pronunciation ...

[ninwa]

I have an oral next week ... how would you pronounce these words? (plz use normal letters, I can't read the phonetic alphabet)

détails

Aix-en-Provence

pas tout de suite

thank you

[bec]

détails = dé-tuh-ee / day-tye-i...hard to explain!
aix-en provence = ex on provonce (with the "on" and "vonce" nasal)
pas tout de suite = pah tou deuh soo-weet, but you sort of merge it all together so it's more like "pah toudsweet"

Hope that helps, bonne chance!

[memka]

Hmmm...this is just a guess

détails = de-tal-eh

Aix-en-Provence = eeex-on-prov-ance (not too sure on Aix though)

pas tout de suite = partoot (de) sweet..think maybe de kinda mushes into sweet lol

EDIT: Damn bec got there first.

[bubble sunglasses]

  details - de-inbetween "dair" and "day"
              t -a bit mellower than a t, though not as mellow as a d
              ails - one sound [not a dipthong] comprised of "a" as in "cut" + "i" as in "oui"
 
  aix en
  provence -  you should be able to find on youtube, sorry i would but i don't have sound atm, an "en" i couldn't do justice to
             

 pas tout de suite - "pas" as in "putty" but a bit more closed and staccato
                            "tout de"
                             "suite" - "soo" + "eet" joined together in one sound, with minimal expulsion of air,                          as if you were  whistling

[ninwa]

wow, thanks for the quick replies

[humph]

This is why everyone doing a language should do linguistics, so they actually know how to write out words phonetically (using the international phonetic alphabet and all that)

[droodles]

omg no one posts in the french forum in general but when people ask for help you all shotgun the joint, f u.

détails = DEH-TAI
AIX-EN-PROVENCE = EX - ON - PROV-ONCE or is it IX-ON-PROV-ONCE
pas tout de suite = PA-TU-DE-SWIT


SPEAK FRENCH VERY SOFTLY

i recommend that you say these out loud, especially that aix-en-provence one, so that you can perfect your accent. people think accents aren't important when you speak french but it separates the french-students from the étudiants

[humph]

AIX-EN-PROVENCE = EX - ON - PROV-ONCE or is it IX-ON-PROV-ONCE

the latter.

I always had a really good french accent, was just really really lazy otherwise... meh.

[ninwa]

aw poor droodles dw with a noob like me studying French this board is soon gonna get tres active

here's another question then

"Vous avez vingt ans exactement"

where do I do the elision thingys? I know there's one between vous-avez ...

[droodles]

VOUS AVEZ VEINTAIN EXACTEMENT is how you would say it out loud

[ninwa]

but nothing between ans-exactement?

what are the rules for elision?

[droodles]

http://www.frenchcoursebyfrenchteacher.com/french-grammar/elision.html
voilà

je expliquais mais je suis très occupé à ce moment, j'espere que tu comprendras. bon

[ninwa]

merci beaucoup

[bturville]

This is why everyone doing a language should do linguistics, so they actually know how to write out words phonetically (using the international phonetic alphabet and all that)

well said. i made sure to brush up on it a while ago, really helps when using a french dictionary, for those slightly more confusing words.

[xox.happy1.xox]

Also Ninwa, you can go to this site: http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal. Then you can select your language, French, and who you want to say the words (from Alain, Juliette, Pierre, Bernard etc). It's basically how I learned Italian so well!!!