#somebritishguy87

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rocky bloom
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;liaison

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Hmm

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;gdl

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;liaisons

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north schooner
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Hm

rocky bloom
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Not sure if this counts more as simple verb + object or être + attribute but either way it's indeed optional

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And in cases where the liaison is optional, the liaison always leans formal
Speaking informally you can always get away with omitting every optional liaison

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This one is probably one of the most common optional ones to do though

elfin pumice
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yes, the ones at the top of the optional section are the most common liaisons (still tends towards formal)

north schooner
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Yeah honestly my brain auto corrects it to ez so as long as its correct generally its aight, cuz for example
Tu ends on a vowel, es cuts of the s so its also a vowel, and un starts with a vowel so my brain goes that sounds fucking offff

elfin pumice
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well informally it would most commonly be pronounced "t'es un" without liaison

north schooner
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t'es?

rocky bloom
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Yes

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"tu es" etc is not done informally

elfin pumice
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yes, informally, "tu" + vowel gets shortened to "t' "

north schooner
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Gotcha alr

rocky bloom
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It's kind of similar to english "I am" vs "I'm"

north schooner
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Ye

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Speaking of actually

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Do people shorten that or is it just je suis no matter?

elfin pumice
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not sure what you mean but
"chuis" is a indeed the most common way to say "je suis" informally (not to write it though)

north schooner
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Like in english its i am>I'm

rocky bloom
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It doesn't usually get modified a lot in writing, at least nothing compared to "I'm"

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At most people might write jsuis
In more niche/stylized writing you can find variants like chui(s), jui, or "chu" especially in canadian french

north schooner
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Oh alr!

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Im surprised actually that they write it with ch

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I might choke on my words here but i thought that native french people struggles with the ch

rocky bloom
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It's pronounced that way, "js" would be slightly different but can also be said

rocky bloom
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Sometimes k

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But never tch

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Unless it's directly from english

north schooner
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Oh it is like that i thought it was, out of interest then why chuis instead of likeee shuis?

rocky bloom
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shuis looks ugly, idk

north schooner
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Fair enough lmaoo

elfin pumice
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"sh" is not used at the beginning of words

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and overall it's rarer

rocky bloom
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French doesn't use sh much especially at the start of words

north schooner
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The quirks of the language! Tysm

rocky bloom
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E.g. chanter, chou, etc

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Even "chewing gum" which is stolen from english is kinda like "shwing gum"

north schooner
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Lol

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Not to go to in depth but my sister became french, her name starts with a ch so she had so much fun with people mispronouncing her name

rocky bloom
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My last name ends in -er

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Always funny getting é'd

north schooner
rocky bloom
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My whole name is basically a "gemma pell" situation

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It's kinda funny

north schooner
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Thankfully i think mines an actual name used in french so we ball

elfin pumice
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inb4 name is actually "jean roger" or smth

rocky bloom
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In school people would skip my first name bc it didn't sound french enough and would just use my middle name

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Which NO ONE has ever used in my life

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And I hate being called by it

elfin pumice
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damn

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bad feeling alert

rocky bloom
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I'd 1000% rather be called by last name than my middle name if anything

north schooner
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Imagine your classmates going you're not french enough, we now christen you something else entirely

elfin pumice
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but name diversity is so cool

rocky bloom
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I've had compliments on my name and I do like it but I really wish it were just a bit more french

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Like I'd like to hyphenate my last name with my fiancée's but it's illegal here