In the audio for “Mais la ville essaie de prendre des initiatives écolos.” it sounds to me like a conjugated “prend” (i.e. silent “d”, so sounds like “pren”), instead of the infinitive “prendre”.
“Mais la ville essaie de prendre des initiatives écolos.”
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“Mais la ville essaie de prendre des initiatives écolos.”
Asked 2 years ago
Yes, you're right. In spoken everyday French, the trailing -re of prendre is often pronounced indistinctly or even swallowed completely.
Brian E. asked:
“Mais la ville essaie de prendre des initiatives écolos.”
In the audio for “Mais la ville essaie de prendre des initiatives écolos.” it sounds to me like a conjugated “prend” (i.e. silent “d”, so sounds like “pren”), instead of the infinitive “prendre”.
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