Tongue Twisters Tornades de Langue Flashcards

I often use tongue twisters to improve my pronunciation. So, the translations do not matter in this section as much.

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gros gras grand grain d’orge, tout gros-gras-grand-grain-d’orgerisé, quand te dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d’orgeriseras-tu? je me dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d’orgeriserai quand tous mes gros grad grands grains d’orge se seront dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d’orgerisés

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big fat barley grain, all big fat tall barley grain that you are, when will you un-big fat tall barley grain yourself? i shall un-big fat tall barley grain myself when all of the other big fat tall barley grains have un-big fat tall barley grain themselves

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pauvre petit pêcheur, prends patience pour pouvoir prendre plusieurs petits poissons

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poor little fishermen, have the patience to catch several small fish

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je veux et j’exige du jasmin et des jonquilles

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I want and I insist on jasmine and jonquils

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la roue sur la rue roule; la rue sous la roue reste

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the wheel on the road rolls; the road under the wheel rests

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trois tortues trottaient sure trottoir très étroit.

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three turtles are trotting down a narrow sidewalk

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les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse, sont-elles sèches? archi-sèches.

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the archduchesses socks; are they dry? very dry

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cinq chiens chassent six chats

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five dogs hunt six cats

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charline chante une chanson chaque dimanche dans la chambre du château

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charline sings a song every Sunday in the castle room

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un chasseur de sachant chasser chasse sans son chien

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a hunter who knows how to hunt hunts without his dog

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si mon tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu

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

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Vincent vint sans vin et Vivien vint sans ses cent vingt vins

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twenty beautiful blondes drank twenty white wines on a white beach

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

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these cherries are so sour, we aren’t sure that they are (cherries).

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As-tu vu le vert ver allant vers le verre vert?

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did you see the green worm going towards the green glass?

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

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

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