tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4708 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish
| Message 9 of 15 15 July 2013 at 10:15am | IP Logged |
anime wrote:
wouldn't going from pris to prises also change pronunciation from [pri] to
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Yes, and also for "prise"
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anime Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6361 days ago 161 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Spanish, Swedish*, English Studies: German, Portuguese, French, Russian
| Message 10 of 15 15 July 2013 at 10:21am | IP Logged |
Okey so I guess there are fairly many verbs that do this like mettre,comprendre etc?
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Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5600 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes
| Message 11 of 15 15 July 2013 at 11:00am | IP Logged |
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Okey so I guess there are fairly many verbs that do this like mettre, comprendre etc? |
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Oh there are only acquis, inclus, mis, pris and its composites, where you will hear an additional s (dissous has the form dissoute). And some with a t like craint, couvert, dit or atteint.
Edited by Cabaire on 15 July 2013 at 11:01am
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FELlX Diglot Groupie France Joined 4771 days ago 94 posts - 149 votes Speaks: French*, English
| Message 12 of 15 30 July 2013 at 4:04pm | IP Logged |
anime wrote:
Okey this definitely seems like one of the hardest aspects of French language. Will you sound like an idiot if
you say pris instead of prises or will you be forgiven? |
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Most people won't even notice it.
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Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian
| Message 13 of 15 01 August 2013 at 11:29am | IP Logged |
FELlX wrote:
anime wrote:
Okey this definitely seems like one of the hardest aspects of French
language. Will you sound like an idiot if
you say pris instead of prises or will you be forgiven? |
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Most people won't even notice it. |
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Agreed. Now that you know the rule, start listening for native speakers and see how often they fail to obey the
rule.
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anime Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6361 days ago 161 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Spanish, Swedish*, English Studies: German, Portuguese, French, Russian
| Message 14 of 15 01 August 2013 at 3:24pm | IP Logged |
Hehe okey I will do that as soon as my hearing comprehension is up to par
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lecavaleur Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4778 days ago 146 posts - 295 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish
| Message 15 of 15 05 August 2013 at 7:32am | IP Logged |
Arekkusu wrote:
FELlX wrote:
anime wrote:
Okey this definitely seems like one of
the hardest aspects of French
language. Will you sound like an idiot if
you say pris instead of prises or will you be forgiven? |
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Most people won't even notice it. |
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Agreed. Now that you know the rule, start listening for native speakers and see how
often they fail to obey the
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Double agree.
People ignore this in their speech all the time, but respecting it is still a mark of
the educated speaker. In writing, it is non-negotiable; if you mess it up, you will be
judged by educated readers.
My advice to you is to try your best to always get it right in your speech because it's
best to form good habits early on. But remember it isn't dramatic if you mess up. It
happens to everyone (even native
speakers).
Edited by lecavaleur on 05 August 2013 at 7:35am
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