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International Tongue Twister Day
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French Tongue Twisters


Cinq chiens chassent six chats

Five dogs chase six cats

Ce goulu a voulu tout ce qu'il a vu sur le menu
The glutton wanted everything he saw on the menu


C'est trop tard pour le tram trente-trois

It's too late for tram thirty three

Spanish Tongue Twisters


Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal

Three sad tigers swallowed wheat in a wheat field


El perro de Roque no tiene rabo,
porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha cortado

Roch's dog has no tail because Ramón Ramírez cut it off


Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuántos cuentos cuentas,
porque si no cuentas los cuentos que cuentas,
no sabrás cuántos cuentos cuentas

When you tell tales, count how many tales you are telling,
because if you don't count the tales you are telling,
you will not know how many tales you are telling

Mandarin Tongue Twisters


黑蝴蝶飞 (hēi hú dǐe fēi)
灰蝴蝶飞 (hūi hú dǐe fēi)
黑蝴蝶飞完 (hēi hú dǐe fēi wán)
灰蝴蝶飞 (hūi hú dǐe fēi)

Black butterfly flies
Grey butterfly flies
After black butterfly flies
Grey butterfly flies

四是四 (sì shì sì)
十是十 (shí shì shí)
十四是十四 (shí sì shì shí sì)
四十是四十 (sì shí shì sì shí)

Four is four
Ten is ten
Fourteen is fourteen
Forty is forty

吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮 (chī pú tao bù tǔ pú tao pí)
不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮 (bù chī pú tao dào tǔ pú tao pí)

Eating grapes without spitting the skin,
Not eating grapes but spitting the skin



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