Hi, collected wisdom, especially those of the francophone persuasion,
I have to divide some lyrics in French into syllables, and I can't find
a reference. My Petit Robert tells me in the introduction that the
subject is of little interest (not to me!), except to say that
separately-sounded consonants should be divided (ac-teur) while elided
ones should not (a-près). This doesn't help me much with words like
èglise (é-glise or ég-lise, or even three syllables é-gli-se?) or
subsistant (sub-sis-tant or sub-si-stant?) when I am unsure of the
exact pronunciation in an international context anyway (my French is
definitely street quality, besides being Canadian-tinged-with-anglo.)
Other words I am hung up on:
Oublier
s'efforcer
sociale in two syllables and also into three syllables in another
passage
Any ideas? Online references have turned up no mentions that I can find
(perhaps I am not searching on the correct terms?)
Thanks in advance.
Christopher
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