What does ” y tenir” mean? How do you say ‘to really want’ in French? How is is pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native, say it at FrenchHour.com.
y tenir – there to hold – In everyday French, y tenir means ‘to be attached to’, ‘to care about’, ‘to really want’,
« Je vais t’aider à préparer la fête, j’y tiens. »
“I’m going to help you prepare the party, I really want to. “
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OU is kind of tough to pronounce, because it doesn’t exist in English.
Listen to these three words: l’amour, la mort, le mur. These are three words that are really close in pronunciation. However, you might find yourself in a funny situation if you do not pronounce them the right way.
Read these sentences.
J’ai trouvé l’amour sur le mur de FBK.
I found love on the facebook wall.
Can you imagine if you said?
J’ai trouvé la mort sur le mur de FBK.
I found death on the facebook wall.
So, make sure you pronounce the sound OU very correctly. And you can practice with my worksheet. It’s a little laboratoire de phonétique, a little worksheet for you to be aware of the sound OU, and to pronounce it well. Of course, there is also a worksheet on the sound U in the course.
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