Viggo is amazing. He speaks with a perfect Argentine accent!!! He is great at languages because he learnt as a child and he was lucky to live in different countries. I truly admire his talent at language learning.
@@FrenchinPlainSight Me too. He's so generous. He made a low budget movie in my country (Argentina) and it was amazing. He's so talented and humble. A great human being.
@@AndreaAvila78 lo que impresiona es que lo habla como si hubiera vivido toda su vida en la Argentina. Yo hace 34 que vivo en EEUU y hay veces que las palabras no me salen! Su castellano argentino es impecable!
@@mariaroldan4200 Tiene que ver con la práctica del idioma. Tengo una tía que hace décadas que vive en EEUU, entiende inglés pero no lo habla. No quiere que se hable inglés en su casa ni que se mire TV en inglés. Se rodea solamente de latinos.
I'm French and wow he's really good. The tenses he uses are not always the best but I've heard foreign people who have been living here for many years do the same mistakes. It's really not a big deal when you consider how eloquent he is.
What I found most impressive was that he showed no sign of searching for words, as if he were translating in his head from some other language. Also, he evidently didn’t need to watch the interviewers for clues to what they were saying. He just understood the words and phrases as they were spoken. I suspect (can’t be sure, of course) that he was thinking in French. Not as quickly as a native French speaker, of course, which could explain the slowness of speech. After all, no one thinks quite as quickly in a non-native language as they do in their mother tongue.
Very well said. He's native in Spanish so the close similarity in the grammar to French will have helped him a great deal but it's still incredibly impressive.
@@analuciapsantos3649 i get that. But you're not on TV watching your back and some countries have a fast flow, others don't. Being bilingual lets you slow down. My example was spanish from Spain. Do people take the time to breathe or think ? His french is not very slow for a foreigner. It's not suburbian, but I am, if I let myself go most french can't understand me. Neither can they understand any old-school "parlé' in their regions. the smart thing is to stick to your style.
I can't wait to speak the other languages he speaks so I can critique those 😍. Timothée Chalamet coming next week! Watch more celebrities speaking French in my playlist of videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JT9TORB5bkw.html
I'm a Quebecer (french is my main language) and I can say that you analysis is on point about Viggo's french level. The details show clearly that he's got a high french level and he probably is just rusty.
Prononciation: absolument impeccable. Choix des mots: vraiment excellent. With Jodie Foster, definitely one of the best non native French speakers. I am very impressed. You really have to pay very close attention to spot tiny mistakes. The speed at which he speaks is totally fine. It's very much in line with his personality. Definitely not something that would make me think he's incomfortable or trying to find his words.
Viggo's introspection while speaking French may be more his personality rather than his focus on accurately speaking French. When he reworked the phrase to include "durer" I realized he was navigating between French, English and Spanish. I speak all three languages and I truly sympathize with him. French is challenging precisely because of how it relates to Spanish and English. I struggled for years recalling French vocabulary because I was searching in Spanish, only to find the accurate expression in French was a "shared word" in English...
He actually puts together three or four words at a time and speaks them very rapidly, then pauses to plan his next response. He is thoughtful about his responses, but once he's gathered his thoughts, he delivers them quickly. No, he doesn't sound Quebecois to me, and I lived in Paris for several years.
Just want to point out at 7:25 "réaliser" with the "se rendre compte" meaning is actually considered an improper anglicism by l'académie française. Nevertheless it is commonly used in some ways.
Yes. It's considered an anglicism but only in figurative contexts. Se rendre compte" / "prendre conscience de" / "s'apercevoir" etc. It's perfectly fine when describing concrete actions. Ex: Réaliser un rêve Réaliser un projet
He is so awesome. So intelligent, so thoughtful, has a great regard for animals. He has bought many of the horses he has worked with in his movies and is a great rider. Comfortable with his feelings, bon dans son peau, and a balanced intellect. And so beau! Guess I am a fan.
Coucou, je suis prof de français. Je dirais : " C'était un des meilleurs scénarios que j'aie jamais lu ". Il exprime une opinion subjective donc subjonctif.
Tbh, his slowness and big pause before he speaks is, imo, to formulate good sentences. He is extremely well spoken even for a lot of french people. I think that he puts a lot of effort to convey precise and interesting ideas. Which is tbh a really good thing. It's much better to take more time to answer rather than stumble looking for words that might actually not be what he wanted to say (this happens even to native french speaker). But yeah, he speaks better french than a lot of native french people. A really well spoken man
First of all Viggo is an amazing actor just for finding the right flow in verbalising his thoughts. When you speak, don't let anyone dictate your pace. You take time and take people in your rhythm. Every word he speaks out and the pauses taken give more thought and time to digest the importance of what you're saying. Speed in speech doesn't make you a better speaker. The time taken gives more importance to every word. The movie is a serious matter, it's about education. And it also puts national education in question. Even in my own language he inspires me how to give importance to the seriousness of the subject. Sometimes people need time to take in the content and he seems so involved in everything he does. It makes me understand how involved he is in the subject of the movie and in his character. He's so connected with the people around him. And he takes time to analyse the meaning of the question. The people on the set ask really difficult questions. It's amazing how I'm hanging on every word that's flowing out of his lips. He's so good that I even forget the man's native tong is not even French. I'm so amazed by him, that I can't stop talking, and I'm not even through the whole interview yet. He just gave the key. Taking time when you speak in another language. It takes guts to do that. Breathe while talking. But first you have to learn that in your native tongue. When you're hasty, you cut the flow on the wrong moments in your sentences. In French the liaisons are so important. The intonation makes people understand you said something important and your go down, you make clear that a new part of information is about to come right after so people are ready to surf on the next wave. So timing, rhythm, flow, connection between words, breathing and pauses are my conclusion. Does it make any sense?
As for the way Mortensen pronounced "chemin," which you commented on, considering it possibly a sign of a Quebec accent: I learned much of my French as a schoolboy in the 1960s in the northeastern United States. My teachers were Americans or French, and I'm not aware that any of them had a Quebec influence. I learned to pronounce the "in" sound the way Mortensen did in your video, and in fact I still pronounce it that way. Since resuming my French studies in recent years, I have noticed the difference in pronunciation of "in" and concluded that it was a shift in the general pronunciation of that sound in the French language between the '60s and the 2000s. Am i wrong to think that, or is it actually the case that I speak Québecois !?!
u might be right because i’ve noticed in françoise hardy’s songs (from the 60s and 70s at least) she tends to accentuate that sound more than i ever hear anyone do nowadays
I too was pretty sure that Mr. Mortensen had a bit of the Québec accent. Specially the way he pronounces his A,s with a distinctive drawl that gives out the sound...( awe.) Im from Québec and im sure youre right to say that certains pronunciations have changed..the parisian french was even a bit to gargled for us quebecois.and that has changed for the better. .
Chemin est prononcé correctement pour moi, il y a beaucoup d'accent en France, et [in] se prononce différemment à Toulouse ou à Dunkerque.Sa vitesse d'élocution ne me choque pas non plus.
I too learnt my French in the 1960s, but in the UK, and have been particularly surprised in recent years that the nasal with “i” given by online teachers seems quite different. Hence, interested to see your remark.
You're spot on. The " *in* " sound is less distinct in France now than it was 40, 50 years ago. It's quite noticeable when watching old movies and news clips and comparing them with many present day speakers. To me, the " *in* " is almost at the point of fusion with " *an* " when I listen to some younger speakers from France. Exactly like " *brun* " and " *brin* " have become the same sound for plenty of speakers (not everyone, but an increasing number of Parisian/northern speakers). The same seems to be happening with " *e* " and " *eu* " as well. Words like " *que* " and " *queue* " are also pronunced the same by more and more speakers. In the end, (brun, brin, bran) all sound less and less distinct. Québécois retains the more distinct pronunciation for each but Vigo probably learnt French as a kid in the 60s, in a formal setting, and from older teachers who emphasised the differences between "in" "un" "an". He just sounds old school. His French is amazing.
Il doit avoir une oreille de musicien pour parler pratiquement sans accent. Sa grammaire est parfaite. Son vocabulaire est riche. J'aime qu'il parle calmement, je suis fatiguée des gens qui confondent langage et course de vitesse. Les français parlaient plus lentement dans les années 60.
I quite agree with your score for Mr. Mortensen. I almost wish you could have played his conversation at normal speed but I understand you didn't want a 30 minute video..lol... On the other hand, I could listen to him speaking Elvish all day long so if you ever breakdown one of his interviews in Middle Earth, you'd better leave the speed control alone....hahaha
Il y a une autre erreur, beaucoup DES parents veulent être amis avec SES enfants, on dit LEURS enfants. Beaucoup de parents veulent être amis avec leurs enfants. Mais Viggo fait tellement peu d'erreur, il a un accent excellent. Je serais très curieuse de voir une analyse d'un acteur français parlant anglais dans les mêmes conditions. Je suis sûre que vous trouveriez des erreurs bien pire. Y a t'il une chaîne équivalente qui analyse les français parlant anglais ? On est tellement nuls :)
This channel is a godsend, I'm moving to france for my year abroad in 2 weeks and am completely freaking out about my very limited speaking abilities!! Thank you for these videos they're so helpful!
Thank you for making this very informative video. It is very helpful for students of French like me and my entire class! My first language is Spanish and I studied English and French at school. I am not exactly sure as to what Viggo Mortensen would consider as his first language. Would it be English because of his nationality? I've watched his interviews in English, Spanish, French, Italian and other languages (the other languages being those which I could not understand so had to rely on subtitles). This is just my observation but he seems to always speak at the same rate and comes across as someone who is very thoughtful, in whatever language it might be. He seems very self-possessed and careful about what he says. One can only guess but his pauses are most likely related to content, rather than language. I can only dream of achieving his level of proficiency in French! I am not a glib speaker and Viggo Mortensen's calm approach to speaking is very soothing for someone like me.
J'adore son français. Il est plutôt distingue et tres concentre. Merci beaucoup pour tout les videos avec des célébrités qui parles français. C'est génial!!!
It's all good that he can answer in French, but as a polyglot the first thing that should amaze others is that he can actually understand all of those languages!!
'Quoi' is good enough for good friends or close friends, but here in this case 'comment' sounds less rude. I have a game with kids. When they say 'quoi', I respond with 'feur'. Quoi + feur = coiffeur, but most don't get it at first, then they probably say 'hein', which sounds like 'un'(1) and then I say 'deux'. After a while they'll be more careful and use 'comment'. It's just to tease them. Que dis-tu is like the most polite form there is. Only with friends I push it to the limit by saying 'taire'. It's very childish but it's funny. Comment + taire = commentaire. But people remember and be more careful when they use 'hein' and 'quoi' in certain situations. The same with 'ouais', which sounds way too familiar. Correctly pronounced it's 'oui'(yes). I respond with 'stern' (ouais + stern = western pronounced French way) It just works very quickly with kids. You should try these games, just for fun, when learning French to people.
His french and his accent are excellent and not slow at all. Many foreigners speak too fast to appear fluent which makes it harder to understand them or simply makes them sound more foreign ! Mais j'adore tes vidéos. Un 19/20 en ce qui me concerne pour Monsieur Mortensen !
il parle tres bien français. Le choix des mots, etc...Et surtout, il comprends tres bien les questions qui lui sont posées et y répond avec nuance. Il n'a aucune hésitation.
For the "plus que parfait" the right form is "que j'eusse jamais lu" : very old fashion and noboby still uses it, or" subjonctif passé "que j'aie jamais lu" ... Anyway,the way is speaks french is incredible. And my English is so poor.... 😭😭😭😭
Goodness - I could actually follow quite a bit of what he was saying- which is something I find great difficulty with! Steady, clear, relaxed delivery.
Nope, I don't believe it. It wasn't extemporaneous. My guess is that his slow speech was the result of him reading from a script he had prepared and memorized in advance. Nobody except a member of Académie Française weaves the plus-que-parfait and passé composé as effortlessly as he did, not to mention his perfect gender agreement and command of an extended vocabulary. I'm sure he speaks French very well, but he doesn't speak with the spontaneity of, say, Jodie Foster.
He probably nailed the imperfect because they have that in Spanish and he grew up in Argentina. I don't speak French but I imagine they're very similar
watch bon cop bad cop if you you want a bilingual and bicultural comedy; and real french with real subtitles it's Canadian but there are many varieties you can't learn in school. mY hometown's kids are another language
Dont speed it up!!!!! I struggle to understand spoken French because of the speed it is often delivered at. Finally someone speaks French slowly (and soothingly calmly) and you go and speed it up!!🙄
Non, pour ses premiers mots, je ne vois rien d'emprunté. Bon accent, bonne fluidité, des fautes évidemment mais c'est fluide. T'es trop chauve, je suis obligé d'interrompre mon visionnage halfway through. Je reviendrai pour voir la deuxième moitié.
Isn't he the one who learned to speak French because he lived so close to Quebec as a teenager? If so, I wonder how much of his French speaking was affected by the Quebec francophone accent.
He does not make a mistake saying "DU coca cola" In this case DU or DE are both correct. But in the sentence "ce n'était pas DU coca qu'on buvait mais du thé" DE would be incorrect.
Je suis Français et je voudrais dire que je n'ai pas compris non plus la première fois quand elle a dit "vent de fraîcheur". Je crois en fait qu'elle avale un peu ses mots sur ce coup-là. En plus c'est peut-être un peu vache de choisir cette expression idiomatique et peu courante. Non franchement il parle hyper bien.
Décidément, j'adore ta façon de décortiquer. Ton niveau d'analyse est élevé mais si un jour tu as besoin d'un natif français pour t'assurer de certaines choses alors n'hésite pas à me contacter. Je me ferais un plaisir de discuter avec toi ou même performer certaines phrases ou sons au besoin. Bon courage et à bientôt.
il parle très bien; mais as-tu expliqué les formes simples et composées en Anglais avant de te pencher sur le français avant les anecdotes.parce que ça peut aussi expliquer des bricoles en français de comprendre le fonctionnement au lieu d'apprendre sans comprendre.
En tant que francophone, je donnerai 20/20. Certains natifs parlent moins bien que lui. On voit qu'il parle régulièrement avec des expressions courantes et familiales. Il a un langage français assez châtie et évolué.👏🤗
je viens te poser sur une autre page un sujet sur le subjonctif. c'est une erreur de prendre les gens pour des cons et pas l'expliquer. c'est relativement simple au niveau intermédiaire et même les débutants peuvent tenter leur chance. essaie toujours d'expliquer, y'a des des trucs qui restent
Why is this in my recommended? I haven't been looking up anything relating to France or Viggo/LOTR. Has Google somehow figured out I've started talking to a French girl?
Most likely. Guinea pig rescue videos randomly showed up in my YT homepage feed over the past couple of weeks and my friend just told me today that she had rescued some guinea pigs recently lol.
would prefer less camera changes (side angle just throws me off from following intently etc )lol my mind couldn’t keep up -facing the camera est bon as trying to watch the fast camera cuts side -face -close up etc and work out the lesson my head cant keep up 🤗
If you want to assess how well a celebrity SINGS French, you could review this hilarious Bill Bailey video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zhv5GVexW2E.html
Very accurate analysis. However, I'm not sure that the accent is THAT québécois, I know a Danish student who's got the very same way of speaking. I'd rather suggest that his mother language influences prononciation of certain phonemes.
Yes indeed, his French is impressive. It is better than that of many native French people who have lived out of France, lack practice , and have to search theirs words , especially those that they have never really used or even known when they were in France.. As for his accent it is excellent. The only way to know he might be not French is not his prononciation , but the rythm of his phrases, the same for instance as that of Jody Foster, another amazing French speaker. Both tend to speak a little too fast, with stops in betwwen that are a little too long, while a native French speaker who hesitates in their speaches t would tend to slow down their words, to avoid too long hesitating "euh... euh... " in between. But interestingly both are able to express their feelings in original, personal, interesting and very French words, and make little use of common hyperbolic cliché words like "great", "amazing", "cool" . or their French equivalents. who are too common.in both langages.. Sorry for my own English. I'm not as gifted as VIgo, obviously...
and to say "on avais pas du coca cola" is a bit less wrong than to say "beaucoup des parents" because in the first case that is a sentence that can be used in slang french and in the second it's just a mistake that will show you're not used to the language yet, and if you say "comment ?" or "quoi ?" when you don't understand something is basically the same thing, they are equally polite and correct but if you want to tell it more politely (for a work interview for example) you can simply say "excusez moi ?" then your interocutor will understand you didn't understood or didn't heard well and will repeat
as a french i can assure you viggo don't speak slowly enough in this interview to make it sound weird, french as a language, unike spanish for exampe, is not meant to be fast, it's a language of many "half-synonyms" with minor differences and choosing your words well is view as a better skill than speak fast or hiding your accent
Il a un léger accent québécois parce qu'il écoutait les parties de hockey à la radio de Radio-Canada provenant de Montréal dans les années 70, je crois.
C'est un intellectuel intelligent. Il me fait penser à une de mes apprenantes, d'origine asiatique. Elle est phénoménale. D'accord, elle n'est pas encore à son niveau, ça pourrait venir. Son ton est saccadé, comme le sien. Intéressant...
I'm from Quebec and I did get the accent to sound a bit like our own right from the beginning. When you made reference to it later I thought you had a pretty good ear! ;)
La femme (dans le clip) le regarde comme il est un dieu. 😂 Elle a raison, peut-être ! Il n'est pas trôp mal sur les yeux et c'est clair qu'il est très intelligent. Je souhaite d'avoir l'aptitude pour entendre la parole avec l'aise, comme M. Viggo !
le femme (Anne-Sophie Lapix) le regarde avec admiration déjà parceque Viggo est une légende du cinéma très connue en france, et surtout parceque c'est assez rare de parler avec un étranger qui maîtrise aussi bien le français (célébrité ou pas)
@@AliciaB. Je ne sais jamais qu'il était un comédien bien connu en France pour longtemps. C'est intéressant ! Et bien sûr, vous avez raison ! J'ai essayée d'etre drôle avec mes mots. Il est beau mais ce n'est pas la raison pour son succès. Il est un immense talent !
Nobody likes to make grammatical mistakes, but i think you would agree Alex arriving at a. situation where you understand everything that been said to you outweighs a few minor discrepancies in the greater scheme of things don't you think. ?.. That would in itself would be any language learner's main objective on the road to achieving a good level of fluency in the target language..
Je dirais 17 ou 18/20 ! fantastic French !! I actually do not make any contact when I give my opinion or talk about a deep topic, and choose my words carefully (especially adjectives) and take my time!
Lire les scènes au rythme original aurait considérablement augmenté la durée de la vidéo donc je ne les ai accélérées que pour des raisons pratiques. J'aime bien son rythme :)
Above is how I was taught by my French teacher to pronounce "le main" (like "demain"), all those years growing up just outside out Toronto, Canada. And then became horrified in my 40's to find out how the French actually pronounced it. I felt like I had been butchering the word for decades. Horrified. lol
