What can we learn from Jodie Foster speaking French - Celebrities speaking French series

English-native celebrities speaking French is a rare phenomenon. In today's video we go over two interviews in which Jodie Foster speaks French.
Her level is incredible; she went to a bilingual/French school from a young age so I'm not surprised.
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So, I pick out bits of French that Jodie Foster says that we as French learners can learn a lot from, including mistakes, differences to English, self-confidence, etc !
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0:00 Introduction
1:42 Her flow and frenchisms
2:32 Trois v toi
3:25 Mais pourtant/Ça nous dépasse
5:52 Au feeling in French
6:14 Prepositions/simplifying your French
7:51 Pronunciation & gender mistakes
8:22 Humour & "très peu"
10:59 Gender mistake
11:26 The false friend trap
12:57 C'est-à-dire
13:40 Arriver à
15:01 Traiter un sujet
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[@LoutreCosmique]

8'40'' she actually said "plus proche l'un DE l'autre, which is the perfect use of the expression. She is so fluent. I'm a native French speaker and I'm not ashamed to admit that she speaks a better formal French than I do.

[@antonboludo8886]

She went to a French Lyceum in Los Angeles.

[@bachcomic]

Maybe it's just me but I always heard everybody say plus proche l'un DE l'autre. Are there someone use À or other?

[@antonboludo8886]

@@bachcomic I always say it this way as well. Of course I am a native French speaker, though, LOL! xD Jodie Foster went to a Lycée Français, as did I. There are schools of this type all over the world. They are demanding but they are worth it.

[@antonboludo8886]

@@bachcomic Maybe people who don't know how to speak French properly, LOL! xD

[@fairyunicorn2754]

In fact, we should say "Plus proches l'unE de l'autre". We're speaking about "les personnes" = feminine world (En réalité, la formule exacte aurait été "plus proches l'unE de l'autre", puisqu'on parlait des personnes (féminin pluriel). Au demeurant, le français de Jodie Foster est excellent, et oui, bien meilleur que celui de nombreux français eux-mêmes. C'est remarquable !

[@Sir77Hill]

I don't know if it was mentioned before, but Jodie Foster is actually SO fluent in French that she makes her own dubs!

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

It wasn't but I've read that!

[@tomkatttt1]

Almost all of them indeed :)

[@antonboludo8886]

As am I. I grew up with both languages at once. Her French is indeed excellent.

[@filouphilippe7680]

@@antonboludo8886 Not Excellent, near from perfect (better than "usual french" .... if she dubs herself , "cela vous dit tout": it say you everything lol

[@antonboludo8886]

@@filouphilippe7680 Yes, I know, but she is from Los Angeles.

[@lexfluor]

She went to a fancy private french school in the USA since she was a little kid, so don’t feel bad if you aren’t up to her level. Whilst she may not natively be french… I would hesitate to say she went through the same learning curve as you(people who don’t have this background) and whilst she seems to have put a lot of effort into keeping it up, keep in mind you all didn’t have this privilege so don’t beat yourselves up when learning gets hard 🙂!

[@louiselanthier5135]

I had no idea Jody Foster spoke French. I understood everything she was saying as a French Canadian living in an English city.

[@heleneb514]

Jodie Foster speaks perfect ( like 99.99999% perfect) French. Her knowledge of the language is impressive. Sometimes she makes tiny mistakes like ' le monde de finance ' instead of ' le monde de la finance'. Her pronunciation is so good, really. And French is my native language.

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Jodie Foster is a genius period

[@cltransler]

She attended the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, a French-language prep school. She delivered the valedictorian address in French.

[@yannickdrmda5295]

Growing up and seeing her on French tv I thought she was French but because she was famous in USA everyone was saying her name Foster with an American accent, how disappointing it was to find out that this gem was not ours 😅

[@jmouyade]

Le français de Jodie Foster est incroyable et ses petites erreurs sont adorables. Ca rappelle juste que ce n’est pas sa langue maternelle car on pourrait très bien l’oublier.

[@bobduvar]

Jodie's mum used to watch french movies in LA in the 70's. she was a great fan of François Truffaut. Jodie grew up in this atmosphere. Her sister used (still ?) to live in Toulouse and she often comes to Paris to see french expositions. We saw her in the queue waiting for to come into a painting exposition in Paris last year...

[@jeremie2020]

Jodie Foster's french is almost perfect (not to mention her accent), though she sometimes makes some gender mistakes like "le monde DU finance" instead of "le monde DE LA finance". There are some here and there, but it's not a big deal. She's fantastic.

[@erichanshar7159]

I think she said (or would have said) : le monde DES finances

[@jeremie2020]

@@erichanshar7159 Nope. As a frenchman, I do hear : "le monde DU finance".

[@JustBeingAwesome]

even her accent is very good for an American.

[@heleneb514]

Yes indeed. Her French is so good, even better than some native speakers ( yeah I raise teenagers...)

[@twntwrs]

@@heleneb514 lol

[@flavieflo848]

Hello ! First of all I want to say that Jodie Foster's french is wonderful ; its something I've known for ever ; she uses expressions that sound so french ! You can hear her very very very tiny accent in some words, when she says "l'impression" for example ; but it's funny cause when she says "tous les trois" I dont think there's any mistake. Very nice video, thank you.❤

[@mignonthon]

She said " ils sont plus proche l'un DE l'autre" its perfect french, you missed that, french here 😜, jodie Foster speaks french with no accent its impressive , some very very little errors, its always a pleasure to see her in any situations. And thx you

[@jeanloupguegou4047]

At 8'40 she says "l'un de l'autre" in a very daylyfrench speaking contracting the "de", she actually says "l'un d'l'autre". She is absolutly correct

[@haietjebbar3672]

Même si elle fait quelques fautes de français, je trouve que c'est celle qui parle le mieux le français et son accent est juste parfait !! Son niveau est incroyable elle parle mieux le français que beaucoup de Français eux mêmes.

[@SuperCarottesRapees]

I praise your interest in French; regarding your first remark, her "trois" is impeccable (I'm a French native speaker)

[@nonobeijing]

Even French speakers (native speakers) like me enjoy watching your video! well done!

[@patrickg8775]

Me too !

[@loussaille1]

I agree!

[@STJ57486]

I grew up speaking two languages. I admire anyone who goes out a learns new one.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

She learnt French as a child, so she is bilingual. Yes learning a second language as an adult requires a huge amount of work. I’ve met lots of people who speak three or more languages.

[@thedavidguy01]

What strikes me most about Jodie Foster's French is that with her pronunciation and intonation she sounds like a native speaker even though she makes some mistakes.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Yes, and that can make us think that she's a perfect speaker, until we listen closer.

[@ericlind6581]

@@FrenchinPlainSight well native French speakers make mistakes too so what’s the difference?

[@PhilippeSAY]

Elle a fait la totalité de ses études en français et a obtenu un baccalauréat au lycée français de Los Angeles (ce qui explique qu'elle parle couramment le français sans aucun accent américain).

[@babelbabel2419]

@@ericlind6581 Not the same mistakes ;)

[@ericlind6581]

@@babelbabel2419 perhaps not. But some are worse and some are less severe. I’ve heard native French speakers say things like « ils croivent » or « c’est la chose qu’on l’aime bien ». So really what’s the difference? My point is there’s no just thing as a perfect speaker, not even a native. One can nitpick on anyone’s language faults.

[@florentdelassiaz]

Very interesting! Little remark: Jodie Foster " plus proche l'un de l'autre" and not "l'un à l'autre". She is correct, as we say "proche de...", and not "proche à...". Otherwise she sounds sometimes exactly like a native French speaking person!!!! Incredible!

[@AnderParis]

Very good analysis ! Jodie Foster is so impressive in the way she speaks fluently and naturally while expressing deep ideas and concepts. Actually, at 8:38 you didn't heard correctly. She said "plus proche l'un DE l'autre" which is the proper forme in French, but not the right gender, as "personne" is feminine. So it should be "plus proche l'une de l'autre". You could translate it as "closer to one another". For the rest, you did a great job ! (I'm French by the way ;-))

[@AnderParis]

@Beaudile Thank you for excusing my mistakes and sorry if you felt offended. It was not my intention…

[@BoFrazer]

I’ve always loved her, for many reasons. When I saw “A Very Long Engagement”, speaking French the whole time, I was super impressed. It’s a tiny handful of American actors who would dare to work in another language, whereas there are tons of ESL who flock to Hollywood.

[@13hehe]

My takeaway is that the French education system is superior, probably by far the best in the world. It's beyond just the language (which is rich and beautiful), it's the whole package of the content they teach and the behaviour they instill in the children. Been to France 5 times and i am continually impressed by their kids and they way they comport themselves.

[@andrewzanas9387]

Thanks for this. I love Jody Foster. She's such a brainiac and what a femme! It made me aware of the importance of developing a bunch of random, elegant filler phrases to supplement my vocabulary. She does it so naturally. i need them to slow down my feelings of anxiety over leaving large gaps in the conversation, but gaps are good. They show a lack of anxiety if done right, especially while searching for something relevant to add to the conversation. It gives the listener a sense that the speaker cares about the person he or she is addressing.

[@WoodyGamesUK]

She does make small mistakes once in a while (often using the wrong preposition, or not using one when it's needed) but her accent is impeccable. And about the French R sound, it's spot on, like a native. The thing with many English speakers who reach a good level of French and attain a good French pronunciation is that they would say the R too strong, to kind of counterbalance the English R sound, which will sound almost correct but not the way French speakers would say it. But Jodie Foster got it perfect, basically like a native.

[@ocarinamom2915]

« Proche l’un de l’autre » is the good sentence, and can be “l’une de l’autre” in feminine form, while “l’une à l’autre” is not a correct expression, not in this kind of sentence. But hey, you make an amazing job, it’s not easy to analyze a language that is not our native language. For me it’s French (je suis Québécoise), so it’s easy to point this, but I wouldn’t be comfortable to do this analysis of English ! And Jodie has a so good French, she often double herself in the French version of her movies. I mean, how many people can do that ?!

[@malikadebbah3343]

Her English is top notch. Impeccable!

[@Maiasgameroom]

As a beginner, I am happy to have found your channel 😁❤️

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Bienvenue Maia !

[@frae5]

Well, there are a few errors of interpretation, in my view: 2:47: "le monde des finances" (pas: "de finance") 2:40 / 3:03 / 3:24: "tous les trois" - she clearly says that, no need to pronounce the French "r" in a very visible way - except in songs where this is done ... So, the French "r" usually is very "tender" ... and so, that has nothing to do with a lack of practice or not exercising that muscle ... I would even say, whosoever has attended French school has a good feeling for how things are pronounced ... 3:37: "Le monde des finances est guidé par une technologie qu'on a inventée ..." - that's the way it is written in French and the reason for that the object / accusative here comes before the "que" ... In such cases of influences the writing. 3:48: "... mais pourtant on ne peut pas maîtriser parce que ça nous dépasse". Certainly, the combination "mais pourtant" would be a little bit unusual in French - but in the spoken language probably still acceptable, in the sense of "exchanging one word for the other", like: mais ... pourtant ... but that's not the main problem I see here: The problem - as I see it - although it's not a big probl - is that, in the subordinate clauses, the "que/qui" should have been repeated: Like in: "mais qui ne peut être maîtrisé" / "et qui ne peut être maîtrisé" ... That's the real problem here, in my view. BUT ... now I see, she even said it - but it cannot be found in the transcription, on 3:38 ("mais qu'on peut pas maîtriser ...") So, the structure of tge phrase she uses - in my view - is quite correct, even the repeated "que" is not lacking ... otherwise, perhaps, one could say it would be a gross error ... just the "mais pourtant" - but without "QUE" - WHICH would make the structure a bit unusual perhaps ... - but it is there, in her speech ... 6:22: "Quand je vous entends à travers ..." (NOT: "je vous entend") So, "j'entends" is always conjugated with "s" - like in "je prends" - It's the verbs on "-re" ("entendre", "prendre" ...)

[@patrickg8775]

@@frae5 ou "Le monde de la finance" simplement ! Mais chapeau pour Jodie Foster sur son Français, même si elle l'a appris 42 ans en arrière, elle n' a pas oublié !

[@tish12345]

Amazing video, I have a recommendation: analysing native speakers speaking fast french from movies and shows (a bit like the french version of the KZbin channel Learn English With TV Series).

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Interesting. I'll check it out!

[@deniaridley]

@@FrenchinPlainSight Yes, please!

[@juliennuns4817]

Salut ! J'ai trouvé une petite faute dans le premier interview de Jodie Foster: on ne dit pas le monde de finance, mais le monde de la finance. Elle est vraiment impressionnante... Elle n'a quasiment pas d'accent ! Ton analyse de la vidéo est passionnante ! Keep up the good work!

[@jpc7118]

Dans la première* ... ;)

[@blinnith]

En fait elle dit "le monde du finance", ce qui est faux bien sur

[@emagoutard2576]

c'est dejà énorme, super meme

[@emagoutard2576]

c'est presque parfait

[@jeanphiabeille]

on pouvait aussi dire le monde financier

[@Rowenband]

She really speaks as a French person. I would not know just by hearing her.

[@melinaklimpel5949]

I really loved it! Amazing! You can tell how you love certain expressions and are excited about them. It‘s infectious! 😀

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

I'm definitely a French geek 🤓

[@Lava_splash]

Amazing channel! I'm about to binge watch all your videos.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Enjoy :D

[@andreacathyannbasso-mcgill703]

I enjoy your vidéo, thanks for posting.

[@rauldempaire5330]

Very interesting analyeis, Mrci Beaucoup!

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

De rien !

[@EasyFinnish]

Merci Alex! I enjoyed this video:) Bonne journée!

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Bonne journée Jarno

[@SimonStanford]

Great video. Really instructive and a very sensitive handling of what could have come across as rather sniffy.

[@fantasiazplatkami]

those materials with celebrities are great fun. Jodie Foster is so beautiful :)

[@debbiejohnson2789]

You are a very nice guy and really good at what you do. You are very complimentary regarding theses speakers in the video.

[@mariontrotte]

Bravo Alex ! Cette vidéo est super intéressante, j’aime beaucoup ton analyse et je pense que ce qu’on peut retenir de tout ça c’est aussi que « prononciation » et « maitrise de la grammaire et du vocabulaire » ne sont pas forcément au même niveau pour chaque apprenant 💪🏻 encore Bravo !

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Merciii Marion. Clap clap ;).

[@Sbeboon78]

The French of Jody is mind blower but more than everything… that makes her crazy charming ♥️

[@davidthomson802]

Bon. Voila. Good format here, thank-you.

[@ares6953]

Jodie Foster is fluent in french ! her french is so good like you said , indeed it is ! her accent is soo good !

[@antinea45]

Dans les acteurs et actrices, c’est Jodie Foster qui parle le mieux le français et sans accent. C’est impressionnant

[@antinea45]

@Beaudile son accent est tellement léger qu’on ne s'aperçoit pas que c’est une américaine. Si on écoutait sa voix sans savoir que c’est Jodie Foster, je défie les gens de dire que c’est une américaine.

[@ilhuicatlamatini]

I’m a beginner-beginner French learner by which I mean all I’ve got so far is an eAudiobook from the library and what I find on the internet lol. So all that to say, I’m already quite overwhelmed (can you tell I’m American by how I’ve used quite?😆I’ve been told y’all use it opposite of us haha) and was reluctant to add yet another French KZbin teacher to my subs, but I loved your perspective! It’s adding another dimension for me, thank you! I’m a full adult, low on time, and scared of all the warnings people keep tossing at me about learning past 12, but Im determined to learn enough to at least understand French speakers. Ideally, I’d like to also be able to reply 😂. Thanks for the great tips! It’s helping me keep the motivation and hope for this French goal 🤞🏽!

[@anaiscardot6674]

If this can help you, I would recommand watching kid stuff such as disney movies in french (I guess there is the option on Disney+? ), as it's intended for a kid audience, they are super careful to use easy words and to have a nice pronunciation ^^

[@kimerswell7643]

Merci!

[@franks1450]

Merci beaucoup Alex.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

De rien Frank

[@benjaminfowler84]

Alex, if you again discuss Jodie Foster, check out languish skills from 1976 In '76, Taxi Driver was hit at Cannes film festival. 13 /14 year old Foster gave many press interviews in French, the evolution of her fluency

[@MsTachke]

Thank you very much for this discussion, it was very interesting to see it from a point of view of someone who hasn't French as mother tongue. Joddie Foster is really fluent in French I didn't know that and I certainly didn't know she makes her own dubs.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

You're welcome!

[@MsTachke]

@@FrenchinPlainSight thank you I'm from Belgium and Dutch is my mother tongue. I'm from Brussels. Joddie Foster is one of my favourite actresses.

[@ericlemaire8524]

You cannot tell listening to her that she is not French born. You can notice a very slight accent, but only if you really pay attention. She is awesome !

[@dron2147]

Me encanta, voy a a prender a hablar frances !!!😁😁😁

[@sophialewis5474]

Brilliant

[@doramars9747]

Merci Alex pour tes vidéos, très intéressantes aussi pour les français qui aiment le français et l’anglais comme moi ;) Merci pour le drapeau occitan :D Une toulousaine

[@cacao_nuts]

I just find your channel. Your videos are very well constructed. You do an amazing job and it must take a long time. I am learning English but it's interesting to see how English speakers also learn French. Jody Foster has a very good french and some of her mistakes can even go unnoticed by a French person. She says "l'un DE l'autre" not "l'un À l'autre". Her mistake is the gender but the expression is good : l'UNE de l'autre" but again this is a very slight mistake. She also says "monde DU finance" instead of "monde DE LA finance" . We use "DU" to replace "DE LE" not "DE LA". She also forget "POUR" when she say "POUR qui que ce soit" But again she's great. I hope this little insights help you.

[@alfredvikingelegant9156]

Hello! I have just discovered your channel ! Very funny and interesting! You offer to me me a good opportunity to improve a little bit, my very unperfect english. Thank you for that! I also appreciate your english accent. l like Judy Foster very much. Yes she makes some little mistakes here and there, but it ins 't a bad thing. On contrary, this adds more charm to her charm... Encore bravo pour votre analyse de texte! Salutations !

[@YorranKlees]

Jodie Foster is absolutely stunning in french. There are a few glitches here and there: - le monde du finance (I heard "du" honestly) that should have been "de la", le monde de la finance, - tapisserie, as in tapestry. That word is used in english in its own right, and will give the general idea in french but... image in french would be sharper I guess, as one would not focus on canvas nor history, but rather on the final result. Either that, or one would spend more time explaining history and rather use the term conséquences, - deux personnes plus proches l'une de l'autre would be the the usual statement. Proche de is close to, - il y a très peu d'femmes. It is stunning how she masters liaisons. And not only in this segment: un p'tit peu différente... Immersion you say ? :) - qui traite de l'humanité... you deal with, analyze, describe. You don't deal... well unless you enslave or judge humanity. Concerning your own comments, here are a few thoughts I'd like to share if you allow me to: - dans et à travers are really different. Dans implies a static state, à travers means going through, so the device counts for nothing. What is important are the emitter and the reciever. Dans means the device gives me the information. There is something subtle here, eg "I hear you" and "I get it" and this information will pass through either in formal or common language, - arriver à: your explanation show how much into french you are. Impressive. Bon! (ie Right, Okay, So), I hope my comment wasn't rude to you, b/c it certainly wasn't from my perspective. I'm just adding something to the pot. I'm really glad I found your channel, this definitely is quality content.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Correction from the video: Yes, it's "l'une à l'autre" but because we say "proche de quelqu'un" it should be "l'une de l'autre". Both Jodie and I got that wrong :p. Get my guide and workbook to accelerate your speaking progress: frenchinplainsight.com/product/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-french-conversations/?

[@dwarfslapper007]

Alex, another English celeb that speaks French is Gemma Arterton. I think she learnt it for the film "Gemma Bovery".

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

@@dwarfslapper007 Great to know!

[@anitawaters4745]

J’aime Philip Turle, journaliste britannique sur France 24 qui parle très bien le français mais avec un accent très anglais !

[@saryam3012]

D'ailleurs j'ai noté une autre petite coquille de Jodie Foster que tu as reprise : La finance est féminine, donc on doit plutôt dire "de la finance" plutôt que "du finance". Sinon j'aime beaucoup tes analyses, elles sont vraiment super sympa à suivre ! Si tu veux des idées d'autres célébrités à analyser j'adore écouter l'accent enjôleur de Darren Tulett sur bein sport :)

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

@@saryam3012 je pense qu'il y a plusieurs francophones dans les commentaires qui a fait la même direction que toi mais merci :)

[@MELIES58]

C'est une actrice et une femme que j'admire sincèrement. Cette agilité pour passer d'une langue à l'autre , quel que soit son parcours qui l'a amenée à suivre des cours en France, est proprement stupéfiante ! Cette intelligence ( un chat est un chat ) se retrouve dans sa capacité à endosser avec autant de facilité ses rôles au cinéma. Bravo Madame Foster, et merci d'être une aussi belle ambassadrice de notre langue, belle ambassadrice à maints égards...

[@PersonaEstudioActoral]

I love your vidéos!... I have a question from watching a lot of your content: Do you think someone like me (a27years old) could speak with a good accent after learning french at this age? My native language is Spanish and I speak English 100% and my accent there is very strong but I never minded making an effort to change it or make it softer because I just use it as a tool, but as french is something I’m learning for pleasure and because of the way it sounds (I find it beautiful) I wanted to sound correct... So what do you think? I really like you’re accent tho, you got it early? Merci pour faire de vidéos comme ça!🧡

[@alejandramarquez235]

C'est vraiment merveilleux. Et vous parlez très bon le français et l'anglais a Mon avis. Merci.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Merci beaucoup c'est très gentil. En effect, j'espère parler bien l'anglais. C'est ma langue maternelle après tout.

[@alejandramarquez235]

@@FrenchinPlainSight Très bon. Je n'ai pàs été sûre quelle langue était la maternelle!

[@claibornedavis]

Great video and phrase breakdowns! Thank you. I have a friend born and raised in Paris who absolutely confirms Jodie Foster has zero hints of a non-French accent when she speaks French.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

She started very young!

[@williamshevr]

Except tiny mistakes she makes sometimes (but even us, native speakers, we make mistakes, and i even consider she got a better french than most of us) she sounds more than fluent, she sounds like a native speaker. Which is simply incredible and very rare to reach that level in any language :) Love Bradley Cooper and Joseph Gordon Lewitt french too.

[@2eleven48]

@@FrenchinPlainSight ...but the point is that she's retained it. Who of us can do that after the years pass?

[@didiergranger5932]

Merci pour vos vidéos. C’est très qualitatif. Attention on dit: Proches l’un DE l’autre C’est bien ce que dit Jodie Foster!

[@littlecee]

Ah ben voilà, je l'ai trouvée cette fameuse vidéo avec Jodie... Quelle beauté et magnifique actrice 🥰 C'est drôle, j'apprends mieux l'anglais avec toi que si c'était un prof anglais qui apprenait l'anglais à des français... Merci 👍 Elle dit : l'un de l'autre et non l'un à l'autre.

[@didierbardon8142]

She doesn’t say ‘l’un á l’autre’ she says ‘l’un de l’autre’ which is correct, but yes she should have said ‘l’une de l’autre’. She’s amazing!

[@simonacohen9351]

Lol oui.

[@didierfaudry5174]

j'aime beaucoup Jodie Foster, et quelle intelligence!, pleine de pertinences et de réflexions, c'est sans aucun doute une personne pleine de vertu.

[@laynes1232]

J’adorais ! J’ai appris bien de choses, merci ! J’ai une suggestion pour vous, et si vous faisiez une vidéo qui traite les mots généraux pour décrire simplement quelque chose, genre comment Jodie a utilisé le mot ”appareil” ? 😊

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Bonne idée. J'ai parlé un peu de ça dans cette vidéo . L'as-tu déjà vu ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4bFn5xtpbyEitk. Si oui et tu aimerais que je creuse plus ce sujet, reviens vers moi :)

[@laynes1232]

@@FrenchinPlainSight C'est parfait ! Merci pour le lien, je regarde régulièrement vos vidéos mais j'ai dû louper ça !

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

@@laynes1232 c'est peut-être pas EXACTEMENT ce que tu voulais mais ça parle de la même compétence importante. Tu me diras si ça t'aide. Au fait, tu écris de mieux en mieux !

[@laynes1232]

@@FrenchinPlainSight C'est gentil, merci :) Ça m'aide vachement. Tu trouves toujours les trucs spécifique et parfaits pour les étudiants anglophones.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

@@laynes1232 Tu es très gentille Layne. Je fais de mon mieux et je suis rassuré que ce que je fais t'aide :)

[@snelson5347]

The reason why Jodie speaks French fluently is because she went to a French school from an early age. She is de facto a native French speaker. In fact because of her privileged education she speaks better French than most native speakers. So what if she makes the occasional grammatical error. We all do in our native language. Acting in a French film was not brave it was natural for her. This is not cruising Jodie she’s a great actor.

[@ares6953]

your french is very good too !

[@midnightexcess7414]

Une merveille Jodie

[@patrickmichaelsalomonelbez4318]

Jodie is a Star.

[@funambuline19]

Son francais est vraiment très très bon! Jodi Foster est certainement l'actrice americaine qui parle cette langue avec autant de fluidité

[@joanneyoung1081]

I saw The late Kirk Douglas speaking French on either Bouillon de Culture or Apostrophe with Bernard Pivot. Who knew

[@brigitteregnaut1703]

Jodie is impressive in her command of the language. Just to be a little picky on ne dit pas Le monde du finance mais le monde de la finance. Her accent is superb and flows beautifully

[@KayHarpaGone]

Jodie est merveilleuse ; depuis toute jeune, elle parle un très bon français et je trouve qu'en vieillissant, elle parle encore mieux. Je me suis demandée si elle n'avait pas l'habitude de le parler très souvent avec des amis ou de la famille...... et pour Max : "une technologie qu'on a inventéE"

[@amabledunn4189]

Merci 😊

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

De rien !

[@didierbardon8142]

After more than 30 years living in the US, my French accent is still with me. Ms. Jody Foster succeeded in reducing a American accent to just a slight color almost non-existent. It makes her French speech so charming and personal.

[@cameliap1146]

Elle a fait le lycée français à LA.

[@sylvain173]

she prounounces the french very well

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

She started extremely young!

[@apollonanastasis]

Superbe

[@apneiaproductions696]

Jodie correctly says l'une DE l'autre. And it's quand je vous entends (S à la fin !!!!) Also, she doesn't need to know the specific word for earpiece (oreillette). It's perfectly fine to say "appareil", everybody understands. Her French is very close to perfect (le monde de la finance, but seriously it's so good we don't even care) It's very clear she is very at ease when speaking French. Always a pleasure to hear from her.

[@RussBraby]

bon, super video, comme toujours - merci!

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Merci comme toujours !

[@boygoddess1394]

i love the occitan flag!

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Represent!

[@maatteo1]

ooh you should check Yul Brynner . his french was amazing . you have a few interviews you can find on youtube

[@commelair8971]

8'40'' She said "plus proches l'un d'l'autre", which is a sort of contraction of "l'un de l'autre". And in french we more speak about "le monde des finances" rather than "de finance".

[@gsr2700is]

Bonjour Monsieur. Je trouve vos vidéos très pédagogiques. Autant pour les anglophones désireux apprendre la langue de Molière (façon de dire la langue française), que pour les francophones car vos interventions font suite à une séquence francophone et on peut ainsi recontextualiser vos interventions et par la même occasion se perfectionner dans l'écoute et la compréhension de la lanque anglaise. Tous mes voeux de réussites et de bonne continuation. Friendly...

[@sergecaron4834]

L un de l autre is perfect!

[@antoinemozart243]

Your analysis is quite good . "Appareil" is the exact word for the ear device. Foster is spot on. We all know that Foster speaks a high level French ( used by politicians, intellectuals). Foster is weird when she makes tiny mistakes because they are unexpected. Btw you forgot another one mistake but only noticeable to French native speakers : traiter DE ...

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Thanks. I will miss lots of mistakes. It's not possible to get to them all and it's not essential either :)

[@antoinemozart243]

@@FrenchinPlainSight of course. I see a flag of Occitania . Do you live there ?

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

@@antoinemozart243 Montpellier

[@macrocosmique]

No « oreillette » would be better in that case I believe

[@moiseman]

her French isn't "high level". It's normal. She does not use any uncommon word or poetic phrasings.

[@ash_m_]

Salut et merci ! J’ai apprécié cette vidéo. J’ai appris de nouvelles phrases 😊

[@Sbeboon78]

Bonjour !! J’adore ton approche et les détails que tu détails. By the way she says well « l’un De l’autre » par contre tu as raison elle aurait dû dire l’une de l’autre car le sujet est la personne 😅

[@davidthomson802]

I suppose "treats of" for us is a bit archaic, but since I'm archaic I might use it. For example, I don't know, Dr. Johnson's treatise treats of topics familiar to the gentle folk of a bygone era. Anyway, thank-you. This was a real...treat.

[@Ingeras3011]

Certains francophones n’ont pas le niveau de Jodie Foster en français. Quelle dame épatante. Respect.

[@cwesley2005]

J’aime beacoup votre videos!

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Merci beaucoup ! Vos* vidéos (plural).

[@MrPatricks55]

She have said : plus proche l'une de l'autre ! On est proche DE quelqu'un. ( et non l'une à l'autre)

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

See the many comments pointing this out. It shall be my greatest shame. 😂

[@ericgyselinck8555]

Dans les commentaires écrits on peut lire " je vous entend" la bonne orthographe est " je vous entends. Nothing else to say , wonderful actress who speaks a so fluent French and a very good British teacher who masters well French.

[@antoinemozart243]

Foster speaks perfect French like a french. She only makes sometimes grammar mistakes which is weird for a french listener.

[@MelliaBoomBot]

@10min, Yes, learning French has made me think about how I speak English more! lol isn;t that odd? it makes me think about how I speak and use words! lol

[@lucdelhaize4029]

She speaks French very naturally.

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

I was out with friends once who said my French sounded like French from a hundred years ago. It probably was. Nos enseignants tendent à nous fournir un français qui n'est pas un français quotidien / familier. Qui dit mais pourtant ou néanmoins? I do. Appareil, for me is a hearing aid, or earpiece. It's probably a technical term on-set in French.

[@antoinemozart243]

Yes, appareil auditif..

[@ericlind6581]

You are right. Most anglophones learn French from classes and reading littérature. Daily modern French is completely different. You can tell in a minute who has spent a bit of time speaking with native speakers and who hasn’t.

[@emagoutard2576]

C'est simple a comprendre, c'est telleement évident pour nous que je ne sais pas comment vous l'expliquer

[@williamshevr]

It's actually "proche l'une DE l'autre" and not "proche l'une à l'autre" :) Source : i'm French

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

Merci ! I think you're the 3rd French person in the comments to tell me :p

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

I'll never forget now

[@williamshevr]

@@FrenchinPlainSight Oh yeah i see that now, i should have read the comments first, whoops :D

[@35mmMovieTrailersScans]

Her "tous les trois" is excellent, the "r" is not light but it is said fast, this is not uncommon. But "Le monde de finance" is incorrect, it should be "Le monde de la finance", but anyway, I remember first time I heard her in french, my jaw dropped because I didn't know she lived in France.