Contraction : Je
How to say I in French
You know how to say “je” in French or I in English, but we sometimes change the pronunciation depending of the entire sentence, we have many contractions with the subject “je”.
1. Je before the consonants C, F, P, T
“Je” becomes the sound ‘sh’
Je coupe le pain sh’coup
Je cours
Je fais la vaisselle
Je prends le train
Je poste un courrier
Je t’attends
Je tape
2. Je before the consonant J
The sound ‘j’ is a bit longer
Je joue
3. Je before the consonant S
The letter ‘s’ of the following word is mixed with the pronoun “je”.
Je suis Français (shui)
Je sors ce soir (shor)
“Je ne sais pas” becomes shépa as we don’t pronounce the word “ne” when we speak.
4. Je before the other consonants
We mix the letter ‘j’ with the next word.
Je vais j’vais
Je bois
Je descends du bus
Je mets
Je ris
Je vais
5. Je before the letter H or a vowel
Je becomes j’
J’habite
J’irais
merci beaucoup. these are very useful. but we forget fast.
can you please do some basic but common dialogue, so we can memorize.