5 Steps to a French Accent | Language Academia
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0:00 hello, my name is Henry Marie, are you ready
0:03 to learn French Bonjour (Hello in French)
0:04 my name is Marie and I'm a coach at
0:06 Language Academia I specialize in Romance languages
0:09 and accents here are 5 steps
0:11 to get a general French accent for film and TV
0:14 Hello in Multiple Languages we are Language Academia
0:19 Bienvenue à Language Academia (Welcome to Language Academia in French) and please note
0:22 that accents for film and TV and often generalized
0:26 and simplified step 1
0:27 dropping the H sound in French
0:30 the H sound at the beginning of words
0:32 is typically silent let's bring this pattern to English
0:35 American happy becomes happy
0:38 house would be house
0:40 hello if we use it in a sentence
0:44 hello my name is Henry hello my name is Henry
0:48 step 2 U sounds
0:50 in French the U sound
0:52 is way more forward and more rounded than in American
0:55 our actual U we would say U
0:57 but as we are trying to imitate
1:00 the U sound that's in blue
1:02 for example we would use
1:04 our ou combination which is a U
1:07 instead of blue which is way lower
1:10 we would say blue which is way more
1:14 in the front of your mouth blue becomes
1:16 blue bloom would become bloom
1:19 the word rule rule
1:22 and pool would be pool
1:25 if we use it in sentence the moon will be blue tomorrow
1:29 the moon will be blue tomorrow step 3
1:32 change the v sound the French V
1:35 is softer and smoother than the American V
1:39 that contains a lot of vibrations so we have to
1:43 bring fewer vibrations and lower your teeth
1:47 a little bit more behind the bottom lip
1:50 and don't make a very hard connection
1:53 like when you say the sentence ça va (how are you in French)
1:55 in French ça va
1:57 it touches it it doesn't stay there vibrating
2:00 now let's apply this to a couple of examples
2:02 the word vase would become vase
2:06 the word violin would become violin
2:09 and the word vision would become vision
2:14 if we use it in a sentence I saw a violin player with
2:18 a clear vision of the future would become
2:20 I saw a violin player with a clear vision of the future
2:24 step 4 the R sound
2:25 the French R sound is one of the toughest to
2:28 get correctly and so I have a trick for that
2:31 I tell people pretend you are going to spit
2:34 and give me a ten and now you found the placement
2:38 it's in the back of your throat it's glottal
2:40 and then bring it down to a two it's r
2:43 and depending on where in the word
2:46 the R is it might even be lowered down to a R
2:49 a one barely perceptible
2:51 barely audible let's go with a couple examples
2:54 red becomes red river becomes river
2:59 and you can see how to second R is barely audible
3:03 and the last example rose
3:05 rose and if we are gonna use it
3:08 in a full sentence Marie, are you ready to learn French?
3:11 Marie, are you ready to learn French? step 5
3:15 melody of the French language the French language
3:18 has a very specific and distinctive melody a different rhythm
3:22 the pitch rises and falls in different places than in the American language
3:25 it has a little sing songy quality to it for example
3:29 the weather today is very beautiful I think we should go for a walk
3:33 the weather today is very beautiful I think we should go for a walk
3:37 the weather here is very beautiful I think we should go for a walk
3:41 it's way more contained I would love to get dinner at that restaurant
3:47 It is one of my favorites I would love to get dinner at that restaurant
3:52 It is one of my favorites I would love to get dinner at that restaurant
3:55 It is one of my favorites final examples
3:59 Rachel is going to Paris I had a vision of me playing the violin
4:03 it was the perfect dream thank you for joining
4:06 Language Academia à la prochaine (Until next time in French)