{"id":1239,"date":"2020-12-30T13:42:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerclefrancoamericain.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2021-01-21T16:57:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T16:57:57","slug":"how-to-speak-french-like-a-french-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerclefrancoamericain.com\/how-to-speak-french-like-a-french-person\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Speak French Like a French Person"},"content":{"rendered":"
The vocabulary and sayings that we are going to see here are to be used in a social context<\/strong><\/span>, with friends or family. When you are in a professional setting, we advise you to stay with your scholarly French and avoid any “slang” or improper language techniques.<\/p>\n Speaking a language fluently is not only to know the words and the grammar<\/strong><\/span> of this language. It is also to understand the different meanings of the words and what they can imply both traditionally and non-traditionally. It is also knowing those little things, those little “additions” that come with the words in a conversation.<\/p>\n To begin with, in French, we don’t say “hmm” but rather “heu…<\/strong><\/span>“ (phonetic: {\u00f8}).<\/em> A typically french sound that punctuates many conversations. To use during a pause or an hesitation.<\/p>\n Then, there are the famous “oulala<\/span><\/strong>“, and “ah bon?<\/strong><\/span>“, “hein<\/span><\/strong>“. Those words that we add to conversations like an extra punctuation.<\/p>\n The negation is a complex matter in French. “Ne… pas” is the form that is mainly used but it is important to know that French people tend to forget the “ne<\/em>” when they speak.<\/p>\n To continue with the negation, the sentence that you will hear very often and that can sound surprising is the “Je ne sais pas<\/em>” (I don’t know) that becomes “Je sais pas<\/strong><\/span>” and often “J’sais pas<\/strong><\/span>” or even “Ch’sais pas<\/strong><\/span>“. Once again, it is good to know about it to understand your interlocutor, but not always as good to use it.<\/p>\n\n
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