To order water or wine! You need the partitive. “De” plus definite article (le, la, de l’) tells the waiter what you want: de l’eau, du vin
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In this series I’ll be taking up those particularly hard to pronounce words as chosen by expats living in France.
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Blog blurb for Hard Words #7–l’eau
This Hard Word in French is not hard at all, but since it was included on the list of words I have been featuring that expats found difficult, I wanted to include it in this series. The woman who submitted this word to the online magazine in France complained that waiters couldn’t understand her when she asked for water. Her problem was not pronunciation this time, but grammar. So in this video we take a quick look at the “partitive”. And just for fun I throw in a word that is often mispronounced, the French word for “shampoo” which is actually an English word with a twist. While you are on the website, please click on “Courses” to learn more about the unique video course I have created that unlocks the mystery of what the French do to sound French. With special audio exercises to repeat, you will be on your way to sounding more like a local.