"You have answered all my questions on the pronunciation of French words. I do not exaggerate—I used the word “all” and I meant to use it. Many of these questions have troubled me for years; you are the first teacher I have had who has answered all of them. “The French mouth,...
In English, “communication” isstressed on the second to last syllable(communiCAtion or /kəˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/), whereas in French, Spanish and Portuguese, the similar looking word isemphasized on the last syllable. If you’re pronouncing “communication” as communicaTION, it ma...
I was told to use the e in the French word je. Perhaps that explains why Chinese often take me for French. (The Spanish e as in jefe is completely different. I don't see it helping with Chinese at all.) Demonic_Duck Members 2.6k Posted August 18, 2020 at 07:09 PM On 8...
In French, the letter H is silent, so French people have a tendency to pronounce habit /ˈæbɪt/ instead of /ˈhæbɪt/; or they overcorrect, and pronounce h in those English words in which it is silent (e.g. they pronounce hour /ˈhaʊəʳ/ instead of /ˈa...