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How to pronounce "were" in French

were is pronounced with standard French phonetics in French. Hear authentic native speakers pronounce it in 132 clips with synchronized subtitles and timestamps below.

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Syllableswe · re
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4:15

tout comme sur l'europe elle même we were nous en sommes conscients évidemment nous avons été très occupés par les questions sociales l'emploi les évidemment nous avons été très occupés

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were nous en sommes conscients évidemment nous avons été très occupés par les questions sociales l'emploi les

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132 clips

The French word “were”. Phonologically, it consists of 2 syllables (we · re). SayItVid indexes 132 authentic French video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “were” in natural connected speech, including verified broadcasts from FRANCE 24, BookBox French, French Fairy Tales.

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  • 🇫🇷 FRFRANCE 24
    Clip #1 · @4:15
    “tout comme sur l'europe elle même we were nous en sommes conscients évidemment nous avons été très occupés par les questions sociales l'emploi les évidemment nous avons été très occupés”
  • 🇫🇷 FRBookBox French
    Clip #2 · @2:42
    “clavier du piano mais il te manque quelque chose azo you were found tomorrow in france hors is you are getting to be quite the pianist your fingers move like square en piano qu'ils portent des incendies mais”
  • 🇫🇷 FRFrench Fairy Tales
    Clip #3 · @12:05
    “cet été la victoire sera à nous la victoire sera à nous la victoire sera dos le but were sera nous nous allons gagner tout seul on en gagne un nous allons gagner nous allons gagner arrêtez pas la fille de potan mais que”
  • 🇫🇷 FRFrenchy Tales
    Clip #4 · @1:08
    “and sadly, all the princes are punished for not being able to complete the task given by the queen. There were many princes who tried to marry the princess, but a mean queen with impossible tasks kept scaring them away. One prince, though, wouldn't give up. His name was Henry”
  • 🇫🇷 FRFRANCE 24
    Clip #5 · @6:04
    “polluant des musiciens were hassan ben c'est beau c'est beau ce qu'est ce que tu aurais à l'usure déjà franchement merci beaucoup merci en vrai je te bon bah c'est quand vous voulez”

Pronounce: “were”

Syllables:
we · re
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