Again this is incorrect. If you don’t speak French do not try to correct. When you put an er on the end of something it’s pronounced ay. And some things that the person got correct are wrong on your part. Like how the first person says ses=say which is correct and you said ses=se. Edith Piaf would be disappointed (original writer of this song)

If you can’t pronounce it well, just sing it in English guys. It’s kind of disrespectful when you try to pronounce it and you don’t do it correctly.

hey! i’m a native french speaker and i quite honestly don’t find it disrespectful at all, it’s just kinda funny and cute : )

the way i’d write the pronunciation is this:

con eele muh pran dan seh brah queel muh par-leu too bah juh vooah (or vwah) la vee en rozeu

pleeeeeeeeasssse please please please please pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaassssssseeeeee tell me how youwould pronounce all of the words my dad speaks fluent french but i’m dumb and have to read it :(((((((

Thank u that helped so much

no it really isn’t, it’s good to learn a new language. And it’s fun to try something new. Disrespecting is the last thing on the minds of people when they try a new language. The fact is your statement was hurtful to be honest.

I think you have a really valid point of view!!

I…don’t think Edith Piaf would be disappointed. As French speakers we shouldn’t be condescending (as you undoubtedly were, whether or not it was intentional), but we should be excited that others are embracing and celebrating the language. If you feel the need to correct others, please do so constructively :)

actually AS A FRENCH PERSON WHOS FIRST LANGUAGE IS FRENCH, CAITLINS IS QUITE ACCURATE.

Charlotte I’m french too and what Caintlin wrote seems accurate for us cause we are reading it like its french. For example she wrote ”Bra” but someone who speaks english isn’t going to read ”bras”… I think the first comment is the best version of what it sounds like.

PS: Don’t put so much pressure on yourself trying to say it perfectly I think Edith Piaf would have just been so happy to see that too this day people are still singing this song ^^

Edith Piaf would be happy seeing us enjoy her song don’t cause drama where it’s not needed.

Sorry KAREN if we are not as perfect as you are. We just want thave fun so who are you to take that away from us? Ali was just trying to be nice to us and tell us how it could sound nice or be fun to sing the first verse in french, she was trying to make it easier for us to pronounce it and as a student who can speak french fluently I think her translation was perfectly done. Again, sorry if we cant be as perfect as you.

ur smelly

I love this!! I’ve listened to the actual french version and they say “rose” like “chrosher” just sayin. If its incorrect so so so so sorry! I wanna join the conversation though!! :)

haha jk i meant krosher but love you guyyyys

Would you be able to show us the phonetics? Please and thank you.

Lauren, whoever you are, whichever major you’re in (which no really cares), more than being a French speaker, you must be a full-time condescending asshole. Edit Piaf would be disappointed at how we didn’t get every French word correctly? What’s your freaking problem LOL. I think she’d be prouder if we tried instead of just going full-english version on HER FRENCH song. It’s music and it should be played by EVERYONE. Just because you study AP French, which is probably the only thing you’re good at in your life, it doesn’t give you the right to come at others like that. You’re just a plain rude old cocky bastard. Get a hobby

omg i love you

I hope you know you’re one of my new favorite commenters.

mate you’re amazing.

Oh wow…. This is just down right embarrassing, I for one, think that Lauren was giving some good facts, now you’re just a rude person and Edith Piaf would be not proud in you, but everyone who was giving advise but you are the “cocky bastard”…..

I’m sorry if I offended anyone, now i kinda agree with this person, I got mad and took the wrong side by accident, I’ve thoroughly read each little thing, and now i agree with this girl… Screw Lauren!

I LITERALLY LOVE YOU LMAO

exactly i think edith would be happy if we tried the speak french, instead of full blown english. if someone gets the pronounciation wrong dont be an ass about it lol!

OHMYGAWD I LOVE YOU!!! YES!! like, okay, yeah you might have an AP in French but that doenst mean you can hate on people for trying to help others try to understand how to sing the verse in french.

ok but unrelated but i cant play the e chord either lol

Thank you for putting that ignorant prick in her place

YASS QUEEN

I’m Canadian , I’ve been in a french school for almost 10 years now , and you don’t see me attacking other people for trying to play a beautiful song in it’s original language . You should be ashamed , you got the privilege to learn a beautiful language and you shouldn’t be calling out people, you should be helping them and be nice cause people didn’t get the exact same education as you ( don’t forget the world doesn’t revolve around you :) ) . And i would like to say as a student who’s spoken french since he was young that who ever uses word reference and duolingo is a fraud and can’t speak real french, use a real site .
PS: People don’t worry every song is different with every person don’t beat yourself up if you can’t pronounce certain words , i promise you it will just need a little practice .

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i am a literal french person and this is so rude. at least she tried to help other people speak, MY first language, it dosent have to be perfect! learning a language is hard it dosent matter if they get the phonetics off by a bit! when i was learning english i got the pronounciation wrong all the time, and still do lol, so it dosent matterif its off. some people are so rude it amazes me!

What is it supposed to be?

The one that Ali posed (the one closest to the top) is pretty accurate. It’s not a perfect pronunciation guide, but if you’re just looking to have fun with it then you can use that.

id say the one done by caitlin is most accurate, by a french person lol

Hahaha i see u joey

sameeeeee

Wow there’s a lot of us

if you listen to the song you can find it, just look up la vie en rose in english on youtube

The melody of the bridge is sort of like this:
A-A-G-A-A-G-A-A-G-D, A-A-G-A-A-G-A-A-G-C-B
If you don”t know how to sound out the notes, go onto one of those websites (like this: https://www.apronus.com/music/flashpiano.htm) which have the piano with the notes on them and you can play out the tune. Or you cold listen to the song online or on spotify and listen to the melody. Hope this helped!

wow playing viola really paid off i actually understand this lmao

A fellow viola?!?!

Gross

Ew a Viola

two set?

ling ling approves

if ling ling finds out i have not been practicing he would sneak in my room and un-tune my pegs slightly just so i can question my sanity when i do play.

😎

BRO YESSS

hahahahaha!! ah…. yea im joking, not funny

ew you

I liked your comment 100 times.

Yay😊 a fellow violist!

Gross

Gross

actually id say the last bit is more a a g a a g a a g b a

me too homies

OMG!!! GOOD LUCK ON IT!!!

Good luck! I’m sure they’ll love it! I know I would XD

Ahhh good luck babe!!! <3

my crush is a fictional character but it’s fine.

same lol i have a crush on a fictional character

lol

not surprised if it would. as in the end of the world yk

That’s true but it is still good to know what the lyrics in french mean and if you know the lyrics and how to pronounce them it makes it easier to sing.

the average english speaker probably doesn’t know how to read that

FOR THE LONGEST TIME I THOUGHT THIS SAID ENGLISH TEACHER WHAT THE HECK I’M BLIND

Im an average english speaker and read it alright- the IPA helped me read and pronounce the “eugh” bits on “prã”, and then this website helped me read the unintelligible bits that i couldn’t understand – like 3œ and rozœ – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French

Lol

this does look super confusing but this is actually how i learned to pronounce the words and the french exchange students at my school say its pretty accurate. if you combine a simple ipa chart with listening to the original edith piaf audio its not too hard :)

i am good wbu

i’m late to this and good lmao

omg whats up?!

i dOnt . (like anyone cares)

choc or regular?

both, i’d probably go choc doe

you mean cereal sauce.

you are my new favorite person

Hey Marina! Would you mind helping me out too? I’d love to learn.