How to Sound Cooler in French

Superb!

This video teaches us how to sound cooler in french and increase our street cred in France.

To summarise DamonAndJo:

1) Drop the "ne". Instead of saying "ne...pas...", only say "...pas...".

For example: Je comprends pas. Je sais pas. Je parle pas français. 

2) Smoosh it.

For example: Je suis (pronouce Chuis rather than separating je suis) singapourien. Tu as (pronouce T'as rather than separating tu as) danse hier soir?

3) Put a "quoi" in it, for emphasis. 

For example: C'est ridicule, quoi! (Even if it is not a question)

4) Turn the "on" on. 

For example: On parle français, instead of nous parlons français. 

According to DamonAndJo, using nous is a dead giveaway you are American (or simply not from France), haha!

5) Slap a "?" on it. This is actually what most textbooks teaches on how to ask a question - there's the  (a) Est-ce que; (b) inversion; and (c) raising the pitch of the last syllabus of the sentence to ask a question. Guess the 3rd method is the simplest.

For example: say "tu veux voir un film? (raise pitch on word film)" rather than "Est-ce que tu veux voir un film" or "Veux-tu voir un film?" 

6) Let it flow. Use some keywords in french to sound more fluent. Sounds more like noises than real words to me. Watch again at 3:18. Not trying to discredit DamonAndJo, but I'm not sure how useful this will be. Maybe anyone there can let me know? :)

7) Only use que. Nobody uses seulement. 

For example, instead of "Je parle seulement un peu de français", use "Je ne parle que un peu de français", or - refering to point number 1 (drop the ne) - "Je parle que un peu de français".

There we have it.

Use these tips to increase your street cred in France!

Thanks DamonAndJo for this insightful and entertaining video. ;)