"Note that the ""e"" of the ""ser"" part is silent in today's Parisian French (it's pronounced in the South of France) - train with French verbs with audio and master the many liaisons, glidings, silent letters etc that you cannot guess from the written form! Listen to my free sample of ""être"" in the future negative here http://www.frenchtoday.com/learn-french/french-verb-drills/verbs-vol-1"
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