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Penny_Lane said:Iwant to learn french too. I used to have a teacher, she was a french girl but she just didnt know how to teach the language and she made it so dificult so i quit
. And the pronounciation was so incredibly difficult; like there are like five ways to pronounce the letter "e", i just dont get it, and also my first language is spanish, so french was suposed to be easier for me but it wasnot. So now Im in an italian class which is soooo much easier!! Italian and Spanish are almost the same ! lol
How many ways are there to pronounce the letter "e" in english?
I'm afraid more than 5...
letter, the, enough, etc...
Penny_Lane said:well actually i think there are three : one is the equivalent of "e" in spanish (chess), another is the equivalent of "i" (cheese), and the other is like saying "duh" , right?
But still its way easier to pronounce than the e ´s in french.
That and we move our jaw more when pronouncing Vowls... It is hard for us to keep our jaw stiff lol.tamtam92 said:I don't see the problem with our e's. Most of the time we don't even pronounce them...
Good luck though
Je (1) joue (2) à un jeu (6) très (3) intéressant (4,5)...
(1) the main pronounciation - like the letter 'e' alone in french, like in 'duh'
(2) Just say 'jou', anyone will understand (even if it's slightly different)
(3) easy ! there's an accent, pronounce it the same as "è" = "ei" = "ai" = "est" ="ay"
(4) easy too with the accent, it's always "é" like the first 'e' in evidence.
(5) an 'e' followed by two consonants : pronounce like (4) (or (3) if you want)
(6) some 'e's are pronounced "eu", like in "genou", "petit", but often it's pronouced like (1) or ignored like (2).
Well, i don't know, it doesn't make a lot of different cases... i made 6 cases and some are redundant, so we can say 4 different 'e's... that's not a lot.
JesusSupastar said:Mot de Wut voulez-vous apprendre? (Wut word do you want to learn?)
BigToe said:I have just found out that I will be spending New Years in Paris. And I don't speak a lick of French. That being said, I don't have time to take a quick class with a teacher. Does anyone know of a good book/cd that will help me with some basics at least?
Christianmonkey said:Ah, as for the stiff jaw thing, my impression is that the French don't move their jaws as much as Americans do. For example, "ai"(or "é") is more open in English, having more of a "y" sound at the end of it. There's definitely a difference between the French and the American "ai". Plus, our lips seem to pull back more, too.
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