tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post790108509637483464..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: English vs. French nasal vowelsKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28197332824371845892021-06-09T16:58:24.493+02:002021-06-09T16:58:24.493+02:00Je vois que je trouve cet article assez longtemps ...Je vois que je trouve cet article assez longtemps (deux voyelles nasales!) après sa publication, mais merci beaucoup de l'avoir écrit, je cherchais justement des exemples pour que mes élèves doivent distinguer entre les sons comme dans lent/long, thym/temps/ton. <br /><br />D'ailleurs, certains d'entre nous (les anglophones) peuvent très bien prononcer ces sons :) Moi je prends toujours l'exemple de sand et song, prononcés sans les terminer, ce qui donne ain/en et puis 'on' n'est qu'un ton plus bas.Patrickhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8618120168530275672012-08-20T14:01:23.030+02:002012-08-20T14:01:23.030+02:00This is really, and I mean REALLY helpful. Every b...This is really, and I mean REALLY helpful. Every basic French language book should have these necessary facts. Instead of just saying "well, you simply have to hear it to learn." Alexandria [Alexia]https://www.blogger.com/profile/17143952066049046587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55358740029776056342011-01-30T08:11:04.747+01:002011-01-30T08:11:04.747+01:00Thanks so much for this information. My son came i...Thanks so much for this information. My son came into my office to ask who I was speaking to. It was me sounding out your nasal vowels!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314472207391333807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-39485258008021197922011-01-29T04:13:38.622+01:002011-01-29T04:13:38.622+01:00chm beat me to it, Wow! You are an excellent teac...chm beat me to it, Wow! You are an excellent teacher, thank you.<br /><br />BettyAnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90162253988023100472011-01-29T01:26:23.223+01:002011-01-29T01:26:23.223+01:00These posts on French language and pronunciation a...These posts on French language and pronunciation are so very useful. Thanks much. Am thinking of printing them out and carrying around with me.Emmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57051925701526383132011-01-28T22:17:30.179+01:002011-01-28T22:17:30.179+01:00If you think it's difficult for us, imagine th...If you think it's difficult for us, imagine the poor Canadians. I worked with a Canadian guy when I first started visiting France. It encouraged he and his wife to travel there, but he was afraid the French were going to ridicule them because of their pronunciation. I did read a Frenchman's take on the Canadian French. He called it "the real French", the way it used to be spoken.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-85037923559827441022011-01-28T21:38:45.264+01:002011-01-28T21:38:45.264+01:00I don't think it's especially regional, an...I don't think it's especially regional, and I don't think the un/in distinction has been lost completely. But I do think there is an ongoing for the two sounds to merge. Autun vs. hautain is another example, or défunt vs. des fins. There are so few places where the distinction would make a difference in meaning that it is being lost.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-16132978413678075062011-01-28T19:52:45.797+01:002011-01-28T19:52:45.797+01:00I was taught there was a slight difference between...I was taught there was a slight difference between "un" and "in" - the former being a bit more open, with the jaw dropped a bit, and the latter with the jaw up and the lips broadened out - so "Melun" and "Melin" would sound a little bit different. Or would there be a regional difference?Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37866270765982000632011-01-28T19:34:06.635+01:002011-01-28T19:34:06.635+01:00Hi Evelyn, I don't think French has more nasal...Hi Evelyn, I don't think French has more nasal vowels than English. Everytime you have vowel + n, m, or ng, for example, you have a nasal vowel. Maybe the French people you hear are overcompensating — trying to sound as nasal as they think Americans sound!<br /><br />CHM and Bill, :^).<br /><br />Ademarco, welcome. Thanks for the comment, and enjoy the rillons.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90125018057791320152011-01-28T18:44:36.267+01:002011-01-28T18:44:36.267+01:00This entry brought back memories of my days in the...This entry brought back memories of my days in the language lab when I was at college studying French (my college major). Thank you so much for the memory. I found your blog looking for a recipe for rillons and your page popped up! Thank you..I look forward to reading it every day.angiemanzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832399208548135579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-61770220353462645652011-01-28T17:47:18.000+01:002011-01-28T17:47:18.000+01:00Great French lesson...thanks!Great French lesson...thanks!Bill in CAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58181541863531806232011-01-28T15:48:08.358+01:002011-01-28T15:48:08.358+01:00Wow, wow and wow!! Amazingly interesting. Thank yo...Wow, wow and wow!! Amazingly interesting. Thank you, and I mean it.chmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71128793241157505202011-01-28T14:43:36.529+01:002011-01-28T14:43:36.529+01:00Love this one! Since French has more nasal sounds,...Love this one! Since French has more nasal sounds, does this explain why French nasalate (not a real word;) when they speak English? I think they put their nasal sound into our words that don't have a nasal sound? I can't think of an example right now, but when I'm around French native speakers I have heard these nasal sounds and wondered why it happens.Evelynnoreply@blogger.com