French Pronunciation - Phonétique Le son a

[frenchmotorbike]

This is the french spoken in Paris. The "â" used to be longer than the "a", but the difference is not heard anymore nowadays, except at the Comédie Française (comedians still having a prefect french), among old educated people, or in several provinces.

[rivlauqui]

is there a rule when a letter can be read silent?

[frenchmotorbike]

@rivlauqui . Many consonants can be silent. It's because in the XVI century, printers decided that french words ought to look like their latin ancestors. The problem was the after many centuries the pronunciation was completely different. For instance in the word "compter" (to count), the P and the R are mute. But the word comes from the latin "computare" where all the letters were pronunced. So we still have in french many mute letters. But the same occurs in english (plough, through).

[TheGuilanvi]

what's the difference among a, â, & à?

[SpongyOLlama]

I am Canadian, and I feel obligated to learn French even though I already have a second language. Would it be useful to know standard French if Canadian French is a bit different? Or is the difference too minimal to matter, like that between Dutch and Afrikaans?

[13laciotat]

@SpongyOLlama: sorry for this obligation! Trust me: the difference is too minimal to matter. I'm certain that french you learn is standard enough. And however, the most important for you is french as it is spoken in Canada. Greetings from France.

[eddie7029]

Well spoken French is well spoken French. The good French in Canada is as good as any French in France.

[2i3i4]

good question need an answer

[Myri4ne]

I'm a French Canadian from Québec and you will do good here with standard French.

[SpongyOLlama]

@Myri4ne Well good thing I don't wanna go to no nasty ass Québec.

[Myri4ne]

Why the hell anglophone people just like to provoque us constantly...Should I mention we did nothing to be different..it's just like that now due to events in the past that we can't redo...like it or not...kick us out of Canada and we will be perfectly happy with that.

[Myri4ne]

Let me ask you, do you even know why Canadian French is different from the French from France ?

[SpongyOLlama]

because of your face

[MCRomg]

How do you pronounce "cuir noir" I really need know (: Thank you

[Schaezen]

to pronounce noir : n-wa-r... the "a" is like in abri or plat (check that in the video) actually, you can say it like the english world "war" and put an "n" forward...

to pronounce cuir... it's a bit difficult to write... "kwir" and "i" is a long sound like in "beat"...

for both words the "r" is the french "r", don't forget that. I know that french "r" is very difficult to pronounce for other people...

I hope i helped !

[awsomebandchick]

Merci! I have been trying to learn french,this really helped!

[paloma1819]

bien pero no era loque buscaba.

[vatchkleyden]

on dirait que peut importe la langue aprise sur youtube ou internet,sa toujours lair detre fait pour les anglais.

[pianoman47]

i live in canada and i did some french in school. The accent in this video is quite different from the accent that we were taught. Is this video from France?

[imagiers]

Yes it is the French spoken in France

[pianoman47]

oh, okay, thanks for clearing that up.

[noxdarknight]

Je pense quand même que si tu lui sors le mot "candidat" le mec il va pas comprendre comment on prononce le "a"... si c'est "an" ou "a"

[nanouXD]

bah bonne chance pour apprendre le français car il existe des millions de mots LOL (i am french)

[vatchkleyden]

t comique avec tes millions de mots,épais.

[sandrathachao]

thanks!

[mohdsallal]

لا والله تعلمنا فرنسي !

[amoony]

niyalak...ana ma ifhimit wala kilma! :P

[sandrathachao]

whoa... what does these words means?? could'nt someone write them in english or somethig so you understand...

[Jazzwoman1985]

abri - shelter atelier - craftsman workshop brillamment - brilliantly chat - cat chateau - castle deja - already femme - woman habitant - inhabitant hamecon - fish hook hazard - chance hate - haste

[Jazzwoman1985]

inhaler - inhale

lilas - lilac

plat - dish, flat

prudamment - carefully

repas - meal

voila - there is..

The rest of the words have exact same spelling and therefore meaning in english.

Hope this helps.

[StevStan]

I speak English

Sorry if my french is false

Translate this for me , Please ?

"Je parle Anglais" can be

I'm speaking English , or I speak English , but for 1st solution , we usually say "Je suis en train de parler Anglais"

Desole si mon français est faux is word by word what i wrote , but its "Desole si mon français n'est pas juste" to say Sorry if my french is wrong

[Italianbrit125]

C'est "I speak English" et "My french is not good" ou "bad"

[leannyxvalerie]

C'est tres tres difficile...

je suis amricain

[ronaldss1]

bon travail je suis peruvien

[FabuleuxFab]

ici on ne dit pas "chateau" mais "château", ça sonne plus comme "choteau" mais pas tout à fait, c'est entre le "a" et le "ô"

[starman1695]

Merci bien, noo2islam

[berkati]

pas d'autres choses?

[noo2islam]

oh ok no problem.I'm a french canadian from Montreal Quebec.all what you want guys.Abri=Shelter,atelier=stud­io,bar=bar,boa=boa,brillament=­brightly,chat=cat,chateau=cast­le,deka=alredy,femme=woman,has­ard=hazard,hâte=hurry,prudamen­t=carefully,repas=meal,voila=h­ere.

[tonyukuk1990]

C'est tres difficile.....