French tongue twisters for beginners 👅 (+VIDEO)

Oh I love a good French tongue twister.

They’re perfect to practice your French pronunciation and have a good laugh at the same time.

Plus, I don’t know. There’s a certain regression to them.. Don’t you think?

 

Let’s start with easy ones then. Play the video 😉

6 easy French tongue twisters for beginners

French tongue twisters usually play on two similar sounds. But, I tried to find a few easy ones to start our challenge.

Here they are.

  • Son chat chante sa chanson – His/her cat sings her/his song.
  • Cinq chiens chassent six chats – Five dogs run after six cats.
  • Si mon tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu – If my uncle chaves your uncle, your uncle will be shaved.
  • 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?
  • Ce ver vert sévère, sait verser ses verres verts. – This strict green worm knows how to pour his green glasses.
  • Si six scies scient six cyprès, six cent scies scient six cent cyprès. – If six saw saw six cypress, six hundred saw saw six hundred cypress.

Now it’s your time to say them. Help your pronunciation with the video, in which I say them and decompose them for you.

And once you got those ones done. It’s time to try harder ones.

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2 thoughts on “French tongue twisters for beginners 👅 (+VIDEO)”

  1. I wanted to use the tongue-twisters with my Year 7 class but they’re full of spelling mistakes! Obviously, no-one bothered proofreading them.

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