French Simplified with James & John: Recent Episodes
James
To give tips on the French "r", we play a little game
List of words pronounced in this episode:
In the middle
problème
trois
être
boulangerie
boucherie
poissonnerie
pâtisserie
première
conversation
promener
pharmacie
At the end
hier
jour
bonjour
amour
culture
nature
quatre
septembre
venir
octobre
boulangerie
pâtisserie
futur
finir
At the start
réponse
riche
rare
rêver
robe
rouge
relation
radio
Multiple R’s
rare
rire
rural
reporter
rencontrer
retrouver
restaurant
revenir
regarder
rourou
itinéraire
partir
répondre
regret
To understand pronunciation in french you have to first understand the different sounds sounds.
tion pronounced sion (formation, prononcation) oi sounds like wa ( moi, toi, soi) ill - takes a y sound ( fille, famille) en is nasal (encourager, entendre) in : if the letter that comes after is a consonant in becomes nasal else it is pronounced normally
We elaborate on the importance of formality inn French specifically with Tu and Vous. It is important too understand this early on
Je - I
Tu - you (informal)
Il/Elle - he/she
Nous -we
Vous - yiu {formal)
Ils/Elles - they
I gave it to you - Je te le donne