Monday, September 7, 2026

French Tongue Twisters

Tongue twisters can be challenging, especially if they are said quickly. Here are ten French tongue twisters.

1. Seize chaises sèchent.
2. Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien.
3. Le plat plein ploie sous le poids ou ne ploie point?
4. Si six scies scient six cyprès, six cent six scies scient six cent six cyprès!
5. Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge?
6. Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches?
7. Seize jacinthes sèches dans seize sachets secs.
8. Je troque trente trucs turcs contre treize textes tchèques.
9. Quarante carottes crues croient que croquer crée des crampes.
10. Cinq chiens chassent six chats.

1. Sixteen chairs dry.
2. A hunter knowing how to hunt must know how to hunt without his dog.
3. Does the full plate bend under the weight or does it not bend?
4. If six saws saw six cypresses, six hundred and six saws saw six hundred and six cypresses.
5. Am I indeed at dear Serge's place?
6. Are the socks of the archduchess dry?
7. Sixteen dry hyacinths in sixteen dry bags.
8. I'm trading thirty Turkish things for thirteen Czech texts.
9. Forty raw carrots believe that crunching causes cramps.
10. Five dogs chase six cats.


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