In French, a liaison takes place when a word ends in a silent letter and the next word starts with a vowel sound. A – Être – Present Indicative Affirmative Je suis Let’s learn the conjugation of être in the present indicative, affirmative. Learn French offline, at home or on the go on any device! 1 – Être – Present Indicative Support us on Patreon or by purchasing our unique audiobooks to learn French. Please consider supporting my free French lesson creation: we’re a tiny husband-and-wife company in France. Press on the link next to the headphones to hear the pronunciation.ĭid you enjoy this free French lesson? There are over 450 separate audio files and writing, recording and mostly editing/ processing the audio for this lesson took me six full days’ work. Sometimes only the example is going to have a modern pronunciation: probably a liaison after the verb which I didn’t make. If I didn’t record a modern version, it means there’s no significant difference between both, unless otherwise specified. then, when applicable I will also recored the spoken modern French pronunciation (#3 in my examples above).

first, a formal, very enunciated French pronunciation,.The subject pronoun “on” will be understood like a “we” plural masculine.

Throughout this lesson, examples are given in the masculine except for “elle” and “elles”. About the Audio Recordings In This Free French Lesson You may want to first read my article secrets of French verb conjugations for more general tips about how to master French verbs. I will also share important remarks about the French verb être. But the second liaison with à will drop and the strong final t sound of êtes will glide into the à: “ Vous êtes à Paris“.Īnd now let’s dig into the various conjugations of être – to be in French.

“ Vous êtes” will always have a strong liaison.

“Je suis” glides into a “shui” sound, with usually no liaison after: shui anglais.

In informal modern French, the pronunciation changes quite a bit: – The silent S of êtes becomes a Z sound which starts à – The silent S of vous becomes a Z sound which starts êtes

Vous êtes à Paris: You are in Paris – There are 2 liaisons in a row here:.

Je suis anglais: I am English – the final silent S of suis becomes a Z sound in liaison which starts the following word: Z-anglais.

In more formal French, various forms of être involve liaisons, such as: The French verb être being so common, its pronunciation is going to change quite strongly between formal and modern spoken French.

modern spoken French – used a lot in France when people speak in a casual, everyday environment.

formal French – the upscale French used in a very formal situation and by traditional French learning methods.

12 – Être – Present Participle/Gerund READ ME – Formal vs. Modern French Pronunciation of Être

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