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Hi! I would like to know the pronunciation of a French word "tenez" in "Tenez, voila votre billet." If there is someone who is good at French, please tell me how to pronounce the word.
Thanks a lot in advance.
LP
  

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(Email Removed), Lazypierrot (Email Removed) writes
[nq:1]Hi! I would like to know the pronunciation of a French word "tenez" in "Tenez, voila votre billet." If there is someone who is good at French, please tell me how to pronounce the word. Thanks a lot in advance.[/nq]
Try here:
http://www.audiofrench.com/
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[nq:1]Hi! =A0I would like to know the pronunciation of a French word "tenez" in "Tenez, voila votre billet." =A0If there is someone who is good at French, please tell me how to pronounce the word. Thanks a lot in advance. LP[/nq]
Tennay!
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[nq:2]Hi! I would like to know the pronunciation of a ... at French, please tell me how to pronounce the word.[/nq]
[nq:1]Try here: http://www.audiofrench.com/[/nq]
http://www.audiofrench.com/verbs/sounds/tenir
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[nq:2]Hi! I would like to know the pronunciation of a ... to pronounce the word. Thanks a lot in advance. LP[/nq]
[nq:1]Tennay![/nq]
No, tuh-nai
Chris R
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[nq:2]Hi!  I would like to know the pronunciation of a French word "tenez" in "Tenez, voila votre billet."  If there is someone who is good at French, please tell me how to pronounce the word. Thanks a lot in advance. LP[/nq]
[nq:1]Tennay![/nq]
Thereby illustrating Luca's point.

athel
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[nq:1]http://www.audiofrench.com/verbs/sounds/tenir/vous tenez.mp3 (The main mistake most English speakers commit is turn the monophtong ending (-ez = broad-mouthed "eh") into a diphtong like "ay".)[/nq]
They also get the first vowel wrong (not enough schwa to it).

On t
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[nq:1]Hi! I would like to know the pronunciation of a French word "tenez" in "Tenez, voila votre billet." If there is someone who is good at French, please tell me how to pronounce the word. Thanks a lot in advance.[/nq]
"tuh-nay"
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[nq:1]http://www.audiofrench.com/verbs/sounds/tenir/vous tenez.mp3 (The main mistake most English speakers commit is turn the monophtong ending (-ez = broad-mouthed "eh") into a diphtong like "ay".)[/nq]
I suspect it probably depends a lot on individual and regional accent. That
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[nq:1]Hi! I would like to know the pronunciation of a French word "tenez" in "Tenez, voila votre billet." If there is someone who is good at French, please tell me how to pronounce the word. Thanks a lot in advance. LP[/nq]
'tenez' is pronouced 'ten-ay'. ('Vwala votra beeay' The two lls are silent in billet).
I guess the above sentence would be informal spoken French because in 'tenez' is
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[nq:1]Also, I think that some French would pronounce the "ten" part with the "e" as a schwa (almost missing), or as "tun".[/nq]
The first vowel is indeed a schwa. The vowel in the second syllable is the same as that heard in "nay" in English, but without the diphthonged off-glide that some English speakers (especially many British people) pronounce.
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