I have a French pronunciaton Q... Anyone have a link to how to pronounce the title and charcaters from........

Question

I'm trying out for Les Miserables, but I can't pronounce it! Do you have a link to all the charcters and what not that says how to pronounce them? Or do you know?

What I mean is type how to prononce it is like

oven` uh-ven

Answer 1

I don't know of a link, and I can't really tell you how to pronounce it by only typing it, but you could just rent the movie, and they'll say all the names there. Sorry I couldn't type up how to pronounce them, but I can't figure out how I would.

Answer 2

Easiest way in general to come close is to remember that in French, the accent is virtually ALWAYS on the last syllable. So, for instance, we'd say "Lay MIS-erables" but the correct pronunciation would be "Lay mee-sayr-ABL" (the "L" at the end is kind of swallowed). Similarly, for all the character names, if you stress the final syllable you'll be close. "Jean" as in Jean Valjean is kind of zzjhon val-ZZJHON (that's a really hard sound to spell phonetically!). The only other general rule I can think of is that a final "T" is usually not pronounced, so that "Gilot" is close to "Gee-YO" and "Carnot" would be "Car-NO". Finally, assuming this is a try-out for an amateur production, if there's a name that you're not sure about, I'd just ask before you start reading.

Answer 3

Uhm, I'll try to help. "Les" sounds similar to "lay", but without the "ee" sound at the end. Then; "Mee-sair-ah-bl.." and put a gentle roll on the end of the "l".
The big female parts would be Fantine ("Fahn-teen"), Madame Thernandier ("Thair-nahn-dee-eyr"), Cosette ("Ko-zet") and Eponine ("Epp-oh-neen.")

Hope I helped!

Answer 4

Give specific things to say and I can write it out phonetically with the accent.

like monsier is miss yeur