teach me french

[CeeBee]

Im not sure if this is against the rules but I saw a thread like this in the Spanish area. I want to learn french can yall give me some phrases and their pronunciation plz? I know a few.

Merci beaucoup,
Guillarme.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Que veux-tu savoir?

 

[tamtam92]

Que veux-tu savoir?

=what do you want to know ?

Oui, bonne question...

Hello = Bonjour ou Salut
Bye = Au revoir

J'ai faim=I'm hungry
Tu manges trop=you eat too much...

La prononciation, comment te l'écrire ?

Tu connais la prononciation du chiffre 1-un ? c'est la même prononciation pour "un-in-aim-ain-ein"
donc dans "j'ai faim " aussi.

"on" ne se prononce pas comme en anglais 'o-n-e' mais 'avec le nez' (désolé je connais pas la phonétique).

Pfiou je vois pas comment t'expliquer la prononciation comme ça, il faut les bases, après c'est simple, il y a peu d'exceptions. un "on" se prononce" toujours "on" si suivi d'une consonne. sauf dans "consonne" par exemple puisque le 'n' est doublé il se prononce 'o-n-e'.


Je vais devenir folle... euh, tu comprends ?

 

[CeeBee]

Sorry but I dont understand most of ur post. How do you pronounce J'ai faim?

 

[tamtam92]

yeah my question is : how am i supposed to write the prononciation ? i could write the prononciation of english for a french maybe, but i can't do it the other way.

for instance : prononciation would be written "pronoune-ciè-cheune" to be read correctly by a french people.

What can i say ?
Pronounce the 'r' like the spanish 'j' and you'll be quite near the truth.

Let's begin with simple letters :
'a' is pronounced like in 'cat' - A en français se dit 'a', comme dans 'chat'(=cat).
'i' is pronounced like in 'bee'
'e' is prounced differently according to its place in the word. Often it has an accent :
é is pronounced like the first 'e' in 'elephant' (in french éléphant it's nearly the same you see, but the end of the word is not pronounced the same).
è like in 'bed'(=le lit)
at the end of the word, generally the 'e' is not pronounced. (une chatte, feminine for 'chat', se prononce 'chatt').
'o' can be a closed 'o', like in 'omen' for instance in 'correct'(where the e is said like è) or more open, like in 'obviously'.
'u' is very difficult to say for you english speaking people. the 'u' you have in put would be written 'ou' in french. our 'u' is a special thing. how should i say ? say 'o' and put your lips forward... or listen to french it would be more useful

hope it might help... but i think i won't be able to teach you how to 'speak' french, rather how to 'write' it.

 

[CeeBee]

thanks

 

[Julesy]

Lol cee bee you should go to french lessons!!

Bonjour les francaises. Je m'appelle Julia, Je suis une lyceenne, j'etudie la francais (pardon mon ordinator n'a pas les accents dans mon clavier.) hrmm..... je voudrais apprendre la francais aussi, s'il vous plait.

ok je ne suis pas sur comment vous parlez "listening" en francais. alors, mon orale en francais, c'est tres terrible, est-ce que vous m'aidez avec ca?? Est-ce que vous suggérez quelque musique?? Je prefere la musique moderne (rock) et jazz!!!

Merci beaucoup!

 

[tamtam92]

euh franchement j'écoute pas la muisque française !!! mais tu peux essayer les classiques de la variété peut-être, notre Johnny Halliday national par exemple, ou encore Jean-Jacques Goldman, Barbara... (ils sont assez ancien mais c'est assez sympa, et puis il faut que tu puisses comprendre les paroles quand même).

 

[tamtam92]

Le vocabulaire de l'ordinateur :

computer -> un ordinateur
keyboard -> un clavier
mouse -> une souris
floppy -> une disquette
cd-rom -> un cd-rom ou cédérom
software -> un logiciel
hardware -> le matériel ou le hardware
hard disk -> le disque dur
screen -> écran

a forum -> un forum
a thread -> un fil
The Internet -> internet (masculin)

a folder -> un dossier
a file -> un fichier

open -> ouvrir
close -> fermer
save (as...) -> sauvegarder(sous...)

but in fact most of the vocabulary is the same as in english... :-/

 

[CeeBee]

I hate that so muchis the same in both languages. Oh, guys, soon I wil be taking a french class I found out, so I dont need yalls help anymore but thanks!

 

[Redguard]

French: Est-ce que tu aime les pommes?
Pronounciation: Ess kuh too ehm lay pom?
English: Do you like apples?

(If the person says yes, then pass gas in front of them)

French: Comment va-tu C'EST pommes?!?! Haw haw haw!
Pronounciation: Com oh va too SAY pom? Haw haw haw!
English: How do you like THEM apples? Heh heh heh!

 

[.Mikha'el.]

It should be "Comment aimes-tu ces pommes?" The sentence you wrote translates as "How are you going they are apples?"

 

[Multi-Elis]

'a' is pronounced like in 'cat' - A en français se dit 'a', comme dans 'chat'(=cat).

I don't understand: 'Cat' is pronounced like "Céat" in english, just more slurred. I think you picked a wrong example to illustrate this letter. I think you should find a better example for the 'a' in French

'u' is like saying an 'oo' sound with your lips shaped like a 'ee' sound. Lazy Englishspeakers sometimes say 'ee-oo' instead of the French 'u': 'tiu' for 'tu'

 

[Redguard]

It should be "Comment aimes-tu ces pommes?" The sentence you wrote translates as "How are you going they are apples?"

Thanks!

 

[.Mikha'el.]

No problem. If I ever make a grammatical error in this thread, which I can guarantee will happen, then I definitely wish to be corrected.

 

[squigui]

yay, I have french in school, this is my second year, and I still understand most of what you guys write!! I'm real proud of myself right now...

 

[tamtam92]

I don't understand: 'Cat' is pronounced like "Céat" in english, just more slurred. I think you picked a wrong example to illustrate this letter. I think you should find a better example for the 'a' in French

'u' is like saying an 'oo' sound with your lips shaped like a 'ee' sound. Lazy Englishspeakers sometimes say 'ee-oo' instead of the French 'u': 'tiu' for 'tu'

is "bad" a good example ?

 

[Christianmonkey]

An example of how the French "u" is pronounced (as in "tu" or "lune") is like the English "ew" in the word "pew", except with the lips more rounded.

 

[kate_baby08]

Bonjour! Je prends la Classe française à l'école! its fun....

 

[Christianmonkey]

C'est ton premier an? C'est comment?