HGS Languages

French Tongue Twister

Pauvre petit pêcheur, prend patience pour pouvoir prendre plusieurs petits poissons.

Poor little fisher, be patient if you want to fish many little fish.

Finnish Tongue Twister!

 
Kokoa kokoon koko kokko.
(Gather together the whole bonfire.) 

Catalan Tongue Twister!

En quin tinter te tinta en Ton?

In which inkpot does Tony have ink? (Play on words which sound like a bell)

Spanish: En que tintero tiene tinta Antonio. (Juego de palabras con sonidos que imitan una campana)

Zungenbrecher

Es grünt so grün, wenn Spaniens Blüten blühen.

It turns so green when the flowers in Spain flower.
(The German version of "The rain in Spain falls
mainly in the plain" from "My Fair Lady.")

Spanish Tongue Twister

¿Usted no nada nada?

No, no traje traje.

You dont swim at all? No, I didn't bring a (swim) suit

German Tongue Twister

Es grünt so grün, wenn Spaniens Blüten blühen.
It turns so green when the flowers in Spain flower.
(The German version of "The rain in Spain falls
mainly in the plain" from "My Fair Lady.")

French Tongue Twister

Trois tortues trottaient sur un trottoir très étroit.

Three turtles are trotting down a narrow sidewalk.

Zungenbrecher

Esel essen Nesseln nicht, Nesseln essen Esel nicht.

Donkeys don't eat nettles, nettles don't eat donkeys.

Virelangues.

Tongue twisters are known as virelangues in french and there are hundreds of them.
This is my favourite:
Bonjour Madame la saucissière, combien vendez-vous ces six saucisses-là ?
Je les vends six sous, six sous ci, six sous ça, six sous ces six saucisses-là.

Caitlin M

German Tongue Twister

Es klapperten die Klapperschlangen,
bis ihre Klappern schlapper klangen.
The rattlesnakes rattled
until their rattles sounded run-down.