how to say "pastilles?"
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^^ OMG everyone, this is very simple ("Et oui, je parle çaisFran chérie" 
)
Louis - Lou-we <--that's an easy one
Vuitton - Vwee-tô(n) <-- nasal "n"
Pastilles - Pass-Tee <-- depending on the stressing of the double "L"'s, as in a song or extra overemphasis statements , it could also come out as "Pass-Tee-Yˇe ('yuh' sound on the end))
This is French French, not Quebecois French (the latter which sounds almost abit Middle Ages in the pronunciation)
)Louis - Lou-we <--that's an easy one
Vuitton - Vwee-tô(n) <-- nasal "n"
Pastilles - Pass-Tee <-- depending on the stressing of the double "L"'s, as in a song or extra overemphasis statements , it could also come out as "Pass-Tee-Yˇe ('yuh' sound on the end))
This is French French, not Quebecois French (the latter which sounds almost abit Middle Ages in the pronunciation)
yippee!! does that mean i was right?.^^ OMG everyone, this is very simple ("Et oui, je parle çaisFran chérie"
Louis - Lou-we <--that's an easy one
Vuitton - Vwee-tô(n) <-- nasal "n"
Pastilles - Pass-Tee <-- depending on the stressing of the double "L"'s, as in a song or extra overemphasis statements , it could also come out as "Pass-Tee-Ye ('yuh' sound on the end))
Weeton is the good prononciation but the N is not slight but silence
french language is not "nasale" , in english you prononced all letter especially at the beguin of the word
in french , the prononciation is changing when some letter are together , or somethimes the prononciation of the last letter is silence
Double L is silence when a "i" is before , the double L is only for stressed the "i"
So for PASTILLE , you say PAST and iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieuuuuuuuu or
Pastie (slowly on the "e" at the end)
I think it's very charming when people are asking with foreign voice or accent
and don't forgett, that the seller will lovely repeat the word with the good prononciation ( they are trained for that )
And you know , when you go to a LV shop , you not only go for buying a luxury bag, but to learn and feel a small part of traditional french art of life
I think it's absolutly not a shame, to ask question about the name of some collection, i think it's a must, because learning and open his mind of different culture is aulways very CHIC ......like you go to a museum
Sandrine
PS : sorry for my bad english ......difficult for me to find the right words
french language is not "nasale" , in english you prononced all letter especially at the beguin of the word
in french , the prononciation is changing when some letter are together , or somethimes the prononciation of the last letter is silence
Double L is silence when a "i" is before , the double L is only for stressed the "i"
So for PASTILLE , you say PAST and iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieuuuuuuuu or
Pastie (slowly on the "e" at the end)
I think it's very charming when people are asking with foreign voice or accent
and don't forgett, that the seller will lovely repeat the word with the good prononciation ( they are trained for that )
And you know , when you go to a LV shop , you not only go for buying a luxury bag, but to learn and feel a small part of traditional french art of life
I think it's absolutly not a shame, to ask question about the name of some collection, i think it's a must, because learning and open his mind of different culture is aulways very CHIC ......like you go to a museum
Sandrine
PS : sorry for my bad english ......difficult for me to find the right words
I knew exactly what you meant and where the stress should go... thanks again!I also appreciate everyone's take on the pronounciation...I enjoy learning and knowing that I'm pronouncing something correctly. This is just one of the reasons I enjoy this forum. I love the collective multi-cultural brains at work!
you're welcome, again!
I also appreciate everyone's take on the pronounciation...I enjoy learning and knowing that I'm pronouncing something correctly. This is just one of the reasons I enjoy this forum. I love the collective multi-cultural brains at work!
i just tried to clarify what i had told you, because someone else didn't understand what i was saying.
^^ OMG everyone, this is very simple ("Et oui, je parle çaisFran chérie"
Louis - Lou-we <--that's an easy one
Vuitton - Vwee-tô(n) <-- nasal "n"
Pastilles - Pass-Tee <-- depending on the stressing of the double "L"'s, as in a song or extra overemphasis statements , it could also come out as "Pass-Tee-Yˇe ('yuh' sound on the end))
This is French French, not Quebecois French (the latter which sounds almost abit Middle Ages in the pronunciation)
I speak French and I called the 866 number today and asked for the "pass-Tee" and he had no clue what I was talking about...so I mispronounced it and said, "pass-tills" and he understood!
ush:LOL figures that they'd understand the mispronounced word instead... gosh!I speak French and I called the 866 number today and asked for the "pass-Tee" and he had no clue what I was talking about...so I mispronounced it and said, "pass-tills" and he understood!
you're welcome, again!
I did understand. I brought up stressing as an extra to emphasize my point. I just didn't agree with you when you said that the nasal N (IPA ŋ
is VERY SILENT, because the ŋ is articulated VERY strongly. In fact, I have taken linguistics in unversity for a year and all linguists know that the nasal N is classified as a SONORANT which includes others such as liquids, glides, and vowels because they are easy to maintain voicing of the glottis. Thus naturally without even considering further, the ŋ has strong voicing (ie vibration of the vocal cords).Also in technical terms, the O in Vuitton is also nasalized written with the diacritic "~" on top of the the symbol "o" (so before another PFer used the falling tone in IPA or accent circonflexe in French "ô" which is incorrect).
I have good example, in English, when you pronounce "song", both the O and N are SIMILAR to that in Vuitton. So ya....if you consider the ŋ here to be "very silent" then I have nothing more to say.
i honestly believe there is a misunderstanding here beyond the pronounciation. My last comment was just to let Soph know that I understood that through her instructions she still meant for the syllabic emphasis to be on the second. She was just trying to get across to me the 'n'...so I was just thanking her again and letting her know i understood that.
Then, she kind of misunderstood why I wrote that and was simply telling me it was someone else (you).
I'm pretty sure you're both saying the same thing...if you read back through, I think it will make more sense. When she said 'someone else wasn't getting it', she meant you, but not in the way you're taking it, I don't believe.
I appreciate all the help and still think it would be wonderful to have a pronounciation ref. guide (if everyone could agree...
) in a list-type manner:1.Louis: Loo ee
2.
etc.
ANyway, I just wanted to pipe in and clarify...I think you're both actually saying the same thing.
michele
I did understand. I brought up stressing as an extra to emphasize my point. I just didn't agree with you when you said that the nasal N (IPA ŋ
Also in technical terms, the O in Vuitton is also nasalized written with the diacritic "~" on top of the the symbol "o" (so before another PFer used the falling tone in IPA or accent circonflexe in French "ô" which is incorrect).
I have good example, in English, when you pronounce "song", both the O and N are SIMILAR to that in Vuitton. So ya....if you consider the ŋ here to be "very silent" then I have nothing more to say.
i guess i misunderstood what you were correcting, for which i apologize. to go back to what you were saying about the nasal n, i, by no means, meant that the nasal n is very silent. i just meant that when pronounced, it sounds like, to take your example, when you say "song" it sounds like the -ng part of the word, but a very soft -ng type sound, if you get what i'm saying. i couldn't find a better description for the sound of the nasal n. i hope i have not offended or insulted your intelligence, i was just trying to give a comparative or similar sound for reference, to kind of help mshel out.
i think so, too. we just have different ways of explaining things, is all, that's why we're probably confusing each other.