"Tu portes ton nouveau manteau" vs "Tu portes un nouveau manteau"

[BruiserTom]

What would be the difference between how these two sentences sound?

1. Tu portes ton nouveau manteau.

2. Tu portes un nouveau manteau.

I keep getting nailed on this one thinking that I am hearing #2 when the answer is #1.

[Deniime]

This might not be helpful, but usually 'un' sounds like 'an' in English while 'ton' has a visible t and more of a nasal sound!Even if you don't really get the difference right now, your ears will eventually get used to the difference. Hopefully this helped, I'm not very good at explaining things :)

[elizadeux]

Have you tried the slow speed? It's often much clearer.

Forvo is also a good resource to hear actual people pronouncing it rather than robots whose pronunciation may or may not be correct.

[BruiserTom]

Thanks for the site tip. I did not know about Forvo.

[Camilla-danesa]

1. is pronounced "tu-porr'ton nouveau manteau."

2. is pronounced "tu-portzun nouveau manteau."

Note: the z sound is very subtle.

The words blend into each other, thats what I tried to show by writing them this way.

[BruiserTom]

Thanks. That makes sense. Liaison at work. That will help me a lot to keep that in mind.

[Camilla-danesa]

:-) yes, lots of liason in french!