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minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·26 days agoThe t is silent. The end sound is a nasal n so more like kwah–sahn with the final n being very nasal and soft. I actually find the french r to be super difficult though. Way the hell back in the throat where letters aren’t supposed to be formed.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·26 days ago where letters aren’t supposed to be formed. I think you’d have a “fun” time with Arabic (CTRL+F “Pharyngeal” for the fun).
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·26 days agoIt is pronounced croissant actually
minus-squareUpperBroccoli@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoNo no no no no. It’s croissant.
minus-squareCultLeader4Hire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoIt’s because your mouth isn’t soft enough. French requires you to release the tension in your mouth and tongue, it’s weird but it really works
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 days agoIt’s especially hard because the harder you try, the more tense your mouth is, so you are less likely to do it.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoSame in parts of germany. Though we also have tongue-r regions so you can choose
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 days agoThere is absolutely no way to spell French phonetically, so we should all just give it up now
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoAnd just when you think you understand how to spell in french they throw some other weird rule at you.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 days agoIt’s almost as bad as English in that regard…
The t is silent. The end sound is a nasal n so more like kwah–sahn with the final n being very nasal and soft.
I actually find the french r to be super difficult though. Way the hell back in the throat where letters aren’t supposed to be formed.
I think you’d have a “fun” time with Arabic (CTRL+F “Pharyngeal” for the fun).
It is pronounced croissant actually
No no no no no.
It’s croissant.
It’s because your mouth isn’t soft enough. French requires you to release the tension in your mouth and tongue, it’s weird but it really works
It’s especially hard because the harder you try, the more tense your mouth is, so you are less likely to do it.
Same in parts of germany. Though we also have tongue-r regions so you can choose
There is absolutely no way to spell French phonetically, so we should all just give it up now
And just when you think you understand how to spell in french they throw some other weird rule at you.
It’s almost as bad as English in that regard…