Watch out for These False Friends in French! - B1 [avec Alicia]

[@slicksquared4336]

Designer => to designate, or to appoint

[@rebeccathornemusic]

Just found your channel and this is brilliant! “Assumer” makes sense as the lesser used definition of the word in English eg “I assume responsibility” - I’m sure it came from the french language to begin with!

[@dimitrifogolin]

😂😂😂 C'est tout clair, merci.

[@enf3999]

So useful thank you. These are tempting for the english too. Really helpful thanks!

[@vladycespedes9340]

Good lesson, thanks!

[@tharrrrrrr]

désigner == to designate Merci Alicia ! 🇫🇷

[@nires1]

This is so very useful, thanks🙏

[@dinab7852]

Important topic. I teach this topic to all my students. I will assign this video for homework to them. Merci!

[@lingoniFRENCH]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michelgolabaigne595]

Bonjour Alicia, Que cette nouvelle année vous apporte inspiration, passion et moments enrichissants dans votre enseignement du français. Puissiez-vous éclairer les esprits de vos élèves avec la beauté de la langue et la richesse de la littérature. Meilleurs vœux pour une année riche en découvertes et succès pédagogiques ! Merci beaucoup, que grâce á vous nous puissions apprendre le français ! C'est un délicieux cadeau !:) D'ailleurs…, cette vidéo est tout à fait bien !

[@rona5353]

Eventually means possibly or maybe in English as well

[@essof5579]

Hello, Alicia!! I hope you're doing well. It's been an immense pleasure to see you again and learn from your lessons. They're surely very useful for both English and French learners. This topic of "false friends" is very important to explain, as it can be so tricky and mislead us into making a lot of mistakes. You've done a wonderful job as always. We're so lucky to have you!! Thank you so much, Alicia!!! 👍😊♥️

[@ovidbrandy]

Great topic! En anglais, la personne désignée responsable de quoi que ce soit est "designated" (comme, par exemple, the "designated survivor" who becomes president if the top several people in the chain of command are incapacitated).

[@theculturedkidlanguages]

Such a helpful video. Thank you for sharing!

[@AtlganCan]

I like it

[@ash_17406]

That's a great list 👍About half of them I didn't know (like faculté and compréhensif). Except for actuellement, éventuellement and compréhensif, a lot of the French meanings do correspond with an English definition of the word, just not the first or most common meaning, eg assumer. Designer is also similar to designate and concevoir to conceive. One word a lot of us anglophones find surprising is "responsable".

[@badrachourbadrachour9614]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤je t aime

[@George_Beth]

Hi Alicia, do you also offer private lessons (online)?

[@lingoniFRENCH]

Hi George, our app has all of Alicias videos including worksheets, podcasts and quizzes plus a pronunciation tool. At the moment, we cannot offer private Skype lessons. Have a nice Sunday!

[@elif1903..]

This is a great lesson thanks !