Help with French, please--The French pronunciation thread

Post by **ezwa** » August 24th, 2013, 12:20 am

Hi Kim,

Here it is: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/ez/frenchhelp_Peppersnoodles93_20130824.mp3

Peppersnoodles93 · Post by **Peppersnoodles93** » August 24th, 2013, 3:39 am

OH MY! THANK YOU SOOOOO much! That was perfect!

I don't think I'll be able to do it exactly right, but at least now I'll have a good basis to work with! I appreciate that!

Thanks again!

btw, it's a good thing you did this I was thinking the oui was something like "ow" lol.

Post by **ezwa** » August 24th, 2013, 6:51 am

My pleasure, Kim.

You'd have said "wow" instead of "oui"/"yes."

Peppersnoodles93 · Post by **Peppersnoodles93** » August 24th, 2013, 11:25 am

ezwa wrote:My pleasure, Kim.

You'd have said "wow" instead of "oui"/"yes."

Haha.

Nice! So, I posted the section already!

I don't know how well I did, but I felt like it was a good french lesson. Thank you!

Post by **philchenevert** » October 8th, 2013, 7:20 am

I would love help with this line:

"Dis bon soir, bébé! Je vous remercis mille-fois, ma'mselle; je reviendrai!"

LibbyG · Post by **LibbyG** » October 8th, 2013, 10:38 am

philchenevert wrote:I would love help with this line:

"Dis bon soir, bébé! Je vous remercis mille-fois, ma'mselle; je reviendrai!"

Voila: http://librivox.org/uploads/xx-nonproject/frenchhelp_disbonsoir.mp3

Post by **philchenevert** » October 8th, 2013, 11:13 am

LibbyG wrote:
philchenevert wrote:I would love help with this line:

"Dis bon soir, bébé! Je vous remercis mille-fois, ma'mselle; je reviendrai!"

Voila: http://librivox.org/uploads/xx-nonproject/frenchhelp_disbonsoir.mp3

merci beaucoups Libby!

nickbulka · Post by **nickbulka** » October 10th, 2013, 8:25 pm

Hello all,

I'm doing a solo recording of 'The Virginians' which contains a section that has about a dozen lines in French from the play "Tartuffe". My french pronunciation is abominable and I was hoping I could get someone to record those lines for me, or perhaps provide a phonetic 'translation' that I could just read. I've tried using online resources to help me with pronunciation but it's a lost cause.

Here's a link to the chapter:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8123/8123-h/8123-h.htm#link2HCH0021

Here are the lines:

ORGON.
Or sus, nous voila bien. J'ai, Mariane, en vous
Reconnu de tout temps un esprit assez doux,
Et de tout temps aussi vous m'avez ete chere.

MARIANE.
Je suis fort redevable a cet amour de pere.

ORGON.
Fort bien. Que dites-vous de Tartuffe notre hote?

MARIANE.
Qui? Moi?

ORGON.
Vous. Voyez bien comme vous repondrez.

MARIANE.
Helas! J'en dirai, moi, tout ce que vous voudrez!
(Mademoiselle Mariane laughs and blushes in spite of herself, whilst reading this line.)

ORGON.
C'est parler sagement. Dites-moi donc, ma fille,
Qu'en toute sa personne un haut merite brille,
Qu'il touche votre coeur, et qu'il vous seroit doux
De le voir par men choix devenir votre epoux!"

thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
-nick

Tlaloc · Post by **Tlaloc** » October 18th, 2013, 2:52 am

Hello Nick,
I will read this for you as soon as possible, I hope this afternoon.
Herman

Post by **annise** » May 12th, 2014, 3:16 am

The Soloist reading "A short History of Mathematics" viewtopic.php?f=12&t=42775 has come across a passage in French and does not speak French. It's about 1000 words , pages 297 half way down 298. and finishes before half way down page 299.

http://archive.org/details/117770582
We would love someone to read it - credit would have given as well as heartfelt thanks

Anne

Post by **ezwa** » May 12th, 2014, 1:32 pm

Hi Anne,

I'll post it in the solo thread.

Post by **annise** » May 12th, 2014, 4:23 pm

Thanks Ezwa

Anne

Bassaga · Post by **Bassaga** » July 11th, 2014, 9:08 pm

Hey friends, I wonder whether I could get some quick French help? I studied it briefly in high school, coming away only with the lesson that you can't guess how to pronounce a word just by looking at it. Specifically, I've got:

Prononcés- an adjective, is the s pronounced or silent?

Argent comptant- no sense going through all the options, I really don't know.

J'ai fait l'histoire- French ai rhymes with pay or say, right?

Tête baissée- I just have no idea on this one.

I'd be much obliged for any guidance. I used to have a good accent, we'll see if I still do! Meanwhile, I guess Latin is pretty nearly open to interpretation, but is there any reason I'd be scorned for pronouncing quocunque like "kwo-soon-kway"?

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » July 12th, 2014, 1:51 am

Bassaga wrote:is there any reason I'd be scorned for pronouncing quocunque like "kwo-soon-kway"?

I'm sure no-one would scorn you, but I would definitely make the 'c' a hard 'k'.

I won't attempt the French for you now, but if no-one else comes along soonish, I'll record them for you.

Ruth

neckertb · Post by **neckertb** » July 16th, 2014, 10:57 am

Hi!

There you go:
https://librivox.org/uploads/neckertb/Bassaga.mp3

I apologise for the background noise, the kids were playing in the garden.
Hope it helps