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French Audio Request

jshayden
French / dessous vs. dessus
by jshayden on Aug. 12, 2012
13 Words / 2 Recordings / 3 Comments
Listen Record

La vache saut par-dessus la lune.

La souris passe au-dessous de la chaise.

Recordings

  • dessous vs. dessus ( recorded by tsyrak ), Standard French

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  • dessous vs. dessus ( recorded by wacissa ), French from France, mostly standard but my vowels can sound a bit Southern

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    Corrected Text
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    La vache saute par-dessus la lune.

    La souris passe au-dessous de la chaise.

Comments

jshayden
jshayden
May 15, 2013

I have a hard time hearing the difference between "dessus" and "dessous" in this recording, which is really the purpose of my request.

wacissa
wacissa
May 23, 2014

No idea if you still need that - it's been over a year - but I have recorded it and repeated u / lune / dessus ou / souris / dessous dessus / dessous at the end.

tsyrak was making a difference between the two, but u and ou are notoriously difficult to tell apart for learners who don't have the u sound in their first language, especially within a word.

Bon courage !

jshayden
jshayden
May 24, 2014

Much appreciated, wacissa! I certainly can hear the difference and even speak the difference at this point, but It is still a bit hard to tell the difference when they aren't spoken back-to-back. And, of course they are opposites, so it's very important to know the difference. :)

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