• antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    Apparently the French stress the syllables equally, not just the second so it’s a minor difference.

    According to what I’ve read, they do stress the final syllable of the phrase (including multiple words). To foreign ears, this is generalised into always stressing the final syllable.

    I absolutely don’t trust videos such as the one you link because they’re frequently made by non-natives. I’ve personally seen a number of them using obvious non-native (English) pronunciation. Also, I’d say that particular recording has equal prominence on both syllables. But I wouldn’t take it to be representative of French either way.

    https://youtu.be/__bLxInvVsM - this should be better