Sound drill: melody and emphasis

P45.pronunciation-drills.13 · Audience: guest, language-pro, it-ml · Prerequisites: Sound drill: question intonation

Unité PO-15 · campagne 8 · the shape of a longer phrase.

Across a longer sentence, French rises on each non-final group and falls on the last; lengthen a syllable to emphasise it. Record the model and trace its melody — up on beau, down to settle on l'eau.

Say: Quand il fait beau, nous marchons au bord de l'eau.

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