Do you remember the days when 'je suis fatigué' and 'je suis en retard' would make you and your entire French class laugh hysterically? It still does?
Over here my little six year olds find the letter 'p' funny. "'p' like 'pipi'?!" they ask. (Wee). I have also had a week of my classes guessing that 'teacher' is English for 'T-Shirt' and that 'Goldfish' is English for 'garçon' (boy)... well there are a number of similarities in character.
Edgy-og (hedgehog) and nesquick (next week) are just a couple of hilarious mispronunciations I have heard this week. The kids make me smile a lot with their cute French accents.
My own personal pronunciation problemos
To lower your hands (hands down) in french uses the verb 'baisser' ('s' sound).
This is NOT to be confused with the verb 'baiser' ('z' sound) which means a whole different thing... The 'f' word.
I'm actually refraining from ever using 'hands down' just in case I accidentally tell a class full of children to 'baiser' their hands. Not cool.
Oh and the word for seal is 'phoque'... so do not be alarmed if small children yell this.
:)
3 comments:
hahahahaha i totally understand this one.....in the church I need to make sure I ask someone to 'baisse' the sound and not the other one.....don't stress hun, it comes easily after a while, although the thought of it still makes me laugh!
After having told a class of 60 kenyan kids to "kuma", a word I was told meant "come" and actually means rude lady parts, I completely understand your avoidance of words where you're not entirely sure how to pronounce them or what they mean!
Oh and your little French kids sound adorable!
so funny. I'll allow you to make those mistakes and I'll stick to just demonstrating hands down if ever it comes to that!
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