stupid things you've said while trying to speak foreign languages

[Par39]

Try to say spoon in french: "cuillère", I dare you

Hm, that doesn't seem that hard to pronounce, at least not impossible like squirrel q.q ...at least based on how Google Translate pronounces it, seems easy enough to pronounce it in a way that should hopefully be understandable to a French speaking person.

 

[VinsCool]

Hm, that doesn't seem that hard to pronounce, at least not impossible like squirrel q.q ...at least based on how Google Translate pronounces it, seems easy enough to pronounce it in a way that should hopefully be understandable to a French speaking person.

Haha I asked that because I once saw a video of an american guy who was learning french, and struggled for 2 minutes trying to say "cuillère"

That was hilarious xD

 

[Par39]

Haha I asked that because I once saw a video of an american guy who was learning french, and struggled for 2 minutes trying to say "cuillère"

That was hilarious xD

Well I've never really spoken French, so I can't be sure if I'm actually even remotely close, but I think I can mimic the way it should sound q.q

 

[Vipera]

Took me many years to understand what gonna, wanna, gotta etc meant. Stupid Google/Babelfish didn't help either at the time.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Better

I just did.

"Bèh-deur"

That's how I prononce this word.

That works too but I prefer "Betah" or "Be-uh". Better not use the latter as sometimes they don't seem to know what it means.

Ah, you get "prononce" wrong too, I used to use the same spelling until I got tired of seeing the red market below and learnt to spell it properly (just missing one letter, no big deal).

P.S.: I actually prefer US accents (+ Canadian English) to English accents as that's what I've gotten used to along the years and so I can't stand how they talk in the show Humans. It's understandable but ticks me off quickly (folks in London don't have that kind of accent either it's more of a balanced/normal if you get what I mean).

 

[VinsCool]

That works too but I prefer "Betah" or "Be-uh". Better not use the latter as sometimes they don't seem to know what it means.

Ah, you get "prononce" wrong too, I used to use the same spelling until I got tired of seeing the red market below and learnt to spell it properly (just missing one letter, no big deal).

P.S.: I actually prefer US accents (+ Canadian English) to English accents as that's what I've gotten used to along the years and so I can't stand how they talk in the show Humans. It's understandable but ticks me off quickly (folks in London don't have that kind of accent either it's more of a balanced/normal if you get what I mean).

Well, english is not myt native language, but I did my best

The pronunciation of "better" was based on how I speak french

Also, kinda funny, I like UK accent

 

[The Catboy]

I once said, "I am a white mushroom" in French. Now it is my catchphrase

 

[VinsCool]

I once said, "I am a white mushroom" in French. Now it is my catchphrase

"Je suis un champignon blanc"

I don't see what is catchy about that xD

 

[The Catboy]

"Je suis un champignon blanc"

I don't see what is catchy about that xD

It flows so nicely once you say it out loud or at least when I say it because I adorable and no one understands me

 

[VinsCool]

It flows so nicely once you say it out loud or at least when I say it because I adorable and no one understands me

I understood though

 

[RodrigoDavy]

When my brother started learning English, he wanted to write something like "It's unbelievable!", but he ended up writing "Don't give to believe!" which is a literal translation of "Não dá para acreditar".

 

[ComeTurismO]

English was always my first language, but when my family started teaching me to speak our original language when I was a kid, I always talked in feminine form.

 

[Procyon]

Pronounced lullaby wrong to cortana came on an awful word search on Bing

 

[WiiCube_2013]

English was always my first language, but when my family started teaching me to speak our original language when I was a kid, I always talked in feminine form.

Is it wrong to assume it was Canadian-French?

 

[Azel]

When I was a kid, abroad in Germany I needed duct tape, in french we tend to use brands as common word a lot. (well in Germany too I guess, since they say "TESA-Film")
Well I ask for Scotch lol (and my friend's dad looked me really weird and said he didn't know how that was in France but he would certainly not give me scotch, even if I "needed" it)
took me a few second to catch on, haha^^

https://www.google.fr/search?q=scot...ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIh4j_14OXxwIVoTrbCh1feQtl

 

[matpower]

I used to say "useless" instead of "unless" back when I was learning English(I thought they were the same word ), nobody said anything until a friend said to stop calling his GF useless and explained the difference between them. I was embarrassed as hell because I was saying it wrong for a while, I apologized and thanked him for everything.

 

[Julizi]

(well in Germany too I guess, since they say "TESA-Film")

Not really. Duct tape is "Panzertape" (which means tank tape, translated by word). Tesafilm is that normal transparent tape.

 

[Azel]

yeah I meant regular transparent tape that you usually use a lot in school/as a kid

 

[ComeTurismO]

Is it wrong to assume it was Canadian-French?

Ha--nope. It was actually Urdu, but when I was studying French back in elementary; I've said many words in feminine language. Like "La chat" when I'm supposed to say "Le chat"

 

[Bimmel]

As an exchange student in Germany I was chatting with a German girl living in my dorm. I wanted to ask her "kann ich dich mal besuchen?", can I visit you sometime? But I said "kann ich dich mal benutzen?", can I use you sometime? I was mortified!

I laughed so hard, thanks.