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Listen and Repeat to Improve Your Intonation, Rhythm and Pronunciation. New material is uploaded every week. French Pronunciation only needs a bit of practice to get right. In this pronunciation guide, I’ll walk you through the most troublesome sounds to pronounce, as well as a few subtle, easy ways you can change your pronunciation to make huge headway toward sounding like a native French speaker.

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Listen and Repeat to Improve Your Intonation, Rhythm and Pronunciation. New material is uploaded every week.

French cognates:

*Cognates are words that have a similar spelling, pronunciation, and meaning across two languages. When students recognize words as cognates, they can access unfamiliar English words and better understand what they read.

1. Words spelled alike:
Mots similaires

French homophones:

*French homophones can cause difficulties in oral comprehension and spelling because they are words that sound alike, but have different meanings. An homophone is a word that has the same pronunciation but different meanings and, sometimes, spellings.

1. Verre Vert Ver:
French Homophones Verre Vert Ver
2. Souris – Sourit:
French Homophones Souris – Sourit
3. Homophones Pêcher Péché Pêcher:
French Homophones Pêcher Péché Pêcher
4. il a, tu as, à:
French Homophones il a, tu as, à
5. Bois Boit Voix Voie Voit:
French Homophones Bois Boit Voix Voie Voit
6. s’est, c’est, ses, ces, sait, sais:
French Homophones s’est, c’est, ses, ces, sait, sais
7.sent, sang, s’en, sans, cent:
French Homophones Homophones sent, sang, s’en, sans, cent
8. Mets met mes mais m’est:
French Homophones Mets met mes mais m’est
9. Homophones Les Lait Laid:
French Homophones Les Lait Laid
10. son, son, son, sont:
French Homophones son, son, son, sont
11. Chaire-cher-chair- chère:
French Homophones Chaire-cher-chair- chère
12. Au-os-eau-aux:
French Homophones Au-os-eau-aux
13. Compte comte conte:
French Homophones Compte comte conte
14. Foie – foi – fois:
French Homophones Foie – foi – fois


French Tongue Twisters:

1. Rosalie’s red dress:
La robe rouge de Rosalie
2. A hunter knowing how to hunt:
Un chasseur sachant chasser
3. Dad knows everything:
Papa sait tout
4. The shirts of the archduchess:
Les chemises de l’archiduchesse
5. The green worm goes to the green glass:
Le ver vert va vers le verre vert
6. Five fat rats grill in the big, fatty fat:
Cinq gros rats grillent dans la grosse graisse grasse
7. I am what I am:
Je suis ce que je suis

Inspiring sentences:

[sc_embed_player fileurl=” https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/French-Circles-Pronunciation-La-vie-est-une-fleur.mp3″] 1. Life is a flower:
La vie est une fleur dont l’amour est le miel
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/French-Circles-Cultivez.mp3″] 2. Grow your inspirations in life:
Cultivez vos aspirations dans la vie
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/French-Circles-Quelle-heure.mp3″] 3. What time is it Miss. Quiet?:
Quelle heure est-il Madame tranquille?
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/French-Circles-imagination.mp3″] 4. Imagination is the measure of genius:
L’imagination est la mesure du génie
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/French-Circles-Le-coeur.mp3″] 5. The heart in peace:
Le coeur en paix voit une fête dans tous les villages
 [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/French-Circles-Pronunciation-Il-vaut-mieux-prevenir.mp3″] 6. It’s better to prevent:
Il vaut mieux prévenir
7. The essential is invisible to the eyes:
l’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
8. Eat well, laugh often, love a lot:
Mangez bien riez souvent aimez beaucoup
9. We must think:
Il faut reflechir
10. There is only one happiness in life, it’s to love and to be loved:
Il n’y a qu’un bonheur dans la vie, c’est d’aimer et d’être aimé
11. Better late than never:
Mieux vaut tard que jamais
12. After rain the good weather:
Après la pluie, le beau temps
13. No pain no gain:
Il faut casser le noyau pour avoir l’amande
14. Look in the direction of the sun:
Regarde dans la direction du soleil
15.The heart has its reasons:
Le cœur a ses raisons
16.Christmas cards:
Cartes de Noël
16.For this Christmas and the New Year:
Pour ce Noël et la Nouvelle Année
17. Si vous pouvez le rêver:
If you can dream it
18. La gentillesse est un langage:
Kindness is a language

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