30 French Words Used in English! - American English Pronunciation Lesson

[RedShock2]

croissant and champagne and um... mardi gras thats all i can think of for now

[RedShock2]

:) im taking french in school and we said that

[RedShock2]

did you say buffet?

[TeacherMelanie]

@RedShock2 I did not! Such a simple word, yet I forgot all about it. Thanks!

[WorldEnglishTeacher]

Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing!

[tomsweisiong]

= likes,likes,likes,likes,likes,­likes,likes,likes!!! :)

[TeacherMelanie]

@tomsweisiong That's a lot of likes! Thank you = ) I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[w1nos]

I did not know that, this very interesting and thank you very much ... :)

[TeacherMelanie]

@w1nos You're welcome! I'm happy this was useful to you = )

[rainermb]

Hi Melanie, what about "bureau" and "nee"....

Thank you for the lesson and greetings from germany :-)

[TeacherMelanie]

@rainermb Great suggestions, thank you! 'Bureau' is another common word that I forgot sounded French! I hope you are enjoying life in Germany = ) Have a great weekend.

[TeacherMelanie]

@masanorisky Yes! I didn't even think of the word 'mayonnaise,' so thank you for reminding me! It's such a common word that I forgot it sounded French = )

[MsSheila541]

I spent a week in Barcelona, Spain and was asked by an American lady if I could translate the words "hacienda" and "sombrero" into Spanish. This is no joke it really happened.

I was quite surprised myself when I was looking for the "Supermercado" and was told I should look for the sign "Supermarket".

[TeacherMelanie]

@MsSheila541 Both stories are really funny! I often wonder how many English words have been adopted into other languages. I know the French are very particular about not having any English words mixed into French!

[MsSheila541]

Melanie, thanks for this great video. For the last few weeks I have done a lot of research too about foreign words which have been integrated into English. I was quite surprised how many French but a lot more German words are already used in especially American English.

[TeacherMelanie]

@MsSheila541 It's quite possible that I could do a video for any western European language - I think we even have a few Scandinavian words mixed into English (I think because of the large numbers of immigrants to American & Canada, especially in the 1800s & 1900s)!

[babaadjina]

rendez vous

[TeacherMelanie]

@babaadjina Yes! That's such a great expression. = )

[ESLTeacher1966]

Great video! Thanks.

[MrRobertposadas]

Repondez síl vous plait

[TeacherMelanie]

@MrRobertposadas Thank you! I can't believe I didn't think of RSVP. If this video does well I will do another one & add RSVP = )

[MrRobertposadas]

@TeacherMelanie

You're welcome, teacher.