Comments on: Funny French mistakes

By: Dominique

Dominique — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:41:39 +0000

hello Owen
could you explain me why “Tu habites dans une institution” sounds funny for English speakers? thanks

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:53:35 +0000

I have learned to avoid baiser baisser and such as much as possible, even though I now know and pronounce them differently, there is always someone not used to a foreign accent who never knows what I am trying to say.

By: Dora

Dora — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:00:17 +0000

Celle-ci est pas mal non plus!

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:18:06 +0000

it is a true story too

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:17:22 +0000

marre marre marre

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:15:55 +0000

I did even better with baiser, we wanted to go out to our terrace, you have to climb 2 steps, and then duck down a little to go through the door, it was a party and there were many people we didn’t know that other friends brought, I said “Il faut qu’on baise pour aller sur la terrace”, I think I know now that i wanted to say “Il faut qu’on se baisse pour aller sur la terrace”, but generally I avoid baiser.

By: Dora

Dora — Sun, 01 May 2011 07:24:24 +0000

very cute mistake! and funny too!

By: Dora

Dora — Sun, 01 May 2011 07:22:10 +0000

you’re right, my cat valentine turned male a long time ago. i was fed up with those jokes.

By: Dora

Dora — Sun, 01 May 2011 07:18:16 +0000

lol. it makes me think of an english friend of mine (Forgive my english, i’ll try not to make too much mistakes myself). We were at the university, ten years ago. He had just arrived from england to study for a year in my hometown. First time we met or so. At the time we parted, he nicely asked me: “est ce que je peux te baiser?”
Poor guy, he went red when i explained to him that he just asked me if he could fuck me. On the other side i understand his main mistake : it was to think that french language is logical and that if a kiss is “un baiser” then to kiss is “baiser”. OK. It should be so. But it isn’t. To kiss is “embrasser”. Well. Don’t ask me why. Historical stuff

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:53:44 +0000

that sounds like something i would say, how do you say there aren’t any preservatives? Préservatif is a funny name for a condom if you think about it.