The next one that appears on the screen now is a luxury brand of leather goods, ready-to-wear, clothing and even perfumes, among others. They do a lot of other things. Can you pronounce this famous brand?
Yes, we say Hermès. So, first of all, we don't pronounce the "h" at the beginning. You know that the French have a lot of difficulties. It makes our German-speaking or English-speaking friends laugh, who laugh when we don't pronounce the "h" at the beginning of the word "hause" in German or the word "house" in English. We, the French, tend to say "hause" or "house", without pronouncing the "h". Well here, we are right, we don't pronounce the "h" in Hermès. The first "e" with the "r" is pronounced "ère", as if there were a circumflex accent → ère. And here, the final "s" is not silent. So, we don't say Hermè but Hermès.
Ninth, a brand of perfumes, makeup and care also very well known in France. Do you know how to pronounce this French brand?
We say Givenchy. So, the beginning is indeed Gi. "Gi" gives the sound "gi". The sound "en" that we have already talked about several times, which corresponds to the same nasal vowel that you hear in "vent". The sound "ch", which we also saw previously, which is pronounced "ch". And the "y" is pronounced "i". We therefore obtain Givenchy.
And finally, a cosmetics brand, facial care, which is also working on other markets. I even saw a coffee, not long ago, of this very famous brand. Do you know how to pronounce this French brand?
We say L'Occitane. Note that Occitanie is a region in the south of France. Here, it's an opportunity to remind you of a pronunciation rule. In French, when you have two "c"s followed by an "e" or an "i", you will pronounce "kss", like accident, coccinelle, coccyx. So, I insisted a little here, but we say accident, coccinelle, coccyx. So, when two "c"s are followed by an "e" or an "i", we pronounce "cc". When the two "c"s are followed by "a", "u" or "o", we will pronounce "k", as in occasion, raccroche or even courte. For this brand, the two "c"s are followed by an "i", so, we will say "kss" → L'Occitane.
So, there you have it, you can now walk japan whatsapp number data around the Champs-Élysées in Paris without any problem. I hope you enjoyed this video, that this little game amused you. Tell me in the comments how many correct answers you got. You can also tell us which French brand among these 10 brands you think is the most difficult to pronounce.
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