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1. Introduction: Hello everybody and
welcome to this new class. I'm delighted that you've
decided to join me today. In this class, we will have a look at a new topic to learn more vocabulary and
to avoid mixing up all miss translating
some French words. Today, we will have a look
at French false cognates, or also known as false friends. First, we will look at
what a false cognate is and the importance of knowing the most
common ones in French. Then we will have a look at
50 French false cognates divided into five videos in order to learn ten
French false cognates. At the time, I will give you a class project to
work on in order to practice what
you will learn to them. Let's get started.
2. False Friends Definition: Now we are going
to have a look at the definition of
a false cognate. False cognates are words
from two languages that look and sound the same
with different meanings. Why is it important
to know them? First, by knowing the most
common false friends, you would not mistake them and you would know
the exact meaning. You will also expand your vocabulary knowledge by knowing the meaning
of both cognates. In the next video, we will look at our first set of French false cognates
and their meanings.
3. False Friends PART 1: Now we will have a look at different French force coconuts. I have selected 50 false friends that we will see in five videos. So ten false friends per video. So let's get started. Let's have a look at our
first set of coordinates. The word act to Elmo, not to be confused with
actually act to animal means. Currently in English, while actually means unfit
remote in French. Now let's have a look at different sentences and
their translations. Actually a symptom of icons, which means they are
currently on holiday, is actually famous of it. It is syllable. Next
term is this affair, which is not to
be confused with. Affair. In English means
business in English. And affair means in add-on
tool in liaison in French. Let's have a look at a
couple of sentences. It affect the bones are fair. Excellent cover is making
good business with his job, is having an affair with
his best friend ILA. We never want to see the world as Rhonda is not
to be confused with agenda. Agenda means, but diary. While agenda means outlawed
usual, pull gamma. Let's see some sentences. Janet may haunt the
normal national debt. I write down my
appointments in my diary. Today's agenda for our trip is loophole com do not
convey as usual, G, E. The word atom is not to
be confused with attend. Atom means wait. While attend means. So. Let's see some sentences. Electron abuse is
waiting for the bus. I attend a wedding,
Shamil home, mortgage. Now, our next word is imbalance, which is not to be
confused by balance. Imbalance means a scale. While balance means equilibrium. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Zai Bu Guan, June Balance,
pauperism, milligram. I need to scale to
wait my vegetables. She has a good balance. Ambani Kaleeba. The next word is blown kit, which is not to be
confused with blanket. Blanket means the
wheels to while. A blanket means in cool. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Cuisine. When blanket
do, I'm cooking. I sleep with my red blanket. Judah, I like
mycobacterial culture. The next word is lyse, which is not to be
confused with blessed. Blessing means injured or hurt, while blessed means beneath. Let's have a look
at two sentences. To send you to a blister. You're bleeding, you're
injured or hurt. He was blessed by the
priest eli palette. The next word is, which is not to be confused
with blah. Blah means. And now, while a bra
means as two triangles, Let's have a look
at some sentences. I'll say Cassie Luba, she broke her arm. This bro is expensive. So suture, anchor a share. The next word is Camila. Not to be confused with camera. Camera means a video camera. While the camera means
that bite photo. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Versace, like go get the
video camera, audio recorder. Go get the camera. Russia, leper a photo. And finally, this is our
last word for this set, which is not to be confused
with the car, Is a coach. While the car is
what's your luca? A Toyota. The coach is late. I should they knew they'll
watch you bought a new car. So this is often set of words. Feel free to watch
it back and also pause if you need more time to see the difference
between the term. And then once you're
done, you can move on to the next set in the next video. Thank you.
4. False Friends PART 2: Now let's have a look at our second set of
false cognates. The first word is character, which means nature
or personality. Not to be confused with
character, which means persona. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Ela, movie character, it
has a bad personality. I love this character
in Harry Potter, Jeddah, supersonic,
the reporter. The next word is in kava, which means a seller. Not to be confused with a cave, which means in got. Let's have a look
at some sentences. In blue. They don't Google it. A bottle of wine in the cellar. This bare leaves in a cave, said tooth ve got. Now the next word is lush
share, which means flesh. Not to be confused with a chair, which mean last shares or
less share the set fish, eat. The flesh of the
speech is juicy. I need two chairs. Gibb, usando Duchenne is. The next word is ships,
which means crisps. Not to be confused with chips, which means leave flipped. For this one is a
bit of confusion between American and
British English. I'm really looking at the
way English people would said that Americans have
a look at some sentences. For example, Shruti,
do Beckett do ships, a book, two packs of creeps. Can I have some
more chips, please? Because you have
discrete silver play. I know there's also
the difference between chips and fries, but in French, we don't
actually have a difference. We would use fit
for both of them. The next word is, which means the corner. Not to be confused with a coin, which means in PS, puny, Julie me is punished. Put him in his corner. I need some coins to
pay for the car park. Djibouti wanted to
PS, popular back in. The next word is and collage, which means middle school, or in the UK, it would be
in the secondary school. Not to be confused with college, which means conduct call, ****. There's always a
bit of confusion between this one because
you really have to think that our college in French is really before you do your
exam to go to university. Compared to college is actually some sort
of after that point. So you really need to be
careful with this one. Let's look at some sentences. Gpc, mambo, movie, or collage, a past my GCSEs in middle school or
secondary school because he would be in the UK, is studying Arts in a college. Illiteracy Liza doesn't
conduct or aliphatic. It's really the idea that it's more at the
time of university. It's not exactly university, but it's just the big school after you've passed your exam, like a live room in
the UK, for example. The next word is to
shout or to yell. Not to be confused with to
cry, which means plural. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Do create Stop shouting, stop crying at the brewery. The next word is delivery, which means to set free. Not to be confused
with to deliver, which means in French,
leave early delivery. Lepton says, set
free the princess. I deliver a bustle,
lever and Cooley. The next word is due Monday, which means to ask, not to be confused with demand, which means in
French, it's easy. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Dumont, domain equity. I'm asking you to listen to me. I demand more money. Jagdish, please download. Finally, our last
word for this set, which means look, not to
be confused with chance. Luisa. Our last example been Sean's. Good luck. We found this house by chance
on a two-phase at mismo. That's it for the set. Let's move on to the
next video to see the next set of ten false
cognates. Thank you.
5. False Friends PART 3: Now let's have a
look at set three with ten other
force coordinates. The first word is on
DAG, which means hired. Not to be confused with fiance. Let's look at some examples. Oncology doesn't magazine. I got hired in a shop. I'm engaged. We're
getting married in June. Just be fiance over x2 minus x1. The next word is left for us, which means the side. Not to be confused with
the face Lu visage. Let's look at some sentences. Blue D as CFS. The dice has six sides. She put makeup on her face. Lcme, you make sure visage. The next word is left figure, which also means the
face, as we've just seen, with revisit that figure, the face, not to be confused
with the figure blue shift. Let's have a look
at some sentences. To plant the blue
tones you will, I figure you have a lot
of spots on your face. The figures don't match. The shift now correspond to. The next word is
really funny to you, which means the supplies. Not to be confused with
the furniture, the mobile. Let's have a look
at some examples. And what I should take,
the full mature Politburo. We must buy some
office supplies. The furniture of this house or old the mobile to
set some of you. The next word is like hop, which means the bunch. Not to be confused
with the grape. Which means the reason. For those two terms. I've actually managed to do one example with
both terms in it. Or mushy washed it in COP. The reason is going to the market to buy
a bunch of grapes. The next word is,
which means serious. Not to be confused with
the grave lactones. Let's look at some examples. I look Peter, citric
have is in the hospital. It's very serious. The family grave is
in the symmetry. Familiar. Seem to share. The next word is lobby, which means clothes. Not to be confused with
the habit. Latitude. Also just as a quick note, clouds can also be
translated by Vietnam, which is more comment, but you can use lobby as well. Let's look at some sentences. Who, Debbie? I have
too many clothes. I don't know what to wear. It has very bad habits. The movies habitudes. The next word is Judy,
which means pretty. Not to be confused with Jolie, which means k schwa. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Said. It visually. This girl is very pretty. This man is Julie. Septum. A septum is where you the
next word is leisure only, which means that
they're not to be confused with the journey. Which means the cache. Such embedding journey. It's a beautiful day. This car journey is endless. So Takashi of what? It doesn't tell me, nebula. And finally, this
is the last word of this set, which means reading. Not to be confused with
the lecture. Leuko. Leuko matches more fees
at dollar lecture. My son loves reading. Linguistics professor
gives a lecture at 02:00 PM every Monday. Not professor, the linguistic
than unquote meshes tile. I can truly 90 all done. We can also shorten it to Uncle. We don't have to say
oncologists cloud, if it's obvious, it's
in the university. So that's it for this set. Let's move on to the next video. Thank you.
6. False Friends PART 4: Now let's have a look
at our set number four of our force coordinates. The first word is Lucasfilm, which means the rental. Not to be confused
with the location. Lawyer or allantois. Let's have a look at some
sentences by Lucas. Sure. What you permit dive on what your Columbian
it or repairing. Karen tool allows me to have a car when mine
needs to be fixed. This is the right location
syllable node what? The next word is? Lama, which means the hand. Not to be confused with main. Which means, let's
have a look at some sentences done
while AMA, hold my hand. The main entrance is
here, lawn care, ETC. The next word is limit sin, which means the
study of medicine. Not to be confused
with medicine, which means limited came up. Let's have a look at
some sentences again. Giphy veto, the mid sin. I studied medicine
for eight years. I forgot to take my medicine. The mimetic MO. The next word is Maxie,
meaning thank you. Not to be confused with mercy. Meaning misery code, or likely
most maximal coup d'etat. Hola. Thank you for being here. The king offered mercy
to the traitors. Lavoie, I will feel
like limos or threat. The next word is lamina,
which means change. Not to be confused
with money to lateral. Let's look at some sentences. To do laminae Paulo packing. Do you have some change
for the car park? She earns a lot of money. Again, book with. The next word is Lucasfilm,
meaning secondhand. Not to be confused
with occasion, which would be infringed for. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Gst, in what you're doing. I bought a secondhand car. We go on holiday on several
occasions this year. New pattern of icons, please Your for certainly. The next word is low,
meaning the bread. Not to be confused with pain. Medulla, looper, feminism. I love homemade bread. Since the accident, it has
lots of pain in his back. Relax. You don't Isla book
who did do the tone would do. The next word is
left has meaning. The sentence. Not to be confused with the phrase which
would be infringed, legs pressure onto our
aqueous sank files. We must write five sentences. The phrase been
apathy is French. Legs pressure been
apathy if concepts. The next word is Louis
pasa, meaning the trial. Not to be confused
with the process, meaning loop pauses, use. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Loopholes say commas matter. The trial starts
tomorrow morning. The check-in process
is taking a long time. Lupus issues don't just
**** pump book who do? And finally, this is our
last word for this set. Lab Cuba, meaning the ad. It's the shortened
word for publicity, same as in English
advertisement, lab cube. The ad, not to be
confused with the pub, which would be infringed
also sometimes. But we also said Luba because
we don't really have pubs, as you would find in
England, in France. So you could also translate by Luba depending
on the location. Let's have a look at our
last sentences. Cube. There are too many ads on TV. Let's go have a
drink at the pub. Sub 00 back. So that's it for this set. We will have a look
at the next set and our final set
in the next video. Thank you.
7. False Friends PART 5: Now let's have a look
at our last set, which is set number five of
our force coconuts in French. The first word is Kitty,
meaning to leave, not to be confused with to quit, which would mean
infringe CC or additive. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Jacob T. Malkovsky,
at this bitter, I left work at 06:00 PM. Quit smoking. The female. The next word is law
has meaning the breed. Not to be confused
with the race. Meaning like cuz thermo
do has Duchenne. There are so many dog breeds. The race I started
five minutes ago. Semi-nude, good at
cross, a coomassie. The next word is
meaning the grapes. Not to be confused
with the raisin, meaning the reason sake. And it's also funny
because grape was one of our false cognate that we've
seen in a previous set. So let's look at some
sentences for this one. I've also managed to put those two false cognates
in the same example. Jeddah, the Riza,
measured the test. The reason sec, I love grapes, but I hate raisins. The next word is listed, which means to stay. Not to be confused with rest, meaning in French.
So hope palsy. Instrument on force is
stateful week in France. Can arrest for
five-minute SQL book, novel Posey, semi-nude. The next word is large,
meaning the meeting. Not to be confused with the reunion, meaning
likelihood Hoover. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Lot of ECMO manager CBN passi. The meeting with my
manager went well. My sisters, radians,
we're emotional. Hood who violate the Missa. Move on to. The next word is law
hood, meaning the road. Not to be confused
with the root, meaning in French, Legionella. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Law hood, possible if Fermi, the main road is closed. Which route did you take? Kill each other to predict? The next word is
cellular, meaning dirty. Not to be confused with
sale, meaning salt. So t-shirt, it to sell. This t-shirt is all dirty. The cell starts tomorrow. Please sold common stoma. The next word is loose. Dash, meaning internship. Not to be confused with
the stage, meaning lesson. Let's have a look
at some sentences. Start to move where it
doesn't know Patel, my brothers internship
was in a hospital. The stage of this
theatre is huge. Lesson. This attack it in. The next word is blue
stock, meaning the blind. Not to be confused
with this tool, meaning Omega is a family
style Toto. Slowly. Close the blind. There's too much sun. The store closes in one our magazine family
tells you now. Finally, let's have a look
at our last false cognates, which is false coconut
number 50, meaning fabric. Not to be confused with
tissue, meaning schwa. Let's have a look at
our last sentences. Blue tissue to say redo it clear to the fabric of these
curtains is very soft. It has a cold. Go
get some tissues. Are whom? Esxi dementia. So that's it for this video, you have now seen all the different sets
of four coconuts. And we will have a look at your class project in the
next video. Thank you.
8. Class Project: Well-done everybody. We are now at the
end of the class. For your class project, you will have to translate the following terms in English. League phony to lock-up, lobby, Liza affair, Julie Lucas. You, you can download a PDF with the instruction of this
class project bone collage. Now let's summarize what
we have learned today. You now know what a false
cognate or false friend is. You know, 50 French
false cognates. I hope you have learned
many new words in French and that you have
enjoyed this class. Don't forget to leave a review or if you have any question, feel free to leave a comment
in the discussion section. Thank you for
watching this class. Messy poverty, liquid
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