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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Hugo Imitates Her Accent

Be teased about your accent by someone who loves you, tease back, and hear the French words for the sounds foreigners get wrong.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Sunday morning, the radio on, and Emma saying the word for bread, which has a nasal vowel in it.

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Redis-le. Le mot pour le pain.ruh-dee luh, luh moh poor luh PA(N)Say it again. The word for bread. To a friend.
T'as un accent. Un tout petit accent sur le « ain ». C'est trop mignon.tah a(n) nak-sah(n), a(n) too puh-tee tak-sah(n) sewr luh a(n), seh troh mee-NYOH(N)You've got an accent. A tiny accent on the "ain". It's really cute. To a friend, in spoken French.
C'est trop mignon.seh troh mee-NYOH(N)It's really cute. In young French.
Arrête. Sept ans que je bosse ce son.ah-reht, seh tah(n) kuh zhuh bos suh SOH(N)Stop it. Seven years I've been working on that sound. To a friend, in spoken French.
Et le « u » de « tu », tu l'as. Le « r », tu l'as. Mais le « pain », on l'entend.ay luh ew duh tew, tew lah, luh ehr, tew lah, meh luh pa(n), oh(n) lah(n)-TAH(N)And the "u" of "tu", you've got it. The "r", you've got it. But the "pain", you can hear it. To a friend.
On l'entend.oh(n) lah(n)-TAH(N)You can hear it. About an accent.
Et ton anglais ? « Ze bread. Ze butter. »ay toh(n) nah(n)-gleh, zuh brehd, zuh buh-TUHRAnd your English? "Ze bread. Ze butter." To a friend.
Ça, c'est de la mauvaise foi.sah, seh duh lah moh-vehz FWAHThat's bad faith.
Non, c'est de l'accent. On est quittes.noh(n), seh duh lak-sah(n), oh(n) neh KEETNo, it's an accent. We're even.
Pain.PA(N)Bread.