What To NEVER Say in French 

J'aime vos objets d'art mexicains!

Merci pour les explications, ils sont claires et utiles.

Una buena explicación Géraldine...¡gracias!👋🇬🇧

Thank you so much for the french lesson.

Thank you so very much. I learned many things from this video

I was sitting in an office waiting room and a man entered asking me a bunch of questions in French.😳 I asked if he spoke English. He said, "non." We both laughed for awhile. That we understood. 👍😌

Will LIKE first, and then WATCH! Because I know I will LOVE it. ☺️

Thank you so much for such an amazing video.

It's like "Good job!" in English. It depends, but it can sound insincere or condescending. It is often used talking to children.

Bien joué (Well played), Beau travail (Nice Job), Joli ! (Nice!), T'as fait ça comme un chef (You mastered it), Nickel ! (... untranslatable), ...

Bien joué is another way of saying well done.

Thank you. I didn't know that "vedette" was outdated. Is "Il y a belle lurette" outdated?

Merci 😊

This has in what shared to know for while! Merci d’avoir pour partagér

i wish that english speaking prople would know never to use the words (male and female) to refer to people, its only used for animals, not for people

Does copain/copine have the same implication as ami/amie?

Very helpful lessons, but I kept getting distracted by the evolving bangs.

Lumière has a French accent in the version française. The rolled R used to be more common (even in Paris) and is also still used in some French accents.

Actually in La Guajira ( A Colombian region), bien fait also has that meaning!

I used to say “C’est bien accompli!” to mean someone did a good job.

Merci bien! Je apprends beaucoup avec toi, parce que je veux parler bien avec mes amies françaises!!!

In Spanish we say "bien hecho", but not necessarily to congratulate someone for a job "well done" An example would be, " I reprimanded him for being late to the meeting". "Oh? "Bien hecho" In the case of a job well done we're more likely to say "Hiciste un buen trabajo, te felicito" ("You've done a good job, I congratulate you"

I often heard, “Bien fait pour ta gueule!” in France.

French, for all the praise it gets for being poetic and pretty, can be quite brutal 😆

The bein fait is used in the same contexts in Portuguese. “Bem feito” also doesn’t mean “well done”

An English tip for you: “classical” is not used how you said it... a “classical” trap. It’s a “classic” trap. “Classical” generally refers to thinks like Roman or Hellenistic art and history, or Western Art Music which is colloquially (and technically erroneously) referred to as Classical music in English. Also, English speakers never say “my friend” either so I’m not sure why they put it on French people. Middle Easterners and Arabs in general are the people I know who say “my friend” in English. And the Mexicans when you go down to Mexico and they’re trying to sell you stuff. Though I don’t hear them say “mi amigo” in Spanish so that’s curious. But the video is great and I always learn a lot when I watch you! Thanks!

literally yesterday though we went to a kebab place and the person behind the counter greeted us with the "bonjour, mon ami!" sequence what should I understand from that?

Are you not supposed to say "c'est bien" as well?

Mon Viande du vache est bien fait garçon ! Pas en bleue

Genre je peux savoir pourquoi c'est dans mes recommandations alors que je suis française ?? 😭 Non en fait la vraie question c'est pourquoi j'ai regardé la vidéo en entier..

It doesn’t help to keep identifying mistakes. It jus makes me more timid in my expression and I live in Paris. Lighten up!

bien fait se dit aussi d'un fromage. et attention a bienfait en un seul mot.

you mean "bien fait" can litterally translate into the nelson's "aha" from the simpsons ?

Comme d'habitude, Géraldine... Votre vidéo était "bien fait". C'est ce que nous devons savoir. Les dictionnaires ne peuvent pas contenir tout ce qui cache un langage quotidien. Merci beaucoup!

I have one more reason for not watching Hollywood movies anymore ,its only teach wrong stereotypes and also fake propaganda .

I like saying « bien joué » when gaming. And is « bon travaille » (“good job”/“good work”) reasonable ??

Hmm, une meuf really doesn't sound very good from an English point of view. Think I'll forget about that one :-) One thing I remember (I think!) from French lessons are some direct translations from English that sound very crude to a lot of French people. For example, if somebody offers you more food and you've had enough, it's not uncommon in English to say "No thanks, I'm full", but we were told that "Non merci, je suis plein", while not being good French also sounds really bad and you should use the "I've had enough form": "Non merci, j'en ai assez" or something like that.

My French friend of many years now, often starts a message with ... Coucou mon ami J'espère que tu vas bien...

Merci, Géraldine ! One question: is it normal to use “avoir” when referring to food or drink like you did at 23:21 ? I was always told to use “prendre” instead, because “avoir” implied ownership. That lesson was bundled up with other “prendre” expressions in French. In English you can “take a shower” or “have a shower”; you can “take a seat” or “have a seat”. In French, though, we were told to use “prendre” in those expressions because using the item was different from possessing it. Is that a fair analysis?

Est-ce que c'est une rémission? On a vu ce même contenu avant, n'est-ce pas ?

Less is used for something that is singular. Fewer is used for something that is plural in English; for example, fewer friends and less milk.

"Please don't say this" D'accord, je dirai seulement "ceci". Et on ne doit parler la langue de Giono qu'avec l'accent lyonnais. Comment l'obtenir? Simple! Ne boire que du vin "Coteaux du Lyonnais", rouge ou blanc, au choix de chacun et de chacune...

Les Ricains: super outdated, no one uses it in France MURICANS: what Americans call themselves nowadays The French have always been 50 years ahead of us in coolness :P

une vidéo bien fait!

Marcel Goetlib? Really? Gotlib! He rest in peace btw.

You’d look extremely pretty, if you grew your hair Long !

"C'est parti" literally means it left. So "Le train, c'est parti alors c'est parti" might mean The train left, so let's go.

Permettez que je vous corrige : Un travail bien fait. Une mission bien remplie. "C'est bien fait pour toi !" Bien fait! C'est un garçon ou une fille. . Garçon ! Une bière SVP (please). La ponctuation change du tout au tout le sens. Bien fait! (You deserve it requires an exclamation mark) Waiter! Garçon ! Enfin je dirai que "On est allées" n'est pas correcte. Avec "on" la suite de la phrase , du verbe qui suit est toujours au masculin singulier. "On est allé" Une dernière chose : "une meuf" a fait sont apparition il n'y a pas si longtemps chez les voyous. Quel horrible façon de parler. (argot + vulgaire) L'origine est l'abréviation de "une femme" à l'envers. fe mme et le "u" de "une" entre le "fe" et le "f" . tentative d'imiter l'anglais. gonzesse , nénette , nana , c'était dans les années 60 Comme un garçon je fais d'la moto, pourtant je ne suis qu'une fille (Sylvie Vartan) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y-XNqY97LiM.html Enjoy speaking French. Amusez vous bien à parler la plus belle langue du monde. Merci et désolé pour mon audace de vous corriger. Christian.

Bien fait. In Dutch we have a similar expression "net goed", it means, you got what you deserved...it's not very nice to say.

HAHAHA pepe le pew! magnifique!

Interesting. "Bien fait" is exactly like the Portuguese "bem feito", word by word, literally it means well done but it is not used much in this literal way but in an idiomatic way meaning it serves you well (for having done something bad/wrong now you are suffering the consequences).

Why are you pronouncing "impressionée" as "empressionée''???

Il faut aussi apprendre,,,plaquer,,, quitter,,,, par exemple,,,je te quittes,,,, Elle m'a plaquer,,,espèce de,,,,,

So "bien fait" is sarcastic? In English, sarcasm is often dependent on tone.

Gonzesse is like the 70s term "bird" or "tart" in British English or "broad" in American English.

Don't EVER say this in English_______it's very offensive!!

I caught it. Bien fait is like jewish shlimazle. It's lucky person but of bad luck.

"Garçon" has its origins in colonialism. Using it today is unacceptable. Even in Kiswahili, the colonialists used to carry African servants "Boi" from English "Boy". No longer acceptable

I would have figured something like; walking around loudly boasting in Quebecois that New World French 'are tougher and more robust then all these Serge Gainsbourg loving Parisian silk shirts'

Google also translates Well done! to Bien Fait! (Go figure/ allez comprendre!?)

0:55. Oops. If you misuse "bien fait," you don't "fall into a classical trap" (as she states); you fall into a CLASSIC trap. "Classical" refers to ancient times or, in the arts, the 18th century (approx). Mozart was the apotheosis of "classical music;" Jacques Louis David is the greatest "classical" painter of the age. "Classic" refers to anything that is a "prime illustrative example" of something: a low-level tennis player might fall into the CLASSIC trap of being drawn into the net only to be passed by his opponent's shot. A movie that is a "classic" is one that has stood the test of time and still retains its admirable qualities. Orwell's "1984" is a classic, but it is not classical. We all know language is full of traps! I appreciate the energy Mme Lepère brings to these lessons.

my ex told me to never say "tu et bonne" to say "you're attractive". still don't quite know what it connotes... and you just explained why, bonne is for food. lol no wonder my ex didn't want me to say "you are delicious" lol. Gambit said "mon ami" an absolute ton in the X-Men animated series from the 80's.

13:01 make fewer mistakes.... Mistakes are countable therefore use fewer not less.

How would you like your steak? I said "bien fait". I wondered why the serveur looked worried/confused.

Excellent video. I would describe the narrator as chic and gamine - are these expressions still used? My French is really rusty. Great wardrobe as well!

In Hercule Poirot serious series of British productions, Poirot says "mon ami" all the time to different people.

I used bien fait while visiting French friends. They broke out laughing shaking their heads telling me no, no, no. After their laughter subsided their suggestion for what I wanted to say was: Bien joué (praying that's the correct spelling) "well played" for "well done". I will rewatch this video because it is full of useful tips. Merci!

Bien fait ! means Serves You Right ! in Ireland!!

Plus de vingt anees derniere, j' etais en Alsace pour le premiere fois. En Wissenbourg ( Weißenburg) je regarde un homme , ou on peut acheter des saucisses . Moi, l' ami de Britta, allemand, veut acheter et manguer cettes saucisses et dit: Je veut acheter deux saucisses. Il me regarde et dit: Wellet se' s mit Senf? ( Avec mustsrde?) Il sait, que je suis allemand, et parlait en allemand alsasienn. Si allemand alsacien et mon allemand souabe est tres simiair, je compris.

"Bien fait" - In other words it's used in an ironic way.

I had to correct a friend recently who was proudly using "de rien" in conversation. Unfortunately he was not saying "de rien" but "derrière". He was recieving some strange looks.

"Rude even in French standards".... Lol.... That made my day....

On entend pas ça!!!! Et suis Cdn française

Doesn't bien fait describe the softness or age of cheese?

loll so funny because in quebec bien fait is well done so it all depend in wicth country you are so pleaseee ,les francais de france ce prenne trop aux serieux lollll

Excellent video, every minute of it. We can all handle longer videos since they go more in depth, which a lot of us like!

Geraldine, je t'aime!

Your outfit....très chic!😉

Oh so Bien Fait is just a sarcastic saying.

The direct translation of bien fait to well done is actually quite accurate, considering the phrase "well done" is often used sarcastically, meaning the opposite (similar to "good job"/bon travail). E.g You ate too many sweets, and now you're sick? Well (bloody) done.

Drop it = laisse tomber

Trop tard je l'ai dit.

We dont use that gonzesse

Outdated words. Again from my German experience, I went into a stationary store in order to buy a pen, "eine Feder" (literally "une plume"). They had no idea what I wanted and, assuming I was French (there was a French Army base nearby) even suggested "un crayon." When I spotted one on my way out, I learned it was called a "Kugelschreiber" (a "ball writer"), en français "un stylo". And yet a standard pattern sentence in learning French is still "La plume de ma tante est sur la table." When we learn a foreign language, we are learning a version at the time that our textbook was written ... at best. Languages change constantly. We're trying to learn a moving target.

Brown: Is it "brun" or "marron?"

There’s a store called Madewell that sold a sweater that said Bien Fait. Hopefully they’re in on the joke.

Happy Birthday Day. haha

I thought one used Bien Fait to describe how one wanted their steak cooked.

Merci pour tous les exemples! Votre leçon était très bien faite! 😊

C’est drôle, parce que 'bravo' en espagnol (en Mexique quand même ) peut être utilisé comme 'bien fait' pour dire 'serves you right'.

I have two questions: 1. “Nous/On” - is it more common to use “on” in spoken French rather than “nous”, or is it ok to use both interchangeably? 2. I learned once that “je t’en pris” means “you’re welcome” but many times I’ve heard it used to say “please.” Is “s’il vous plâit” an outdated way of saying please in spoken French, or are both acceptable?

PRODIGIOUS !

Word for word

PLEASE DON'T EVER SAY THESE THINGS TO US IN ENGLISH__IT IS VERY OFFENSIVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

love these videos. So helpful. And here's a tip for you, Geraldine. "less mistakes" is a mistake in English. It should be "fewer mistakes". anything you can count uses "fewer". For example, "fewer chairs". vs water. "less water". Hope that helps.

What a pretty collar! And thank you for the information.

Great advice. Thank you very much.

True story. My friend's French bride was standing with her mum. "Besse moi" says I, 'besser' meaning to kiss. I should have said "embrace moi" because my phrase means "fcuk me"! Do you wonder I remember this 30 years later?

Moi qui ne faisais pas des prouesses à la fac (d’anglais à Rennes), en traduction, je trouve vos cours très instructifs pour comprendre certaines subtilités des deux langues et comment les expliquer. Merci 🙏

Bien fait actually means the same thing in Portuguese, when we want to say "You deserved it" we say "Bem feito!"