Let's move on to another practical application of reading texts.
Well, well, well.
Overall, we've seen all the tools you need to pronounce perfectly.
Until then, only one element was practiced at a time and in words or groups of words.
At most now, we will tackle a whole text with all the points discussed earlier.
Yes, complex sounds, silent letters, slurs and elisions, schwa falls and accentuation.
At first, it is up to you to try to read this text alone.
Let's go!
Do
you
find
it
hard?
Don't worry, I'll help you with the first half of the paragraph and you do the same for
the second half.
Let's go!
Gervaise says to Coupeau the S in Gervaise is a consonant that changes pronunciation.
It is not pronounced S, but Z the t in the verb said is silent and the c in coupeau is
pronounced not s because if you remember well, the c is a consonant that changes
pronunciation depending on the letters around it.
My God, I'm not ambitious.
God is an accented word.
The u in the word node is a silent E.
The final s in suis and the final s in pas are silent consonants.
The t in ambitious is pronounced S and not T because it is a consonant that changes
pronunciation depending on the letters around it.
The last syllable of ambitious is an accented and lengthened syllable.
The s in ambitious is pronounced Z and not s, and the E in ambitious is silent.
I don't ask for much.
The E from ne is silent, the E from demande is silent.
The g in grand is pronounced gu, not ju.
The d in grand is a silent consonant.
Chose is accentuated.
The s is pronounced Z and not S and finally the final E of chose is silent.
My ideal would be to work quietly.
My ideal.
There is a connection between the words mon and ideal.
The last syllable of the word ideal is stressed the E of serait is silent, and the t
of serait is a silent consonant.
Tranquille the syllable quille of quiet is stressed and the E of tranquille (quiet) is
silent. To always eat bread.
The s in always is a silent consonant and the word pain is accented to have a somewhat
clean hole to sleep in.
The final E of propre is silent and the last syllable of dormir mir is stressed.
You know, a bed, a table and two chairs, no more.
The s in you is a silent consonant.
The last syllable of the word savez is an accented syllable.
Savez. The t in lit is a silent consonant, and the word lit as a whole is stressed.
The E in une is silent, the E in table is silent too, and the syllable table in the
word table is stressed.
The final x in the word deux is a silent consonant.
The penultimate s in the word chaise is pronounced Z and not s because it is a
consonant that changes pronunciation depending on the letters around it, and here
the letter following S is an E and the letter just before s is i.
It is therefore pronounced Z.
The E in chaises is silent and the s is a silent consonant too.
Finally, to finish with the word chaises, the last syllable is accented.
Then we have the word pas in this word, the s is a silent consonant.
And finally, to finish this part of the text, davantage .
Davantage contains a final silent E and a last accented syllable (age).
I will read this half of the text in its entirety.
Gervaise says to Coupeau My God, I am not ambitious, I do not ask for much.
My ideal would be to work quietly, always to eat bread, to have a little clean hole to
sleep in, you know, a bed, a table and two chairs, not more.
Now it's your turn to read this first half of the text again.
Perfect.
Now try again with the second half of the text.
If it is still difficult
for you, let me put
little signs in the text
that are there to help
you. Let's go!
I will read the second part of the text to help you with the correction.
Ah I would also like to raise my children, to make them good subjects if possible.
There is still an ideal.
It would be not to be beaten if I ever got back together.
No, I wouldn't like to be beaten.
And that's it.
You see, that's it.
You see how easy it is.
And that's it, this little practice run is over.