Why is French pronunciation so hard?

[@jcjcjcjc2022]

Oui Communicate name sounds so good. But you really need a new camera

[@ouicommunicate]

Hahaha! Good point. It's secretly all part of the brand = value over image. 😀 The truth is, I have never cracked the mystery of how people manage to have a great sound on youtube. It beats me.

[@baronmeduse]

No surprises at all? So knowing that e.g. 'en' before a vowel sound commonly uses liaison, like 'en été' or 'en avant', one of your students then meets 'en haut' written down, where the 'h' is essentially a vowel sound. What do they do? On the other hand I totally agree with you on the subtle complexity of English. I have this problem here in the Netherlands where my own intonation codes are completely misunderstood. Yet telling people it's near impossible to learn these things does not go down well when the population truly believes it has 'mastered English'.

[@ouicommunicate]

Thanks for the comment ! "En haut" is an exception, which also has relatively few chances of coming up in a conversation. (I myself have not yet said "en haut" so far in 2024 despite speaking French every day) Also, there are 3 types of liaisons but only one which contains necessary info for the listener. These are the plural liaisons. So there is a hierarchy within liaisons. "En haut" is an example of one that does not prevent the message from being understood. "En ete" would be best said with a liaison but it falls within the "stylistic" liaisons. Context would tell a person that you are speaking about summer. But of course, you are right: there will always be surprises. languages were not constructed by mathematicians and always contain a degree of "That's just the way it is"

[@baronmeduse]

@@ouicommunicate Thanks for the reply.

[@J.Lassalle]

Not thaaaat hard

[@ouicommunicate]

No that's just shameless click baiting on my part. Who wants to hear how easy it really is? There would be no drama ! Thanks for the comment.