To someone who can't speak French, what does the French language sound like?
example : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Px4Vpem3nk
example : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Px4Vpem3nk
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What does French sound like?
To someone who can't speak French, what does the French language sound like?
example : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Px4Vpem3nk
French sounds like French.
It's somewhat similar to a hevy nasalized (and devoided of "r's") Welsh.
It sounds totally alien to my ears. I can't understand how they make all these crazy sounds.
<<"r" and "eu" in French sounds like "r" and "ö" in German. >>
Yes, but overall French does NOT sound like German
Well,French does not sound like German,but similar to German. Both languages have roots in Old Frankish (Germanic) language.
I think it could sound like this language (the recording at the bottom of the page).
http://www.omniglot.com/blog/category/language/page/28/
it's actually at the top of the page, and yes it does sound exactly like french!
Well,French does not sound like German,but similar to German. Both languages have roots in Old Frankish (Germanic) language
You say it as if French was a Germanic language or something. French has its roots in Vulgar Latin, and sounds so odd because of the Gaulish substratum.
<<You say it as if French was a Germanic language or something. French has its roots in Vulgar Latin, and sounds so odd because of the Gaulish substratum.>>
French sounds so odd because of Germanic Frankish superstratum. |