Is "j'parle francais" grammatically correct?

No. Je parle français. You only make the liaso when je is followed by a vowel. J'aime...

I think it should be Je parle francais....

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No, you write or say JE PARLE FRANCAIS.

No. You only write "j'" when the "je" is coming before a vowel. For this sentence, you would write "je parle francais". If you wanted to write "I love French" you would write "j'adore francais" because the word "adore" starts with a vowel.

No, you write or say JE PARLE FRANCAIS.

How about this?

French: "Parlez-vous français?"
English translation: "Do you speak French?"

French: "Oui, je parle français."
English translation: "Yes, I speak French."

"j'parle français" accurately reflects it's pronunciation in conversational and/or colloquial french. it, indeed, sounds like "shparl fran-say." if you are writing formally i.e. writing a research paper or journalistic article, etc. in french you would use "je parle français" because it is correct stylistically.

a similar "phenomenon" occurs in english. when speaking, "i am" is frequently contracted to "i'm" although in formal writing it is inappropriate (according to most stylistic handbooks such as MLA or APA) to use the contracted form.

i think the real problem here is the use of the phrase "grammatically correct." although "j'parle" and "i'm" may not be indicative of formal, polite, or elevated speech/writing, they are both grammatically correct. "j'parle français" and "i'm french" are both complete thoughts that contain the necessary grammatical parts (subject and predicate) in the correct word order and are understood easily and accepted by speakers of their respective languages therefore they are grammatically correct. examples of ungrammatical or grammatically incorrect speech would include "je parlez français" or "i are french," since both sentences violate appropriate subject-verb agreement.

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"je ne parle pas français" when spoken colloquially sounds something like "shparl pah fran-say." the "ne" is dropped entirely, and the "je" is devoiced and elided. elision is when (by written requirement or by choice) the vowel is replaced with an apostrophe, such as "je t'aime." liason is when a silent and final consonant is pronounced due to it's proximity to a vowel (in french), such as "vous avez" sounding like "voo zah-vay." how do i know all this? entirely too many semesters of college level french.

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