07-09-2026, 01:22 PM
(07-09-2026, 12:34 PM)rikforto wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In this thought experiment I am carrying on conversations in French! To do so I must be able to reliably distinguish between phonemes in context, both as a listener and to a reasonable degree produce them.Translate:
Bonju! Sava?
Sava biean, etua?
Sava biean. T'qua tcokuptu?
Jevuea epari sesuar, etua?
Jevuea mepromene.
This is the simplest dialogue that anyone with a basic knowledge of French should be able to understand. You’ll get clues about the original form of the dialogue if you read it aloud (for example, the word “epari” can tell you a lot).

