Bonjour! I had always thought that conjugations like "voulons" and "voulez" were pronounced differently before vowels vs. consonants. For example, I thought "vous voulez de l'eau" would be pronounced "vu vu-lay de l'oh" but "vous voulez une glace" would be pronounced "vu vu-laise une glace." Similarly, "nous voulons de l'eau" would be pronounced "nu vu-lohn de l'oh" (not sure how best to represent the french nasal N) but "nous voulons une glace" would be pronounced "nu vu-lonz une glace."

I notice in the pronunciation sound guides above, however, that the endings of the words are not pronounced prior to a vowel.

Am I wrong about pronunciation before vowels or are the sound clips incorrect?

Asked 6 years ago

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Lolli S.B1Kwiziq community member

Ont-ils répondu ? - Oui. ________ n'est intéressé.Why is "personne" incorrect when we know we are referring to people in this question?

Asked 8 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why does the following sentence require the use of the subjunctive, please?

Asked 9 years ago

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Aoede P.A1Kwiziq community member

Mal à l’oreille où mal aux oreille?

This is in the lesson examples:

Sophie a mal à l'oreille.Sophie's ear aches.
Sophie has an earache

But when I entered « Aurélie a mal à l’oreille » as the quiz answer it said I was wrong and should have answered « Aurélie a mal aux oreilles ». Which version is actually correct?

Asked 5 years ago

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Malcolm T.A2Kwiziq community member

Why do we bother with tu? Most of us are never going to get that close to a French person.

Asked 9 years ago

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