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May 19, 2020 - 03:20 AM
If you were to pronounce "la carte des vins" as "la cart des vins", you would have the final t and the initial d causing an awkward voiceless sound at the end of carte, so in that case it sounds more natural to pronunce the final "e". However, in street French, you'll hear cart' des vins and cart'de credit too.
For bonne nuit, bun-wee sounds more like "night!" then "good night". If you're near a child in bed and you wan to say good night, you would take a soft voice and say "bonne nuit...". If you're a teenager who rushes to his room so he can play games and not be bothered by his parents, you'd hear the parents yell "bunwee!" before you slam the door. :)
For bonne nuit, bun-wee sounds more like "night!" then "good night". If you're near a child in bed and you wan to say good night, you would take a soft voice and say "bonne nuit...". If you're a teenager who rushes to his room so he can play games and not be bothered by his parents, you'd hear the parents yell "bunwee!" before you slam the door. :)
May 20, 2020 - 05:07 AM
Thanks Fabrice!
great explanation :)
In the program I guess you can hear these final E's a little more because the speakers try to speak slowly and articulate a lot, yet in a natural context in France you could hear either pronunciation depending on the context/person..
great explanation :)
In the program I guess you can hear these final E's a little more because the speakers try to speak slowly and articulate a lot, yet in a natural context in France you could hear either pronunciation depending on the context/person..
