
If you’re a French beginner, however, one thing you can do to avoid the spoken/written disconnect is to take advantage of instructional resources that take spoken French into account. In order to understand and interact with French speakers, you need to get familiar with the main subjects of conversations and with everything that’s being said. If this has happened to you, it’s okay-you’re not alone! It’s not unusual to study French in the classroom for years and still be stumped by the vocal stylings of native speakers. All this makes for a language that is quite difficult for non-native speakers to understand. This goes far beyond verbs, nouns and conjugations.ĭue to its abundance of liquid vowels and slippery consonants, French is often spoken quickly.


(Download) Learning the Difference Between Spoken French and Written French This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that youĬlick here to get a copy. Je n’en sais rien (I don’t know anything about it) Ça te dit? / Ça vous dit? (How does that sound?) C’est-à-dire? / C’est-à-dire (What do you mean? / In other words) Ça marche? / Ça marche (Does that work? / That works) Mais oui! / Mais non! (Absolutely! / Absolutely not!) Ben oui / Ben non (Well, yeah / Well, no) C’est ça? / C’est ça (Is that it? / That’s it) The List: Conversational Phrases to Keep You Talking.
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