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[Facts] Re: tips
i have to disagree with the e-sound, because it is pronounced different when it's é or è.for example:'lentement' is more like lan-te-man
'léger' is like lay-sjer (with the latter 'e' like in pet but longer)some other tips:"ai" is pronounced like è (but shorter than in 'léger', more like the English 'pet' thus)"s" at the end of a word is often not pronounced, like the plural forms of words:
voitures the same as voiture something similar was with Donatienne, where the final syllable is not pronounced either, but you already got that right i saw.
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First I wanted to explain the é/è thing, but I didn't see how to do it, since lay and lé aren't the same (there is no "i" sound in "é").I think that according to the pronunciation of this site, lentement would be lawn (like ANdre )-tuh-mawn or lawnt-mawn (depending on the accent), and léger leh-zheh, but it's complicated lolClaire

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