stuff…when you’re sick – apologies for the comparison! Once you’ve located the guttural throat feel, try pronouncing a “K” but with your throat closed. It almost feels similar to pronouncing an “H” in E
The Caves were closed for lunch so we explored the neighborhood and discovered another spectacular Cathedral,the Saint Remi Basillica. We walked around the grounds and took photos—it was a quiet, lovely place with an ancient forrest of moss covered trees beside it. ...
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We examine one of the class markers inserted into the show - the use of French words and phrases by the noble and wealthy characters.
Le Bar à Toutous. A "dog bar" in Sarrians... really just a bowl of water that the thoughtful employees (at the tourist office, here) set out for the furry drifters. This photo comes from the archives, from the post on "Childspeak" from which today's word "dodo" and the word in...
In the analysis developed below, it is assumed that French has semisyllables, confined to the word-final position, which function as onsets of nucleusless syllables. This explains why tense vowels can be in apparently (i.e. phonetically) closed syllables....
Ana shared her plans for the following day:"Je vais attaquer le papier peint."While Max returned to work, Ana would besingle-handedly removing all the wallpaper—in the dark (as the electric shutters would be completely closed and locked after tonight’s party, owing to the electricity bein...
You can easily miss Rue Dalpozzo, but you shouldn’t if you’re looking for great little venues where the friendly vibes and excellent cuisine brings more word of mouth business than any advertising or high -rents-for-high-footfall ever could. The locals eat here, alongside the tourists who...
Note that in Canadian French, this vowel tends to be mid-closed. Spelling of /ɛ̃/ As we saw in the general section on nasal vowels, two main contexts exist: a) a vowel letter + "n" at the very end of a word, e.g.: pain [pɛ̃], refrain [ʁəfʁɛ̃]. b...
When you look at a truffle of the fungal variety, you can certainly see why it takes its name from the Latin word for lump. It’s definitely not a pretty thing, but the taste … well, it’s simply amazing. There is a reason, after all, why the blackPérigordsells for as much as...