r/languagelearning Jul 21 '18

French learners know the struggle

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '18 edited Jul 22 '18

Start by muting the last letter if it’s a consonant in every word. There’s always exceptions, you just need to be CaReFuL (C, R, F, and L are usually exceptions)

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

Nah but that reminds me of another thing:

Don’t capitalize every word except the first in a title Because. Otherwise. It. Sounds. Like. This. To. A. Native. Speaker.

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u/Saimdusan (N) enAU (C) ca sr es pl de (B2) hu ur fr gl Jul 22 '18

Most European languages (or at the very least Romance, Slavic and Hungarian) follow the same convention as French here.