{"id":1213067,"date":"2022-09-29T06:46:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T06:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/29\/learn-french-how-to-dictate-punctuation-marks-in-french\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T06:46:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T06:46:07","slug":"learn-french-how-to-dictate-punctuation-marks-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/29\/learn-french-how-to-dictate-punctuation-marks-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn French: How To Dictate Punctuation marks in French."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>If you are are beginning to learn the French language, then one important thing you need to know well is the punctuation marks.<\/p>\n<p>Do you find it difficult or what is your general opinion about the French language? In this article, you will learn the names of the punctuation marks in French. In addition, you will discover how the various punctuation marks are dictated in French. Without wasting much of your time let us get started.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I will like you to know is the names of the punctuation marks. We shall proceed and look at how to dictate French punctuations orally.<\/p>\n<p>Punctuation marks in French are not any different from those of English. Punctuation in French is called \u201cla ponctuation\u201d. The pronunciation is the same as \u201cssion\u201d but not \u201cshion\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>This article has a video link below which gives you a clearer and smarter way to learn the French punctuations. By <strong>watching this video, you will get the right pronunciations of the various punctuation marks in French. Watch video below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"\"> <iframe><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So we begin with the names of the various French punctuation marks.<\/p>\n<p>Names Of French Punctuation Marks<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>French Punctuation mark\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0English Name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0French Name<\/p>\n<p>,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0comma la virgule<\/p>\n<p>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0period\u00a0\u00a0le point<\/p>\n<p>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0colon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0deux points<\/p>\n<p>;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0semi colon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0le point virgule<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ellipsis\u00a0\u00a0les points de suspension<\/p>\n<p>!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0exclamation mark\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0le point d\u2019exclamation<\/p>\n<p>?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0interrogation mark\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0le point d\u2019interrogation<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00bb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0quotation marks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0les guillemets (m)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hyphen le trait-d\u2019union<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apostrophe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0une apostrophe<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the rules for typing punctuation in French and English are not the same. Or not exactly the same, at least\u2026<\/p>\n<p>French Typing Rules for Commas and Periods<\/p>\n<p>Good news! For the one-part punctuation marks: commas and periods ( three dots), spaces used in typing are the same in French and English: no space before, one space after.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e84973fa01c34cba8c2208fe5fd600b2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nous nous promenons, et nous parlons en fran\u00e7ais en m\u00eame temps. C\u2019est agr\u00e9able\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And for the apostrophe, there\u2019s no space.<\/p>\n<p>J\u2019aime Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Rules for Typing Two-part Punctuation Marks in French<\/p>\n<p>The way we type the rest of the punctuation marks differs between French and English\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In French, you\u2019ll need to type a space BEFORE and after a colon, semi-colon, exclamation mark, question mark and symbols  % # \u20ac $ \u00ab \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Quotation Marks In French<\/p>\n<p>Quotation marks in French are called \u201cles guillemets\u201d (masculine plural).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In literary French, they are usually typed using this symbol: \u00ab \u00bb which is called \u201cguillemets en chevron \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There are two types of \u201cguillemet \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab un guillemet ouvrant<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb un guillemet fermant<\/p>\n<p>Now, since the invention of the typewriter, many models only offered one kind of quotation mark: \u201d \u201d \u2013 which is typically an English quotation mark. symbol.<\/p>\n<p>And nowadays a lot of software will only offer the \u201d \u201d version of quotation marks, therefore it\u2019s more and more common in French to use \u201d \u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, using\u201d \u201d seems more dynamic, younger\u2026 \u00ab \u00bb is used in literature, but in many French blogs \u2013  mine \u2013 , you\u2019ll see people use \u201d \u201d .<\/p>\n<p>When you start typing quotation marks in French, you\u2019d say: \u201couvrez les guillemets\u201d and when you end: \u201cfermez les guillemets\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So now let\u2019s see precisely how we would dictate with punctuation marks in French.<\/p>\n<p>The French Dialogue Dash: Le Tiret<\/p>\n<p>Another punctuation symbol is \u201cle tiret\u201d. It shouldn\u2019t be mistaken with an hyphen (le trait d\u2019union) or the minus sign (le signe moins) although usually the same symbol is used for the three.<\/p>\n<p>There are 3 \u201ctirets\u201d in French<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>le tiret long (\u00ab \u2014 \u00bb),<\/p>\n<p>le tiret moyen (\u00ab \u2013 \u00bb)<\/p>\n<p>le tiret court (\u00ab \u2013 \u00bb).<\/p>\n<p>A long dash is often used to introduce a new speaker in a dialogue in printed literature.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Bonjour ! dit Sophie. Tu vas bien ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bien. Et toi ? r\u00e9pond Anne.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tr\u00e8s bien, merci ! \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to dictate French punctuation marks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, how does it sound when someone dictates with punctuation marks in French?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here we have an example.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre dit : \u00ab Je vais lui acheter un livre. Sophie aime les livres ; les beaux livres de litt\u00e9rature. Et toi ? \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Anne lui r\u00e9pond : \u00ab Moi, je ne sais pas\u2026 Je ne sais pas vraiment quoi lui offrir. En fait, je pense que je vais lui acheter un bon d\u2019achat. \u00c7a fait toujours plaisir ! \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s see how I would dictate this in French with the punctuation marks and instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre dit deux points ouvrez les guillemets Je vais lui acheter un livre point Sophie aime les livres point virgule les beaux livres de litt\u00e9rature point Et toi point d\u2019interrogation fermez les guillemets<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 la ligne<\/p>\n<p>Nouveau paragraphe<\/p>\n<p>Anne lui r\u00e9pond deux points ouvrez les guillemets Moi virgule je ne sais pas points de suspension (ou trois petits points) Je ne sais pas vraiment quoi lui offrir point En fait virgule je pense que je vais lui acheter un bon d\u2019achat point \u00c7a fait toujours plaisir point d\u2019exclamation<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Voil\u00e0. 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