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[CeeBee]

Okay, for the words 32-39 in French, do you pronounce the final t?
Like: trahNt-duh or trahN-duh? It sounds so weird pronouncing two consanants together, not sure if liason or elision would cover this or not. Can you guys help s'il vous plai(^)t?

 

[tamtam92]

ben je prononce "trente-deux" et en français en général on prononce comme c'est écrit

Donc oui le "t" se prononce : "trentéun", trent'deu, trent'trois,...
Si ça te choque d'avoir deux consonnes, itu peux prononcer le e à la fin de trente, du style "trente-deu", ça risque de te donner un petit accent du sud mais au moins ça reste français .

et au fait le "en" ne se prononce pas "ahn" mais "an" (un seul phonème).

Encore en reprononçant, je me rend compte que pour 32 et 33, le 't' est peu marqué, du fait que t et d sont des sons proches, mais il vaut mieux penser que tu le prononce, même s'il s'entend à peine (surtout ne pas trop les souffler, ce sont des lettres dures). En fait c'est comme si on restait un peu plus longtemps sur la lettre.

Euh je sais pas si j'ai été claire... j'espère que ça t'éclairera au moins un peu...
Amicalement
tamtam

 

[CeeBee]

Je parle un peu de français.

Only a little, though. I had to use a altavista to translate, hehe. But I understood fine actually.

Merci beaucoup.

 

[tamtam92]

Fiais seulement attention parce que les traducteurs automatiques sont généralement très très mauvais... mais enfin tu dois le savoir

 

[CeeBee]

I understand your first sentence, but not your second one.

Sorry!

 

[Bulldog]

I understand your first sentence, but not your second one.

Sorry!

En anglais: "but after all you must know it.", je crois. (I had to get a little help to, I'm just a begginer as well)

 

[Bulldog]

Keep in mind that "le" means it when it comes before a verb, and becomes the object of that verb.

 

[CeeBee]

Oh, ok, merci.

 

[Femme Savante]

CeeBee,

I don't know what "the words 32-39 in French" are, but your question reveals a much larger problem : you don't seem to know the basics for French pronunciation because, it appears, you have never participated in a regular French class where the language is spoken and heard.

I am not belittling you, rather speaking from experience as a university student with a B.A. major in French Language.

It seems to me that you need a good French-English dictionary such as the Larousse Concise French/English Dictionary. This dictionary will provide you with pronunciations for over 100,00 French words and French verb conjugation tables, which are essential. You can buy a paperback copy of the Larousse from powells.com for $11.95.

Also :

1. Try watching a lot of French films DVDs with the subtitles in French.
2. Listen to French popular music CDs. You can find the words to many french songs at the site "Paroles de Chansons ♫ Francophone", at paroles.net/.

The reason for these exercises is that the more you hear a language in its natural form, the more you intuitively learn how to pronounce words.

Of course, nothing will accelerate your apprehension of French like spending a couple months in France.

Bonne chance,

FS

 

[Christianmonkey]

Also, usually at public libraries they have French lessons on CDs or tapes that you can rent out. That will help too.

 

[selfintercession]

Fiais seulement attention parce que les traducteurs automatiques sont généralement très très mauvais... mais enfin tu dois le savoir

C'est absolument vrai! Ils sont tellement... "" lol

 

[tamtam92]

C'est bien quelque fois pour traduire des mots, mais mieux vaut utiliser un dictionnaire en ligne...

 

[selfintercession]

C'est bien quelque fois pour traduire des mots, mais mieux vaut utiliser un dictionnaire en ligne...

J'aime le-dictionnaire.com pour les simples choses comme quand j'oublie si un mot est masculin/féminin... mai j'utilise toujours mon dictionnaire régulier pour les traductions quand j'oublie les mots complètement... GO LAROUSSE!!

 

[tamtam92]

J'utilise de moins en moins le dictionnaire papier... depuis que j'ai installé un collins sur mon ordi. Je vous le conseille, il est vraiment très complet. C'est rare que je le prenne en défaut.

 

[CeeBee]

Femme Savante, I am taking it with a university for high school credit through the mail. I didn't have a dictionary at the time, yet now do. Yet I have another problem:
How do you pronounce the French r. I think I may have been pronouncing it like the German r. I know these things are very hard to explain, but can you try, s'il vous-plait?
I live in a small town and the library is small as well. I doubt it will have anything in French....
Where could I get French movies? (Je suis de Louisianne, but not Acadien country)

 

[Bulldog]

How do you pronounce the French r. I think I may have been pronouncing it like the German r. I know these things are very hard to explain, but can you try, s'il vous-plait?

Yes, it is similiar to the German 'r.' It takes practice, but you basically stick the front of your tongue on the back of your bottom teeth, and the back of your toungue up to the uvula (the puching bag thing hanging in the back of your mouth). Then you release air betwene your toungue and uvula to make the uvula vibrate.

You should get some sort of French cd's and listen and repeat the pronounciation over and over again.

Hope this helps

 

[tamtam92]

I guess you can buy french movies through the internet (try Amazon.fr...)

 

[tamtam92]

Bump !
Si vous avez des questions de prononciation, autant toutes les poser dans le même fil...