Hey Alex! Uh, the "uh" part in the middle is sort of a vestigial syllable. Occasionally, people pronounce it slightly, but usually not at all. Alizée's exaggerating - stretching it out to 4 beats - just to fit the rhythm of the song. Normally it's spoken as just three syllables ("ma-dmwa-zell"), on the streets you'd likely only hear two ("mom-zell"). Any help?
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also, anything that ends with "sks" or "sts"... just can't do it... instead of saying "masks" or "masts", I say "mass" for both cases. |
It's the same thing with a lot of other examples where you have an "e" in the middle of a multiple-syllable-word. :)
For example, "je mangerai" becomes "zhe maw[n]zhray" instead of deliberately pronouncing the middle "e" as "zhe maw[n]-zhe-ray." *Note: My pronunciation guides are terrible, I know. :p |
Well I can't speak French so I'll let alizees music do the talking.
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Just wanted to say Thank You to Chuck, Jalen and Toc de Mac for your help in answering my question, Thanx you guys:)
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I've had French lessons back in the old days at school and now I'm re-learning it, cause I forgot most of it, which is a shame:rolleyes:
When you want to deny something you use: ne.....pas So I'm a little confused with lilly's song: J'ai pas vingt ans which should be something like Je n'ai pas vingt ans. I notice people writing more sentences without using "ne". I can't find any explanation on the net, so hopefully someone can explain, thanks |
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Basically "Je n'ai pas", the "e" and the "n" vanish. Like English uses contractions like "I don't" for "I do not", "I can't" for "I cannot" etc... |
Thanks Maquis for the fast reply
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If I can be useful sometimes... :D |
How can I type accented e in my laptop? I know how to with keyboard having numeric keys,but i don't know for my laptop. I use Dell Studio 14.
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