B1 Lesson 2 of 3 · Québec French in Everyday Life

Understanding the Québec accent

Four features that surprise newcomers: tsi / dzu, the open vowels, the questions with -tu, and the dropped words.

12 min · 6 activities

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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

1t / d before i, u → [ts] / [dz]: petit → “p’tsi”, mardi → “mardzi”.
2Question marker -tu: C’est-tu loin ? = Est-ce que c’est loin ?
3Colloquial: chu (je suis), y (il), frette (froid), à matin (ce matin), ben (bien).