I Instruct My Boyfriend To Paint My Nails But In French 

Re: the "neither male nor female" question. First my credentials: I'm non-binary, and while I was born in Germany, I lived in France for about 13 years, so I'm fluent in French, though it's a bit rusty since I moved back to Germany. Also, I'm doing my best to explain it as well as I can for those who don't speak French. There is no formally accepted gender neutral pronoun. As far as the académie française is concerned, there is only male and female. However, what Ben said about the gender binary is true, and so we've invented ways to refer to people in a gender neutral way. There is no "they/them" pronoun in French, but we do use neopronouns. The most common one is "iel", which is a combination of "il" (he) and "elle" (she). There are other ones, such as ael, ol, ille, but they're less common. "iel" is the most widely accepted one. Actually, Twitter has started incorporating "iel" into its French site recently, instead of writing "il/elle". Now, in French, every adjective and some verbs have a different ending depending on the gender of the noun, and again, traditionally, there's only male and female endings. Let's take an easy example: the adjective "petit", meaning small or young. The male form is "petit", the female form is "petite". What we do is just kinda mashing both forms together, and separating the male and female endings with a dot. So we would write "petit.e" instead of "petit/petite". This only really works in writing, though. When speaking, personally, I use the male form to refer to myself, because it's considered "less gendered" than the female form, if that makes sense? So when speaking, I'd say "quand j'étais petit" (when I was younger), but in writing I'd use "quand j'étais petit.e". /** Side note: the male form is considered gender neutral in a way because the male plural form of an adjective is used as an all encompassing plural form. For example, when there's a group with only men, you'd say "Ils sont petits". (They're small/short). When it's a group with only women, you'd say "Elles sont petites" (They're small/short). However, when there's both men and women, even when there's more women then men (even when there's only one man and the others are women), you always default to the male form and male plural pronoun. This is something that some of us try to avoid, though, and for a group with mixed genders, we started using the pronoun "iels" (a combination of "ils" and "elles") and the gender neutral form of the adjective. **/ This can get a bit clunky with longer adjectives, for example "heureux", which means happy. The male form is "heureux", and the female form is "heureuse", so the mashed together gender neutral form would be "heureux.se". But we don't have anything else at the moment and probably never will. Also, what I and a lot of other non-binary people tend to do is avoid using gendered language altogether. There are adjectives, for example, where the male and female form is the same. "jeune", for example, which means young. So, instead of saying "quand j'étais petit.e", I'll favor "quand j'étais jeune" because it flows better. This isn't always possible though, and requires a lot of mental gymnastics at times. So yeah, that was your short lesson on using gender neutral language in gendered langauges.

"- why were so many philosophers french? - cause they're fcking depressed" oui.

“I should have flaked on you 8 years ago” is the best old couple burn.

Ben: i work in a office why do i need to know rainbow Also ben: ALIENS ARE EXTRAORDINARY

"Pay attention!" "Shut your mouth!" -Cristine and Ben's romantic French conversation

Alternate title: "Woman discovers her boyfriend is the human embodiment of Google Translate"

Cristine: actually trying Ben: just conjugating for no reason

Ben just exclaiming "aliens are extraordinary!" is hilarious

Fun fact for everyone out there: The phrase 'Oh Là Là' is not how you express the beauty of something. In fact, it is an expression of concern. It literally translates to 'Oh dear'

This should be called “Ben conjugating French words and talking about cheese for 15 minutes straight”

Cristine: decent French, forming coherent sentences Ben: THE ALIENS ARE EXTRAORDINARY

Ben is me in German class. Just conjugating every verb I hear.

Alternate title: Ben tries to show off his french skills by conjugating every word he hears 😂

cristine: actually tries to speak french ben: cHeESe

Im crying laughing at "un petit f*ck-up" still omg

Menchie just chilling on Ben's shoulders is the most heartwarming thing ever

The big question is why does Ben need to know the words for alien working for the government

As of now Ben has shaded: -The Paul Brothers -The entire Beauty Community -Gabbie Hanna and the entire province of QUEBEC

Ben conjugating nails just to prove he can is the most relatable thing ever

my favorite thing is the fact ben developed from hating the camera/looking shy around it, making jokes about leaving cristine, to him goofing off and making his own gags on camera, and cristine making those jokes at him. it kinda really cool

The re-watch ability of this video is unreal. I go back to re watch this video once a month

Video: *painting nails in French.* Ben: *rAtaToUiLlE.*

ben's french is like he pressed the auto fill too many times

"People that think French is romantic haven't been to Quebec." Me a Quebecer: ouch my heart 🤧

Christine is the person who learned french in school while Ben is the person who learned from Duolingo

most people: french is such a romantic, beautiful language ben: are you the cheese?

I don't know if you're a genius or if i'm extremly tired but "un petit fuck-up" absolutely killed me

"I don't want this to alienate people who don't speak French" ma'am I am the furthest from French but this video is so fucking hilarious. I watch it at least twice a month.

The funniest thing about this video is Cristine calling Ben " vous". (It's very formal, not how a couple would speak to each other)

Ben going through all the "I, you, he, she, they, we..." is literally the equal of all my French knowledge 😂 getting high school flashbacks

"why were so many philosophers french?" "because they were f*cking depressed" same

I just imagine simply trying to fire someone and saying your dead

I'm French and I cannot even tell you how fun and entertaining and somehow super heartwarming this was

Cristine and Ben really broke the stereotype that French is a romantic language.

Christine's french is understandable and then Ben is like "THE WHITE IS NOT MILK"

Okay but I absolutely love the fact that she smiled when Ben kissed Menchie.

As a French Canadian I laughed so hard in this video, the chaos here is just great. Also Cristine's French isn't bad! It's mostly the pronunciation, but it seems she has a decent understanding :))

Cristine: actually trying to speak French Ben: aLiEnS and ChEeSe

Ben is a funny guy, but he's funnier in French.

As a french person I find this video absolutely adorable and hilarious. I never understood why foreigners thought French is so classy but French with an English/American accent is lovely

"cus they're f*cking depressed " As a French and American person i felt that.

Cristine: actually is speaking French Ben: FrOMAge, et eXtRa teRestTiaLLLL

"I do not observe the rules" is the calmest way to defy anyone ever and I absolutely love it

I’m loving Ben’s continuous bits of “I you we they they” in french

I love Ben just throwing out all the French he remembers. It’s so funny I’m laughing out loud.

When he starts conjugating words that aren’t verbs 😂

Oui oui baguette

AHHAHA UN PETIT FUCK UP NOOO I AM CRYING😂

Ben really just said “Aliens is extraordinary” I’m dying

“Be nice” “𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑”

Christine: actually trying to speak french Ben: yelling out the first french thing/sentence that comes to his mind

Ben lines i love “ are you the cheese?“ “ shut your mouth“ “ i nail we nail they nail“ “ratatouie “ “ where are the crossaint“ “ white milk that is not milk 👀“ “ it is very tasety“ “ give me the chicken“ “ perfect like yogurth “ “ give me the espresso“ “ aliens are extrodaniray!!“

As someone who's fluent in both English and French, this is so so hilarious🤣🤣especially the "un petit fuckup" bit has me coming back 🤣🤣🤣

“Are you the cheese?” “Pay attention” “shut your mouth”

“What the seal” was an incredible French joke. 10/10.

CRUSTINE THE TRANSLATION FOR GLOSSY TACO IS “TACO BRILLIANT”

As someone from Quebec I can 100% back up Ben by saying WE ARE THE LESS ROMANTIC PEOPLE in our way of talking 🤣🤣

Cristine: Oh, you finally understa- Ben: *WHERE ARE THE CROISSANTS*

Cristine: why were so many philosophers French? Ben: because they were f*cking depressed. Me *going into 2nd year of studying philosophy* : No no, he has a point.

Le « fermes ta bouche » de Ben, il est juste incroyable xDDD

The way her accent goes from French to glossy taco is amazing

Ben has really strong julien energy when he’s giving people french tips

I love how this time, it’s Ben annoying Cristine.

As a french speaker, Ben in this video is so comedic it makes me cry of laughter every time I watch it, and not just me but my friends too 🤣🤣🤣

I like to imagine sometimes they just yell French at each other

Cristine: *struggles in trying to speak proper french* Ben: *in french* "I remove, you remove, he removes, we remove, they remove, they removes" and "Aliens are extraordinary!"

Ben's french had me crying, his accent is so funny. Cristine's french is really good though, she's definitely bilingual.

me: wow it's so amazing how Cristine can talk and understand two languages! how can she do it? also me: *watching and understanding an English speaking youtuber as a person with Spanish as her first language* I don't know why but when you see Cristine speaking French, it just seems more impressive hahaha

I love how ben just talks about cheese and conjugates stuff

Cristine: * speaking good French sexily * Ben: ...white milk that is not milk

“Why so many philosophers are French?” “Cause they’re fckin depressed” lmaaooo good response

As a french person I enjoy a lot Ben trying to talk french 😭

Cristine: *trying to give serious instructions and feedback* Ben: ALIENS ARE EXTRAORDINARY!!!!!

Alternative Title: Ben conjugating French verbs for 15 minutes straight

Ben: I used to be quite uncomfortable being on camera at first Ben now: aRe YoU tHe ChEeSe?

when menchie got up on ben’s shoulders 😍😍 shes so adorable and ur relationship with ur cats is so wholesome 🥰

Ben: why do I need to know rainbow?! Also Ben: *knows alien in French*

I love how Ben just randomly said “*_ooh Ratatouille_*”

“Pay attention” “Shut your mouth” Honestly Ben just saying random stuff like toothbrush and convincing people to dig through dumpsters for old baguettes is the best thing ever, I want more French videos with Ben cause these are so entertaining

I'm from France and been living in the US for a long time now, love to see you try to speak French.

This brought me so much joy. I was having flashbacks to Latin class every time Ben was conjugating. Eram eras erat eramus eratis erant. Sometimes I just sing that to myself when I'm bored. I'd love to see another one of these videos somewhere down the line if inspiration strikes again. :D

Cristine is genuinely trying and Ben is like "ARE YOU THE CHEESE?"

i’m french and i have to say that was really funny to watch and your french is not so bad !!i all understand except the « qu’est ce que phoque 🦭 » 🤣

Ben’s random conjugations and outbursts had me CRYING lol 😂💀

Normal people: beyyyyn SimplyFrenchlogical, an intellectual: *beeynjaamiynn*

This gave me serious "Julien speaking random sentences in Spanish that don't make any sense" vibes

hello, I am french and don't worry, no one would get offended hahaha it was so funny (actually kinda proud to see people speaking le français)

I'm french from Quebec and I died of laughter 😂 not at all offensive! Love the video thank you ❤️ you should do something like this again

We need the “French Tips” series but it should be Beyyn giving the worst advice possible. This video was awesome!

Ben is the true word-smith we needed _"I nail"_ _"you nail"_ _"he nail"_ _"she nail"_ _"they nail"_ It's an absolute tearjerker honestly

Everything Ben says is so quotable it's amazing

drinking game: take a shot each time ben conjugates something, two shots if it's not a verb

Cristine: "Do they have tea in France?" Ben: "French people just drink wine. For breakfast." 10/10

“objects are gendered, which i do not understand!” german: hey.

as soon as Cristine said "BENJAMIIN" i knew this would be one of my fave videos on the internet ever

i love that cat just chilling on Ben's shoulders like "this is my home now" then promptly jumps back down

“Do you want to nail with me?” “Are you the cheese?” “Can you put your language in my mouth?” “This white is not milk.” “And then we have to chicken.” “I espresso you espresso we espresso they espresso.”

Nobody: Christine: decent French Ben: Aliens are extraordinary! Cristine*

Cristine actually sounds very nice in french when you say it with the right accent

As an Italian studying French, I can say there's the same problem with Italian. Italian, French, Spanish, etc... Come from Latin (and a bit of Greek) so in many of the languages that come from latin a word (even if it's an inanimated object, like chair) has to be either a male or a female. In Italy, for example, we say "sedia, nome femminile singolare"(= chair, feminine and singular name). Sorry if my English wasn't the best but I hope this comment was helpful. :D