>>>>Bonjour,
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>>>>I the words "je crois" the 'r' is clearly not pronounced (to my ears). Is this a rule that the 'r' in this position of a word is never pronounced? Or an exception?
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>>>It's pronounced, but not as "r"; in French, that "cr" combination is more like "kw." I'd pronounce "je crois" as:
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>>>zhuh kwah
>>>
>>>Tamar
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>>I do hear "kw" but I don't consider that "it is pronounced." French "r" is very distinct so it is either there or not. Michel of course is a native french speaker although it could be that Canadian pronunciation is different. I am learning by listening to the course read by native french speaker from France. I also listen to the a youtube courses produced by a Spanish guy for Spaniards learning french. I suspect that this Spanish guy learned french in France.
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>For my ears, the french r is pronounced somewhere at the root of the tongue, not the tip (like most european ones are), so it's not so distinct (or rolled, as we call the english r), but I can clearly recognize when it's pronounced.
I see the difference between 'crois' and 'croissant' as 'night' and 'day' :)
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