Tout le monde pronunciation

William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tout le monde pronunciation

Bonjour, To my beginner's ear, it sounds like in some of the answers the French speaker pronounces each word (tout le monde) distinctly and others the "le" gets glossed over. Am I just not hearing correctly or is there a preference?

Merci!

Asked 4 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Spoken French is extremely variable (but not as bad as German, so don't complain ;) ) in what gets pronounced and what is swallowed up. Most of the time I hear tout le monde pronounced as "too l'mo", but I'm sure other variants exist.

Tout le monde pronunciation

Bonjour, To my beginner's ear, it sounds like in some of the answers the French speaker pronounces each word (tout le monde) distinctly and others the "le" gets glossed over. Am I just not hearing correctly or is there a preference?

Merci!

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