Have you tried these 14 French tongue twisters?

 
Have you tried these 14 French tongue twisters?

Put your French pronunciation to the test with these tricky tongue twisters

WARM UP

1. Mon père est maire, mon frère est masseur

My father is a mayor, my brother is a masseur

2. Lily lit le livre dans le lit

Lily reads the book in the bed

3. Cinq chiens chassent six chats

Five dogs hunt six cats

MEDIUM

4. Le poivre fait fièvre à la pauvre pieuvre

Pepper gives the poor octopus a fever

5. Je veux et j’exige du jasmin et des jonquilles

I want and I demand jasmine and daffodils

6. La robe rouge de Rosalie est ravissante

Rosalie’s red dress is ravishing

7. Ces cerises sont si sûres qu’on ne sait pas si c’en sont

These cherries are so sour we’re not sure if they are cherries

CHALLENGE YOURSELF

8. Je suis ce que je suis, et si je suis ce que je suis, qu’est-ce que je suis?

I am what I am, and if I am what I am, what am I?

9. As-tu vu le vert ver allant vers le verre en verre vert?

Have you seen the green worm going towards the green glass glass?

10. Trois tortues trottaient sur un trottoir très étroit

Three toirtoises trotted on a narrow pavement

11. Si mon tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu

If my uncle shaves your uncle, your uncle will be shaven

12. Trois petites truites non cuites trois petites truites crues

Three little uncooked trout three litte raw trout

13. Les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse sont-elles sèches? Archi-sèches?

Are the duchess’s socks dry? Really dry?

14. Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien de chasse

A hunter who know how to hunt must know how to hunt without his hunting dog

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