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Because it’s summer — and to keep things feeling light and fun — this podcast channel aims to stay connected to French pronunciation. The episodes are short and straightforward, each focusing on how to pronounce essential French sounds that are tricky or commonly mispronounced.

Today's episode is about the pronunciation of the letter "g".
➡️ Read the transcript while listening, to link the sounds to the spelling.
➡️ Prepare a paper and a pen, you will need them for the little quiz at the end of the episode.
Have fun !

TRANSCRIPTION :
Bonjour ! J’espère que tu vas bien ! Moi oui, je vais très bien !
Aujourd’hui on va pratiquer la prononciation correcte de la lettre “g”. Elle a deux prononciations : j et gu

“G” se prononce “j” lorsque la lettre d’après est un i, e ou y. Comme girafe ou mange.
Voici des exemples.
Répète après moi : gîte / gynécologue / gentil / orange / mariage / digital / régime / région / religion / énergie

Ensuite “g” se prononce “gh” quand la lettre d’après et un a, o ou u. Comme dans gouvernement ou gâteau.
Voici des exemples.
Répète après moi :  guitare / guide / regarder / frigo / drogue / fatigue / gorille / garage / bagage / gare

Allez, maintenant le quiz final ! Je vais dire un mot, est-ce que c’est le mot “a” ou le “b” ?
Prêt ? C’est parti !

1. a. kangourou b. kangeourou
2. a. mangue b. mange
3. a. draguer b. dragée
4. a. fige b. figue
5. a. rigoler b. rigeoler
6. a. bague b. Bages
7. a. guide b. gide
8. a. guépard b. gépard
9. a. longeur b. longueur
10 a. guillotine b. gillotine

Et voilà c’est tout pour aujourd’hui. Les réponses sont à la fin de la transcription. Je te dis à bientôt !

ANSWERS : 
1. a. kangourou
2. b. mange
3. b. dragée
4. b. figue
5. a. rigoler
6. b. Bages
7. a. guide
8. a. guépard
9. b. longueur
10. a. guillotine

French Pronunciation to go

Pronunciation of the letter "g"

Aujourd’hui, je veux parler de nourriture. Je veux parler de ce que l’on mange au Québec, mais le faire en évitant de seulement parler de plats typiquement québécois. J’ai donc choisi 20 aliments ou plats qui, pour moi, représentent le Québec d’aujourd’hui: un mélange de tradition et de modernité. Vous trouverez la version écrite de ce podcast sur mon site, frenchwithfrederic.com 

French With Frederic

Le Québec en 20 plats et aliments

誕生日を　祝ってもらうのは嬉しいよね☺️
その逆で　祝ってあげるのも㊗️

でも一番感謝しなきゃいけない人は誰かな🤗

Japanese "Taka" it easy

誕生日は誰のため？🤰🏻💐

Everyone has their preferred way of drinking coffee. Maybe you like yours black, or maybe you prefer a bit of sugar in it.

But have you ever tried drinking coffee with salt?

Adding a pinch of salt to your cup of coffee is said to make it taste less bitter.

And putting salt in coffee isn't new. In some countries, such as Turkey and Hungary, people have done this for years.

But a cafe in Vietnam is believed to have started the newest trend — salt coffee.

It's a little different from just putting salt in your coffee, though. Salt coffee is said to have come from a small cafe in Hue ("hwEH"), a city in central Vietnam.

The cafe's name, Ca Phe Muoi, is also the name of the drink, since ca phe means "coffee" and muoi means "salt" in Vietnamese.

Salt coffee is made by mixing sweet condensed milk with a base of Vietnamese coffee, and adding salted cream to the top.

The cafe's owners hoped this unique drink would bring in more customers, and it did.

"In Hue, salt coffee became a daily drink like black coffee or white coffee," the cafe's owners told CNN Travel in June.

And it wasn't just in Hue where people fell in love with salt coffee — the cafe's website sells bottles of it to send around the country, and now Starbucks even sells its own version of salt coffee.

Vietnam is one of the world's largest coffee growers, and has a rich coffee culture.

Salt coffee is just one of many unique Vietnamese coffee drinks.

Others include egg coffee (which has a topping of egg yolks and condensed milk), coconut coffee, and yogurt coffee.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Salt Coffee: A Sweet Drink from Vietnam


   a. Time flies - The perception that time passes quickly.
      Example: "It feels like yesterday when we started college; time flies."
   b. Race against time - To hurry or work quickly to meet a deadline.
      Example: "We're in a race against time to finish the project before the end of the day."
   c. Kill time - To occupy or pass the time in an enjoyable or unproductive way.
      Example: "I usually read a book to kill time during my commute."
   d. In the nick of time - Just in time, at the last possible moment.
      Example: "He arrived in the nick of time to catch his flight."
   e. Once in a blue moon - Very rarely or infrequently.
      Example: "We only see each other once in a blue moon since she moved abroad."


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Time-related idioms:

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