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| agantik Triglot Senior Member France Joined 4639 days ago 217 posts - 335 votes  Speaks: French*, English, Italian Studies: German, Norwegian | Message 417 of 568 14 December 2013 at 7:37am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Congratulations on your achievements! Just dropping by to say hello and good luck with your studies in
French! If you need my help I'm here, your humble servant and Godmother to the French team :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4362 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 418 of 568 14 December 2013 at 9:27am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hi, we are team mates on the french team.
I noticed you as well want to revive french, and you chose assimil. I am at the exact place as you, and I was considering the assimil from 1940s. Which one are you studying from? Bonne chance et au revoir! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5395 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish | Message 419 of 568 14 December 2013 at 7:27pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I too wasn't really taught the French r in high school. She kind of introduced it in the first days (when we were picking French names and one wanted to be Marc) but being teenagers we all kind of laughed at the notion of pronouncing things the proper way so she dropped it. It's not perfect now but at least it's not an English retroflex r. One thing that really helps is to remember to keep your tongue down behind your lower teeth. Once I was getting that, what I found most difficult was pronouncing the r as part of consonant clusters (pr, tr, br, vr, etc). Someone gave me the tip of just practicing saying "ta ra" over and over again until I was eventually able to merge them. It helped a lot! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4707 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 420 of 568 16 December 2013 at 6:31pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Merci beaucoup! C'est très gentil, ça. :-)
Hi renaissancemedi, nice to meet you! I believe I'm using New French With Ease, the version from 2008. (Not at home right now, I'll double-check later.) I'm very curious to see how our French will develop this year! Bonne chance!
Thanks for your extremely helpful post, sctroyenne. I've practiced a bit based on your advice (holding my tongue behind my teeth) and I think it really does sound better. I feel like when I "ta ra" really fast it turns into more of a tap than a... what it should be, but possibly I'm doing it wrong? Anyway, I have a year to work it out ( :-P ). Good luck with your French studies! Go French Team! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5395 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish | Message 421 of 568 16 December 2013 at 8:36pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
This was especially to help a problem I had with pronouncing a consonant in front of my mouth with my tongue up followed quickly by putting my tongue back down and pronouncing from back in my throat, which I had trouble doing quickly.Separating the consonants helped me build up to being able to do it quickly. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4707 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 422 of 568 16 December 2013 at 9:24pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Ah, I see what you mean! Aand I'm pretty sure the intern just gave me a weird look for trying to silently practice this at work. :-P Edited by Hekje on 16 December 2013 at 9:25pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4669 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 423 of 568 16 December 2013 at 9:35pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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What sound do you use for the R in your Dutch?
Just curious, since I know that a uvular R is used in some parts of the Netherlands. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4707 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 424 of 568 16 December 2013 at 9:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I trill/tap it. Thanks for organizing the French Team, by the way. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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