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© Copyright 2014 www.frenchyourway.com.au 1 Improve your French pronunciation : Ask Siri ! Instructions 1. Set Siri to French language Go to: Settings > General > Siri > Language > French 2. Try to fill the table below by finding out the information using only your voice! Hold down the main button of your iPhone to start Siri. Ask Siri your question in French. Check what Siri understood (the transcription of what Siri “heard”). This can help you identify any mistake or pronunciation issue. Keep track of the number of attempts you had before Siri answered your question. Note: take it with a grain of salt; although voice recognition softwares are becoming more and more efficient and reliable, they are not perfect! 3. Feel free to make up your own questions and, why not, to engage in a fun conversation with Siri… in French of course!

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Improve your French pronunciation : Ask Siri !

Instructions

1. Set Siri to French language Go to:

Settings > General > Siri > Language > French

2. Try to fill the table below by finding out the information using only your voice!

Hold down the main button of your iPhone to start Siri.

Ask Siri your question in French.

Check what Siri understood (the transcription of what Siri “heard”). This can help you identify any mistake or pronunciation issue.

Keep track of the number of attempts you had before Siri answered your question. Note: take it with a grain of salt; although voice recognition softwares are becoming more and more efficient and reliable, they are not perfect! 3. Feel free to make up your own questions and, why not, to engage in a fun conversation

with Siri… in French of course!

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What to ask Siri

Find the following information

How to ask the question (in French) Number of

attempts

The answer (in French)

1. What Molière’s date of birth is.

2. What time it is in Paris.

3. What the weather is like in Bordeaux.

4. How many legs a centipede* has. (*”un mille-pattes”)

5. How long a giraffe lives.

6. What the best season to plant tomatoes is.

7. What is Paris’s best hotel.

8. What year has penicillin* been created. (*la pénicilline)

9. What languages Siri can speak.

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Answers Here are some of the ways you can ask the above questions in French:

1. Quelle est la date de naissance de Molière?/ En quelle année est né Molière ? 2. Il est quelle heure à Paris ? / Quelle heure est-il à Paris ? 3. Quel temps fait-il à Bordeaux ? / Quelle est la météo à Bordeaux ? 4. Un mille-pattes a combien de pattes ? 5. Combien de temps vit une girafe ? Quelle est la longévité de la girafe ? 6. Quelle est la meilleure saison pour planter des tomates ? 7. Quel est le meilleur hôtel de Paris ? 8. La pénicilline a été inventée en quelle année ? / Quand a été créée la pénicilline ? 9. Tu parles quelles langues ? / Vous parlez quelles langues?