Questions tagged [prononciation]
La prononciation d'un mot est la façon de le dire.
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How do I determine when to use inversion versus est-ce que when asking questions in formal French contexts? [duplicate]
French sentence structure generally follows a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order, similar to English. However, there are nuances in word order, particularly with adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. ...
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Transcription / pronunciation of oublient, oubliaient, oublièrent
This is a sentence from Duolingo exercise « Les devoirs des touristes »:
Les touristes oubl____ parfois que leur comportement peut avoir un grand impact.
The audio clip for this sentence is ...
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Word-final /s/ pronounced with an extra vowel in songs?
In Indila's song Dernière Danse, it seems that the final /s/ in many words are pronounced like a long /sœ/, e.g., in "souffrance", "recommences", and "importance".
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Comment prononcer le nom Verax ?
[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Verax]
Veuillez m'indiquer comment prononcer correctement le nom de famille de cette personne ?
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Why is the t in huit sometimes pronounced and sometimes silent?
I’m learning French and noticed something confusing about the pronunciation of huit (8).
When I say the number by itself (for example when counting), it sounds like the t is pronounced: huit → [ɥit]
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Les « m » mouillés
Dans l'article Wikipédia sur l'album « D'eux » de Céline Dion et Jean-Jacques Goldman on lit :
Pour cet album, Jean-Jacques Goldman fait adopter à Céline Dion une façon plus sobre de chanter. Il lui ...
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Why is the final consonant pronounced in turc when final consonants are often silent in French?
In French, I learned that many final consonants are silent, but the word 'turc' is pronounced /𝑡𝑦ʁ𝑘/ with the final c sounded as [k]. Why is the final consonant pronounced in this word? Is there a ...
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Why is fils pronounced /fis/ instead of /fi/?
In the sentence
Il a trois fils.
the word fils is pronounced /fis/. I thought final consonants like -s are usually silent in French, so why is the s pronounced here? Is this due to historical forms, ...
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Do the initial syllables of venons and venez have the same pronunciation?
In the sentences 'Nous venons d'Allemagne.' and 'Vous venez d'où ?', the initial syllables "ve-" sound different to me: the first sounds like "v" (without a vowel) and the second ...
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Why does the final -ts in 'les États-Unis' produce a /z/ liaison sound rather than /t/ or /s/? [duplicate]
I'm trying to understand the pronunciation process in phrases like 'les États-Unis.' Orthographically, the sequence at the word boundary is 't' (end of États) followed by 's' (the plural), then a ...
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Prononciation du mot « ken » en nouchi / français ivoirien ?
J'ai rencontré le mot « ken » dans la BD ivoirienne et j'ai appris que l'étymologie du mot renvoie au personnage Caine dans la série Kung Fu des années 1970. Je me demande comment prononcer le mot.
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Accent faubourien?
In his novels about Paris, Patrick Modiano sometimes makes reference to people speaking with an “accent faubourien” (example p. 41 of Un Cirque Passe).
Can anyone explain what the features of that ...
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How does 'ç' differ in pronunciation from 's'?
I practiced French speaking on Busuu.com and they repeatedly failed me for the pronunciation of 'ç'.
I was asked to speak out loud the sentence
Elles sont françaises.
The feedback was 'It seems you ...
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How does the final sound differ between américain and américaine?
I am a Korean learner of French and would be grateful for an explanation of the difference in pronunciation between américain (masculine) and américaine (feminine).
Their IPA transcription are /...
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When is the pronunciation of /k/ palatalised?
I once learned from a teacher (non-native, but who lived for a long time in Montreal) that "qu", when not pronounced as /kw/ and not before /ə/ (e muet), should always be palatalized, ...
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