary alphapets that sounds completely different. now i know why french people had a hard time to learn english....

[@Street_French]

Hahaha yeah that's a good point!

[@superanson7]

well english has many unnecessary letter and different phoenetics

[@Street_French]

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[@steffybabes]

You are being posh! French is the fanciest language there is!

[@eigrontopediax]

I just say ysl, jpg, lv 😂

[@HM-uj6ud]

red soil lol

[@Street_French]

ah yeah I always make that mistake 🤦‍♀️

[@heizgoth]

Cartier

[@pensatoreseneca]

Pierre CARDIN is not pronounced like that ... CARDIN! .. not cagrdan

[@nazar249]

ohh i hate french language not France... so many unnecessary leters that are pronunced completely different like they would like to complicate their lives instead of make it easier.... and the R prononced eeehhhrrrr like you about to vomit....kills me :-)) anyway intheresting video

[@Street_French]

Haha thanks for watching :)

[@robertlove2168]

Don't gloss over Hermes please. I'd like to hear it pronounced correctly several times.

[@travelappetite6395]

Are you single? :)

[@michaelshinjinakano5575]

i love your rabbit teeth