In spoken French, the contraction that you can sometimes hear could be written like this: Quand j’pense But this is not really a rule, since you do not usually write like that. It is the same for every verb: Quand ...
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Are “tué” and “tu” and “tout” pronounced the same?
Associations EditorsTo answer your question, “u” and “ou” are pronounced differently in French. However your first two sentences are incorrect, which is probably adding to the difficulty. The first should read J’ai tué mon ami and it’s not totally clear what ...
Are the sounds “j” and “w” (in international phonetic alphabet) vowels or consonants?
Business Editors[j] and [w] are considered semivowels a.k.a. glides, in French either semi-voyelles or semi-consonnes. In poetry, syllables would be split that way: lu•mière or lu•miè•re pre•mier boire or boi•re jou•et Lumière and boire have one less syllable when followed by ...
Prononciation de « u » proche de « ou »
Associations EditorsJe ne connais aucune « prononciation régionale » où le u est prononcé « ou » de manière systématique. Il peut en revanche y avoir des dialectes (ou « langues régionales » …) où un u écrit se prononcerait « ou » ; c’est ...
Rules for voicing differences between written and spoken consonants
Business EditorsWhen a voiced consonant (b,d,j) is followed by an unvoiced consonant (s,f,t) we’re used to pronounce it as un unvoiced one (“p” instead of “b”, “sh” instead of “j”) but as far as I know, it’s not a rule, it’s ...
The meaning of “se faire”
Business EditorsEva’s On Fleek song lyrics actually read: Il m’fait le philosophe That’s a colloquial way to say: He is playing/acting like a philosopher The extra pronoun here is often known as the ethic dative (after the Latin dativus ethicus construction, ...
“Il l’a fait” vs. “Il la fait”
Business EditorsYes, with some practice there is no difficulty in understanding which is which and of course no reasoning is necessary, otherwise the forms would be unpractical and wouldn’t be used. The clues are easy to identify as far as pronunciation ...
Is there any hidden ‘W’ sound after ‘comment’ in : Comment est-elle?
Associations EditorsYou answered your own question: there is not and there is no reason why there would be. Where did you hear this — is this some specific accent perhaps? In both the video and Google Translate’s pronunciation, I think I ...
Les formes « je vas » et « je vais »
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Comme on l’explique dans Le bon usage (Grevisse et Goosse, ed. de Boeck/Duculot) au §833 (note H2), « je vas » relevait du français distingué jusqu’au 19e : « je ne sais où je vas » (Prince De Ligne, 1735-1814, ...
Pronunciation of plurals?
Business EditorsIn this case, only the distinction between articles le (pronounced /lə/) and les (pronounced /le/ or /lɛ/) marks the difference. In most cases, the added s does not change the pronunciation, but sometimes a liaison between an adjective and the ...