Listening to the pronunciation of verbs like appeler in the first and second person plural, I don’t here any separate syllable in the verb where the single “l” is. , as in vous appelez, or nous appelons. It’s as if the “e” is simply omitted and the word is pronounced like “ applez” and “applons”. This is much more obvious with the female voice than the male. Could you clarify the pronunciation please?
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JohannaKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
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This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate -eter and -eler verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent) - main rule (ll / tt)"
Asked 2 years ago
The letter "e" in words is often swallowed in everyday spoken French.
acheter --> ach'ter
Je vais t'appeler --> j'vais t'app'ler
Je t'appelle --> J't'appelle
Alan Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Just to add to Chris's answer - the letter e is pronounced differently when it's followed by a double letter. As it says in the lesson:
Of course, the pronunciation is affected: -ell- is pronounced [ell], whereas -el- is [ull].
You can omit the "e" when it has an "ull" sound, but not when it has the "ell" sound.
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Listening to the pronunciation of verbs like appeler in the first and second person plural, I don’t here any separate syllable in the verb where the single “l” is. , as in vous appelez, or nous appelons. It’s as if the “e” is simply omitted and the word is pronounced like “ applez” and “applons”. This is much more obvious with the female voice than the male. Could you clarify the pronunciation please?
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