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in reply to a message by Miss Claire
i have to disagree with the e-sound, because it is pronounced different when it's é or è.
for example:
'lentement' is more like lan-te-man
'léger' is like lay-sjer (with the latter 'e' like in pet but longer)
some other tips:
"ai" is pronounced like è (but shorter than in 'léger', more like the English 'pet' thus)
"s" at the end of a word is often not pronounced, like the plural forms of words:
voitures the same as voiture
something similar was with Donatienne, where the final syllable is not pronounced either, but you already got that right i saw.
for example:
'lentement' is more like lan-te-man
'léger' is like lay-sjer (with the latter 'e' like in pet but longer)
some other tips:
"ai" is pronounced like è (but shorter than in 'léger', more like the English 'pet' thus)
"s" at the end of a word is often not pronounced, like the plural forms of words:
voitures the same as voiture
something similar was with Donatienne, where the final syllable is not pronounced either, but you already got that right i saw.
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First I wanted to explain the é/è thing, but I didn't see how to do it, since lay and lé aren't the same (there is no "i" sound in "é").
I think that according to the pronunciation of this site, lentement would be lawn (like ANdre )-tuh-mawn or lawnt-mawn (depending on the accent), and léger leh-zheh, but it's complicated lol
Claire
I think that according to the pronunciation of this site, lentement would be lawn (like ANdre )-tuh-mawn or lawnt-mawn (depending on the accent), and léger leh-zheh, but it's complicated lol
Claire
This message was edited 12/24/2004, 4:02 PM
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