Four French Words Pronounced Differently in English
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today i’m going to share with you four
french words that are pronounced
differently in english we use these same
words in english but they’re pronounced
very differently so make sure you
pronounce them correctly let’s get
started the first word is the word
Bureau Bureau in English the word Bureau
could mean two things it could mean a
desk and usually this desk has a mirror
on top
it’s a bureau I’m going to sit at my
bureau and put on my makeup I need to
put something in my Bureau but in French
this word it means office it could mean
something similar in English to the
second meaning of the word Bureau is a
government office the Bureau of safety
the Bureau of Education this is often a
word used for politics or in
government’s so it could mean two things
it could mean a desk or it could mean
this government office but make sure
when you pronounce it you say Bureau
Bureau and not you hold this is a very
different pronunciation so make sure you
have it correct let’s go into number two
the second word is the word enchanted
enchanted in French this word is often
used when you meet someone on short date
with a shift sound on short day but in
English we need to use the choo-choo
sound enchanted and although this does
have a similar root word in English
enchanted means something magical maybe
we would use it for fairy tales or for
dizzy movies something enchanting
something that is unbelievably like a
fairy tale incredible it was enchanting
and in English it’s a little strong to
use this word when you first meet
someone it’s I am enchanted to meet you
I would seem a little strange to make
sure you say it’s great to meet you it’s
nice to meet you and that you pronounce
this word and chanted the fairy tale was
enchanting the Disney movie scene and
the characters were enchanting she lived
in an enchanted castle and chanted let’s
go into number three number three is a
surprising word it is the word France
France and I know many of you are from
France and you often say this word when
you’re speaking and when you’re talking
in English so make sure that you
pronounce it the English way I know
maybe it’s not quite as beautiful as in
French false but in English we need to
say France France I’m from France I
would love to visit France one day have
you ever visited France France let’s go
into number four number four is the word
exercise exercise do you like to
exercise make sure that your
pronunciation and emphasis for this word
is correct it is not x-axis it is
exercise it sounds like the word size
the the coffee was a large size exercise
what kind of exercises do you like do
you like to do yoga do you like to play
volleyball do you like to play soccer or
maybe you don’t like to exercise make
sure you pronounces the word exercise I
hope that these four words that were
pronounced differently were helpful to
you and let me know in the comments do
you mispronounce these words is it
difficult for you to say Bureau
enchanted France exercise with it in
English an American accent let me know
in the comments below and I’ll talk to
you later good bye