Language/French/Vocabulary/Tongue-Twisters

From Polyglot Club WIKI
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Rate this lesson:
5.00
(2 votes)

Tongue.jpg

Try to pronounce French Tongue twisters can be a good exercise. What makes this sentence tough to say is the mixing of sounds. Practice saying this sentence as fast as you can will help your French become more fluid.

"Les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse, sont-elles sèches ? Archi-sèches"

  • "The archduchesses socks: are they dry? Very dry."

"Un chasseur sachant chasser chasse sans son chien"

  • "A hunter who knows how to hunt hunts without his dog."

"Ton thé t'a-t-il ôté ta toux ?"

  • "Did your tea get rid of your cough?"

"Si 6 scies scient 6 cyprès, 606 scies scient 606 cyprès."

  • "If 6 saws saw 6 cypresses, 606 saws saw 606 cypresses"

Où niche l'oie? L'oie niche bas. Où niche l'hibou? L'hibou niche ni haut ni bas !

Where does the goose nest? The goose nests down. Where nests the owl? The owl nests neither up nor down!

Si mon tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu

If my uncle shaves your uncle, your uncle will be shaven.

As-tu vu le vert ver allant vers le verre en verre vert ?

Did you see the green worm going towards the green glass glass ?


Tes laitues naissent-elles? Si tes laitues naissent, mes laitues naîtront

"Are your lettuces sprouting? If your lettuces are sprouting, my lettuces will sprout"


Pauvre petit pêcheur, prend patience pour pouvoir prendre plusieurs petits poissons

"Poor little fisherman, wait patiently to catch several small fishes."


Quand tu auras fini de monter des cendres tu descendras mon thé

"When you will finish bring ashes up, you will bring down my tea"

NB : more than a tongue twister, this sentense is more a wordplay. It sounds like "Quand tu auras fini de "Monter-Descendre", tu "Descendras-monter". "When you will finish Go up/Go down, you will Go down/Go up.

Add more French tongue twisters by editing this page!

Contributors

Vincent and Maintenance script


Create a new Lesson