Written vs Spoken French - 7 Differences Teachers Won't Tell You About

[@snypesdid]

Thank you so much for taking the time to teach french, you have no idea how helpful this is. You are a great teacher and I'm happy i found your channel

[@StevePhillips]

Thumbs up Cindy. Nice lesson. I didn't know French use colloquial as we do sometimes in English. I like your teaching method, putting French into natural conversation XX

[@tripurasundari7064]

Thank you so much for imagining such detailing in making a video for people who are attempting to learn french...It's a great effort and my appreciation for the same...

[@pinkyvg5050]

Hi Cindy! What a very helpful tips for speaking and understanding french native speakers.Thank you for all your videos. You should write a book like this...so desperate french learners will be hopeful again. 👏👏👏

[@wurwurz906]

Je suis française et j'aime beaucoup regarder ce genre de vidéos pour entendre de l'Anglais parlé que j'arrive à comprendre. Je suis pas bonne avec l'Anglais parlé, donc ça m'aide beaucoup. Merci.

[@oreo4821]

your videos are extremely good! Thank you so much for taking the time to make them.

[@celineseasyfrench95]

merci pour cette leçon! c'est très utile🌹🙏

[@sitara-hw4et]

This was very very helpful. I’m 14 and learning French, and your videos are my favorite 💕🇫🇷 merci 😉

[@SaratGodbole]

Ca bien. Yes, it is true. We learn a written language first. A lot of listening is required to be able to understand native speakers. Thanks for this video.

[@isal9265]

I am moving from advanced beginner to early intermediate and these are all things I've had to learn the hard way. I wish I had seen this video a year ago! Amazing and a must see for everyone learning French. Thank you!

[@oxanagornovskaya2670]

Thank you very much! With you I'm not only learning French but practice English as well

[@khanniazi3861]

After a long time you have uploaded video. Missed your videos so much

[@robm6141]

This is excellent. Could we have more videos like this please? We're off to France in 2 months time and this language is not proving easy to learn.

[@Alwpiano]

Thanks for uploading. I learned French the written way and it's difficult to understand the spoken. I know I can do languages. I've watched stuff in Spanish and Italian and understood. Their way of speaking is close enough to the written. Once I know the basics of spoken French, I could be able to understand better.

[@Miamiiiiiii]

Tres bien . Merci

[@princessquil]

That is why,when I tried to understand French movies or news I don’t understand anything but I understand if it has closed caption in French

[@waheedzadran2740]

Merci madame ❤🙏

[@neorock1545]

This is very helpful. Thank you!

[@mariadacosta3989]

This was a v useful lesson.I didnt know there is a great difference between written and spoken french.thanks Cindy

[@veronicaalmaguer7563]

I really like your videos a lot, thanks Cindy for help others with them, very helpful.

[@pamhayes4284]

It is most helpful to see the shape of your mouth as you present new material. I am part of an informal French group in our town. I will bring these new versions to our next meeting. A few members are established in their language use and I wonder how they will respond. Many thanks.

[@Frencheezi]

Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it 🙂

[@JuniorEditz2024]

Frencheezi has a really sweet voice.

[@Siravingmon]

Great tips! Thanks!!

[@lizawander5469]

I will be watching all ur content coz i want to learn french.. Nice video..

[@ruthjackson2889]

Hello Cindy I have previously tried learning French on a KZbin channel that gave the written words and pronunciations, I was not able to grasp on to the concepts because the teacher move on too quickly to the next sentence. I tried hard but wasn't able to keep up so I eventually gave up, I happen to see your video come up and thought that I should listen to you about these differences and I'm glad that I did. You have eased my frustration by the way that you have explained this. It takes time to get use the French grammar and that's what I need, seeing now that learning to speak in this way gives me new hope. I'll be following you to see how much I can achieve, thank you. 🌺🌺🌺

[@Frencheezi]

Welcome Ruth! Thank you for taking the time to leave such a nice comment! I'm really glad you found this lesson useful. If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to ask 🙂

[@ruthjackson2889]

@@Frencheezi Thank you, I'll be sure to reach out to you whenever I'm having a difficult time. 😊🌺

[@arielramorez6063]

Your video madam is very helpful ,,like me its hard the pronunsation of the words and to write the correct spelling

[@SeeYouUpTheRoad]

Hello Cindy I just came back from France. I was there to do Paris Brest Paris. A 1226 km 12,000 meters of climbing bike race from Paris to Brest back to Paris. Riding through Brittany was amazing. I heard on this video that you are from Brittany. I wish I would have found your channel months before heading over from the States. Question have you done videos on customs and cultures that Americans get wrong when going to France?

[@lydiafayanjuola5514]

Bon travail Cindy!

[@newbarker523]

You're a great teacher.

[@christopherfairs9095]

It's interesting to hear that nous has almost disappeared in spoken French, to be replaced by on. In English, the opposite has happened; in conversation, one, used instead of we, is rarely heard, being considered too formal.

[@seriousreviewer83]

Hi Cindy thank you for this video! My Parisian colleague once said writing is very hard in French and a lot of things are different. She's been living in the US for some time and she complains about how she even forgot how to write! What she said left an impression on me and I couldn't really understand what she meant or how could it be until I watched your video. Thank you for posting this. I wonder how you learned English? You sound spectacular!

[@gladisglz8176]

J’aime votre vidéo ! Merci beaucoup 😊 !

[@joujoujoujou7151]

moi au ce

[@veraciteabsolue1221]

Let's also note that some French say ofTen with a big T... and they ignore the H.

[@Akros2009]

Merci Cindy.

[@seemagade5809]

Merci

[@denisebonner889]

Merci -je suis content de te voir

[@Frencheezi]

Merci beaucoup, ça fait plaisir ! ☺️

[@irijahalkins2635]

Great video, comme toujours. As a suggestion: A video about French prepositions.

[@wypimentel]

Very good lesson, thanks a lot, Cindy! This is the natural spoken French without any argot, which are words will be gone soon, but the true spoken French will endure. Some of these I thought was really fast speech :)

[@Frencheezi]

You're very welcome! 🙂

[@lindabrouillette6765]

There is a lot of argot in France! Have you ever heard Parisian slang? You would be totally lost! Have you ever lived in a french speaking country? If you did , you would realize that argot and slang, which are everywhere where french is spoken, and that includes the vocabularies and slangs specific to each country. Written french is the same all over the world, not spoken french. So when you say true spoken french will endure, well you are. totally wrong, it depends on location, location none of them are wrong , I have lived in France, and depending on the the region, the spoken french is different, same thing in Quebec, the written french is identical to France, Belgium, Luxembourg, but their accents and local expressions are different. None of them is the correct one..

[@zakiensaf123]

Such a nice sound and tnx alot for helping

[@sintraoliviadukecordier2432]

Wow... Very useful... Curious if this is only used with friends... If you are brand new in France where EVERYONE is still *vous* in asking questions and trying to get around or needing information..how does this work? Also, when do you switch over to "tu* as not wanting to offend😱

[@drsureshjuyal844]

very nice come up with more such videos merci....

[@lindasuemarsh6126]

Excellent... You are a wonderful teacher !

[@Frencheezi]

Thank you! 😃

[@DAGenao]

Wouldn't that difference depend on the region of France? It sounds to me like a regional dialect. I lived in Geneva, Switzerland, for 15 years and didn't notice those differences. However, the formal written language--such as in history, literature and novels--is written in the simple past tense (passé simple), which I found very confusing. There is also a big difference between the formal first person plural (nous sommes) and the spoken (on est). In the informal spoken French, the first person plural is often spoken in the singular form (on est fatigués, instead of nous sommes fatigués).

[@EugeniaPortobello]

This was really helpful. Thanks 🙏🏻💗

[@bchtv2072]

😉😉😍😍😜😭

[@yacoupadam2694]

Merci beaucoup

[@williebrown4266]

Très utile. Merci

[@nhantran5862]

Merci à vous

[@bchtv2072]

Waw

[@hornkraft9438]

I seem to recall that we were taught to use passé composé for spoken French and passé simple for written. Nice to know that one can use a simpler sentence structure for asking questions because it is much closer to English. All the drill we had on the full verb forms seems less important now if one uses "on" to mean "nous".

[@khadijasuleyman3176]

Merci 😍😍

[@ayanaorozalieva6226]

Tes videos sont très intéressants. Merci beaucoup!

[@bchtv2072]

😢😢😢😢😂😂

[@Raed_Amro]

Thank you. But that makes me little bit sad. I was proud of myself that i have learnt french by myself and now it seems that i have to start from almost zero :)

[@ramchandragadegone2754]

can u plz make a video on bases of ir verbs with all expections

[@rolandovillareal4385]

Merci!

[@jj5329]

Salut Cindy, since French people usually use "on" instead of "nous" would you use son/sa/ses or notre/nos to say "our"? Merci

[@Frencheezi]

That's such a great question! I never thought of it that way. You'd still need to use "notre / nos" even if using "on" 🙂

[@h.l.asolomonov7674]

Merçi

[@phuntsokpalzang3766]

Lots of thanks madam, Micsi Boucoup.

[@bchtv2072]

😈😈😈😈

[@veronicaalmaguer7563]

Hello, thank you for your videos, I love them.

[@Frencheezi]

You're welcome, I'm pleased you like them. Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@oyuntsetsegnamsraijav234]

Спасибо. 😇🌻🌻🌻😘

[@kangwakowa8370]

Makes sense👌

[@thierryf67]

Well one must emphasize that we do this in informal spoken french. If you speak like this in a formal situation, you'll sound rude. And there's a lot of situation when you need to speak formaly. You can't says teacher are lying. In this way, you are lying, too... or no one is lying. It depend on the context, that's it. And not a lie, may be an omission or imprecision.

[@robertklotz9319]

Oui, c'était très utile. On a compris. Merci bcp pour ton aide.

[@onemirra]

wow thank you

[@tonyhogg9839]

5 years ago I became very frustrated when I realized there were spoken french reductions that no one would touch on. I had to really search KZbin 5 years ago to find all this out. Only very obscure videos delved into all this. I doubt I could find them now.

[@joyperolina5477]

I've been trying to learn the language but seriously reading and writing its really difficult i really need to learn because my fiancée is a French national and he doesn't speak English we only communicate with body language and Google translate even that is difficult because of the grammar

[@Frencheezi]

You're right, google translate isn't always accurate but It has gotten a lot better over the years. I'm amazed you're managing without a common language, it must be very challenging! Great motivation to learn though! 🙂

[@swetha1457]

J'adore le grammmaire. Parce qu j 'adore....

[@SM-vx5rf]

So true..the institutes are only concerned about money and not about the over all learning.

[@rebekahaurie6252]

Thank you, very helpful!😊

[@cupiddrenzmusique7427]

Hi. I'm Jamaican and I love French I think it's a beautiful language. So I'm teaching myself. Yesterday I decided to start watching French videos with French sub title. I can some what read what they are saying and figure out the context. But I notice the leave words out and pronounced things different. That's I look for a video to explain. Eg. Je ne parle pas francis.. They say. E parle pas francis.

[@bchtv2072]

Wat you nemym Mly mayhem is bernadette

[@bchtv2072]

Stella b may best friend plles

[@bchtv2072]

An same odayo Lake 8 esod plle

[@c-h-l-o-e12]

Hein?

[@glenndarragh]

fascinating !

[@tenzinkyizom6967]

You are the best 👍👌👑

[@Frencheezi]

Thank you very much ☺️

[@peggyreyna8266]

Hi Cindy! Sorry to insist! Your examples would be much better if you could WRITE THE WHOLE OF THEM. EVEN THE ONES FROM THE VIDEO OF 100 VERBS! PLEASE?

[@ramimhand2270]

Nice 👍👍👍👍

[@sitaramdeen4922]

Salute Cindy

[@continental_drift]

J'ai entendu "bonshwarh" à la radio

[@arrakis7132]

What about verlan? Is it commonly used by francophones😥

[@Frencheezi]

It's commonly used but only among the younger generation (i.e: teenagers). It's very familiar / informal ☺️

[@veronicaalmaguer7563]

I live in San Diego California.

[@TRPGpilot]

I live in Montserrat, Caribbean.

[@darsafar1646]

Ça fait un bail teacher

[@Frencheezi]

C'est vrai ! Je fais de mon mieux pour être aussi présente que possible, mais avec ma petite fille de 11 mois, ce n'est plus aussi facile qu'avant... J'espère trouver un peu plus de temps pour KZbin au fur et à mesure qu'elle grandit ! :)

[@kingarthur1217]

Je suis sûr que les français me renseigneront sur ces choses...

[@JuniorEditz2024]

Oui/Yes

[@touchtevoan7948]

I need to understand France before 2021 😩😫

[@Frencheezi]

You might not be able to become fluent before then if you're just starting out, but you definitely have time to make significant progress! 🙂

[@miraclealabi4974]

Please I am a beginner I need help

[@thomasm5714]

Je comprends français écrit sans aucun problėme, mais quand je regarde, par exemple, "Engrenages" à la télé, j'ai du mal à comprendre ce que les gens disent.

[@robertklotz9319]

10:27 On est allé au cinéma. Où On est allés au cinéma.

[@Frencheezi]

Haha well spotted! I didn't touch on it as I felt it wasn't relevant to the topic of the lesson.. But yes, when "on" is used in place of "nous" the past participle needs to agree in number and gender as if we had used "nous". So in the above example, if "on" had meant "nous" and "nous" had been a group of girls, we'd have spelt the past participle "allées". Hope this helps 🙂

[@dougarnold7955]

My teachers lied to me...??? ...I knew it!

[@Frencheezi]

😂

[@ramimhand2270]

Hi

[@Frencheezi]

Bonjour 🙂

[@B888-h2o]

French is so hard 🙈

[@longverygoodchanthou5280]

c'est nom j'ai petite

[@asadalikhan6904]

Oui je comprendre merci sandy est ce que tu peux parles avec moi 10 minute s'il vous plaît parce que je parle un peu france

[@thoreau8843]

I hate statements like "your teacher lied to you" or "teachers won't tell you". Sometimes teachers don't say certain things just because it's not the right time, and with titles like that you're working against your own profession. That's unethical. You could, more accurately, use a title like "7 facts about informal spoken French", which would probably bring you the same number of viewers.

[@melita3333]

I am myself a French teacher and even if I find her video useful and if I tend to teach my students what she talks about in the video, I totally agree with your comment. This "your teacher lied to you" title kind of looks like what we informally call a "putaclic" (clickbait) hahaha We should support each other, help each other!

[@Frencheezi]

Thank you both for sharing your opinion. I'll keep it in mind for future videos. However, using enticing titles / thumbnails is part of the KZbin culture, and as a creator you do have to try different things to see what works best (i.e: what your audience best responds to). What this video is about is clear in the title. @Armelle, I think teaching students the differences between spoken and written language is very important, so it's great you're highlighting those to your students. Unfortunately, I know from personal experience that most teachers don't go that extra mile, and when faced with a real life situation, people end up struggling with comprehension far more than they expected.

[@arrakis7132]

I have been so exposed to french that the written form sounds wierd to my ears😅

[@MyLechatnoir]

Don't you mean 'Weird', to use the correct spelling!? 🤔

[@arrakis7132]

@@MyLechatnoir see! My french spelling has also be affected!

[@MyLechatnoir]

@@arrakis7132 Don't you mean 'Been' affected, to use the correct grammar!? 🤔

[@kwhite1818]

Thanks so much! Very helpful tips!!!

[@Stasiu-ICI]

merci beaucoup

[@MOHAMMEDUSMAN-ol7np]

Merci