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This doesn't seem right but I welcome anyone to correct me.
You're talking about liaisons. This occurs when the final letter is a consonant, and if silent, is pronounced with the next word if the next word begins with a vowel or silent h.
Parle ends in a vowel and not a consonant, likewise, francais does not begin with a verb or silent h.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaison_(French)
I think the robo reader is over emphasizing the "l" or is incorrectly reading the "e" at the end of the parle.
No, I am not talking about liaisons which happen when the following word starts with a vowel sound and I am not talking about enchainement which is similar but uses letters that were not otherwise silent.. This is regional as some people will pronounce "par-le" even at the end of a sentence. https://french.stackexchange.com/questions/33886/why-is-the-e-sometimes-pronounced-at-the-end-of-words
Here you can listen to native speakers and half pronounce it this way. https://forvo.com/word/je_parle_fran%C3%A7ais/
"I do not have chocolate." = "Je n'ai pas de chocolat."
https://www.reverso.net/translationresults.aspx?lang=EN&direction=english-french
Be careful! “lire” is the infinitive form of the verb “to read”.
“I read” = “je lis”
So, “Je lis le français.”, but I would more likely say “I read in French.”
https://dictionary.reverso.net/english-french/I+read+French
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je parle le français would also be a correct answer. But the le you're hearing is in the word "parle".
Pronouns take verbs with different endings. In French more of the pronouns have their own verb endings then in English. We just have to memorize the verb conjugations.
je parle = I speak
tu parles = you speak (singular familiar form)
il parle = he speaks, elle parle = she speaks
nous parlons = we speak
vous parlez = you speak ( plural or formal singular)
ils parlent or elles parlent = they speak
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-parler.html
i love this it helps me with other classmates in my school. and helps me if i go to paris. and also bounjure.in french
However in English, I must always be capitalized. One might get the idea that these must always be capital also. Then, there is the problem of capital i looking like lowercase l. If you had spaced between lines, I might not have noticed as much.
je parle = I speak
tu parles = you speak (thou speakest)
il/elle parle = he/she speaks
nous parlons = we speak
vous parlez = you speak (plural or formal singular)
ils/elles parlent = they speak
"Parle" is used with "je", "il" and "elle", "parles" is only used with "tu". Think of it as being similar as in English: when using he or she, you add an -s to the verb. In French, you have different endings for almost all different subjects. For the verbs that are conjugated the same way as "parler" (almost all verbs ending on -er, some exceptions exist), these are:
Infinitive: Parl-er
Je parl-e
Tu parl-es
Il/elle parl-e
Nous parl-ons
Vous parl-ez
Ils/elle parl-ent
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My phone doesn't have the accent marks so it is impossible to get anything correct that has accent marks.
There is no "want" in this sentence, so you can't include "want" when you translate. There is only I (Je) + speak (parle) + French (francais). IF you add words that are not there, the computer will mark you wrong. If you mean that the computer would not let you speak the answer, look for a button to click so you can write the answer instead.
Listen again at the top. Paul in French is pronounced as pole is in English. The pronunciation is correct at the top of the page, though the tts voices are not always clear.. Perhaps you are expecting English enunciation? Sometimes we extrapolate the wrong words when we are new to a language and we don't know what sounds to expect. Even better, listen to live native speakers here: https://forvo.com/word/je_parle_fran%C3%A7ais/
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This has been explained already. Please read through the forum before asking a question.
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No, because that would imply you're speaking French in that very moment. Not in general.
All the tts voices read all the sentences as though reading a book. The sentence is about the writer and not the reader, so no, the female voice could say “Je suis français.” because it was reading a sentence written by a male. Here, the word “français” refers to the language and not the person in the sentence “Je parle français.” Scroll to the top of the page to listen again. She says it correctly without the e ending.
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You won't get marked incorrect for using a normal letter c.
You can also install a French keyboard on your phone. On some keypads you don't even need to use the actual French keyboard, but you'll still be able to access all the French letters.
The word "francais" does NOT describe girl so it does not need to match the gender of girl. I don't believe it has anything to do with who wrote it. francais it the. name of a language so it is its own noun with its own gender. That is, it is NOT used to make the girl a French girl but is totally separate from the word girl as it is the name of a language.