French Oral

KittyCat12345

JUst wondering about liasons:

Is there a liason here: "beaucoup augmenté".
Also: pays était.

Also: "j'aimerais avoir"

???????????????

Holly91

KittyCat12345 wrote: »

JUst wondering about liasons:

Is there a liason here: "beaucoup augmenté".
Also: pays était.

Also: "j'aimerais avoir"

???????????????

im not 100% sure...but for the first one you could change Beaucoup to un tas de...or enornment (sorry i cant spell the last one):cool:
that was probably no helpp to you at all sorry!!
but normally any time before a vowel there is ALWAYS liason!!!

cant wait untill monday and tuesday is over with

luciemc

KittyCat12345 wrote: »

JUst wondering about liasons:

Is there a liason here: "beaucoup augmenté".
Also: pays était.

Also: "j'aimerais avoir"

???????????????

i really don't think any of them sound right with a liason? i have no reasons they just sound odd which is probably why you are asking in the first place.. try changing them e.g. 'j'aimerais bien avoir' has pretty much the same meaning and sounds very french.. what are you saying in the other sentences?

pronouncing the p in beaucoup makes it more difficult to say so i doubt a francophone would?

but if anyone here speaks french fluently I'm interested too now?

Galwaymother

The p in 'beaucoup' never gets pronounced. It can not be replaced by 'un tas' here.
The s in pays does not get pronounced either.
In 'j'aimerais avoir', the liaison would sound very old-fashioned.
Generally, we tend to do liaisons less and less, unless it's within a subject-verb group, i.e. 'ils adorent'..., or an article/ pronoun-noun group, i.e 'les amis'.
We do say 'detenzenten' for 'de temps en temps'....

J_E

Pays était might have the s. It sounds like it should anyway. Not sure though. The other two are fine as they are I think.

galwayash

KittyCat12345 wrote: »

JUst wondering about liasons:

Is there a liason here: "beaucoup augmenté".
Also: pays était.

Also: "j'aimerais avoir"

NO, NO and NO!! Seriously, does your French teacher NEVER speak French???

KittyCat12345

Thanks for your help!
I just have other questions!

Are there liaisons here?

une maison individuelle

jamais avoir.

galwayash

No for both.

Here's quite a good article about liaisons:

http://ielanguages.com/blog/french-and-its-secret-liaisons/

KittyCat12345

Thanks very much!

Just one last question:
is there liaisons here:

parents ont

bien éviter

Also, would you pronounce the s in "est-il"?

Thank you!!!!!!

galwayash

Your questions are getting tougher!! I'm going to say no for both but am open to correction. Never pronounce the s in est-il!

I think you're worrying too much about the details. I know you get marks for pronunciation but they don't expect your accent to be perfect.

Good luck with it!

KittyCat12345

Thanks so much and I promise this will be my last question!!:)

Is there a liaison here:

Nous avons un

And are there liaisons before á(accent going other way tho!!) par exemple:

J'aime bien regarder les sports á la télé?

galwayash

No and no.

Ask as many questions as you want. I'll answer what I can

RoryInLeitrim

anyone know any useful websites to help with french orals?

NotExactly

RoryInLeitrim wrote: »

anyone know any useful websites to help with french orals?

http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/examcentre_senior.asp?id=2082

pathway33

How do I say 'I don't have a girlfriend'

Claregirl5

Je n'ai pas de petite amie.

Explain that you have too much to do with the Leaving Cert this year and that matters of the heart can wait!

Je consacre tout mon temps a (accent grave) mon Leaving Cert,
Je passe beaucoup de temps a (accent grave) faire mes devoirs et etudier, (accent aigu on e)
(Insert whatever sentences you have been taught about studying for the Leaving)

donc (pronounce final c), je n'ai pas le temps d'avoir une petite amie.