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Review the sound made by  in Quebec French (#489)

3 July 2012 by OffQc

In entry #481, Vincent Vallières talks about a memorable Saint-Jean holiday from his past. As he recalls the feu de joie from that holiday, he uses the expression passer au feu, or “to catch fire,” at the 2:08 mark.

Listen to how Vincent pronounces the a in the verb passer. This vowel sound occurs frequently in Quebec French.

This vowel sound is often shown with the accented â. Words like fâché, tâche and mâle all use this sound.

Not all words that use this sound are written with the accented â, though. Even though passer doesn’t contain â in its written form, you’ll hear it pronounced with one. It also occurs in the conjugated forms of this verb, like tu passes and j’ai passé.

Other examples of words pronounced with an â sound even if their written form doesn’t show it include jaser, base, case, brasser, classe, tasse.

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Posted in Entries #451-500 | 2 Comments

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  1. on 4 July 2012 at 11:12 Anonymous

    hi felix i just found out that entries 479@480 are now flagged as private.if SELFISH PEOPLE don’t want to share these vids of which they DON’T own the copyrights, thanDON’T POST THEM! i really enjoyed the humor.i guess some people are just MISERABLE.thanks anyway for trying!


    • on 4 July 2012 at 12:05 OffQc

      Those videos were from the official tou.tv channel on YouTube. It’s too bad that they were made unavailable — maybe they only have permission to leave them on YouTube for a certain time period, like on tou.tv. Thank you for letting me know.



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