#pet adjectives

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digital sundialBOT
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pet adjectives

mossy sinew
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"Les chats mangent les pizzas. Ils habitent ici avec moi. Les animaux sont très heureux."

"habitent ici" he is doing what is called a "liaison"

Liaison is when a sound that is usually not pronounced attaches itself to the following sound, when it is a vowel. So, here the "mute e" is unmuted, so that the "t" can link with the following word, which starts with a vowel.

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There are three different kinds of liaisons:
-mandatory
-optional
-forbidden

This one is optional. When optional liaisons are realized, it sounds a bit more formal most of the time. In everyday informal speech, optional liaisons tend not to be made.

Does this make sense?

Sorry I'm a bit sleep deprived so I may be a bit rambly.

terse coral
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Merci, still trying to parse it but don't let me hold you off from your sleep!

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I see, so the « habitent à ici » I was hearing was just « habitent ici », just that the « -ent » is said out loud.

So given that lessons tend to be more formal / by-the-books, -ent is said out loud.

mighty hawk
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Yes, though of course it's not pronounced like a regular "ent" ending you'd hear in a word like "vraiment".

"habitent ici" with a liaison is pronounced as if it were spelled "habite tici"

terse coral
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I suppose the mute "-e" is also going to vary by word? Do liasons being mandatory/optional/forbidden follow a rule or are they more like genders where anything goes?

mighty hawk
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Liaison follows complex but pretty clear rules

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;liaison

terse coral
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Like… I don’t know… « Ils étudient ici » would be said « étudiente ici »? Just trying to think up of verbs ending with « t »

mighty hawk
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hmm, I thought ";liaison" was the trigger for Nostradamus's neat liaison sheet

mighty hawk
terse coral
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Oh yeah forgot

mighty hawk
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ah, it's "liaisons"

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;liaisons

digital sundialBOT
terse coral
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Merci beaucoup, saving this

restive terrace
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C'est pas à l'imparfait ?

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Mangaient, habitaient

mossy sinew
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Je pense pas, j'ai pas analysé le spectrogramme des voyelles mais je suis presque sûr que c'est des /œ/ et pas des /ɛ/

mighty hawk