- Vowels pronounced differently - Consonants often NOT
pronounced - French r
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- No stress on any syllables - Vowels are one sound - Mouth
opens after consonants pay vs. paie doe vs. dos ball vs. balle
Patrick est lami de Nathalie.
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bonj our s alut p remier
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ver t salu t grand part combat ballon Now you try:
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avec cher chef royal parc mer mer golf sel Your turn:
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gris grand tigre
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a, e, i, o, u ( and sometimes y - pronounced like i ) Same
vowels as in English, but pronounced differently. Also, vowels have
a clipped sound mouth doesnt move
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a = ah (between the a in hat & the a in father) (as in
meet) (as in boat) (like the o in roll between o & u as in nut)
(sort of like the u in music, w/out the y) i = ee = oh o = * h u =
* ew
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So how would you pronounce ? madame timide note dme mah dah m
tee mee d nh t (nuh-t) doh m
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How would you pronounce ? cube banane musique Rome kew b bah
nah n mew zee k rh m (ruh-m)
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e Pronounced euh as in put Pronounced ay as in play Pronounced
eh as in pet
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petit Pronounced peuh-tee
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grand / gran d e NOT pronounced, but it makes the consonant
before it pronounced
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je le ne de me te se All pronounced euh at the end
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peu deux gnreux Same euh sound
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cole Pronounced ay-kuhl pronounced ay
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trs aprs Pronounced treh Pronounced ah-preh pronounced eh
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parler Vous parlez buffet All pronounced ay These are generally
at the end of words
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boulevard vous bonjour Pronounced ooh as in Boo! route groupe
joue Your turn:
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on oh N with a nasal aw N with a nasal uh N /ah N with a nasal
en an un in -
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onze bon mon oh N
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enchant enfant ans aw N
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lundi intelligent important uh N /ah N Sort of like English
negative uh-uh
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So how would you pronounce ? danse balcon lgende symbole daw N
s bahl koh N lay zhaw N d suh M buh l
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moi toi trois Pronounced wah mwah twah trwah
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jaune beaucoup faux All pronounced oh
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chaise Acha Pronounced shez Pronounced Ah-ee-shah Another
example of the trema: Nol
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A challenge! See if you can sound out the following words.
Write down phonetically how they sound. diplme dee ploh m
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robe ruh b
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pantalon paw N tah loh N
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bracelet brah suh lay
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crocodile kruh kuh dee l
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lphant ay lay faw N
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rat rah
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vautour voh too r
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bois bwah
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maison meh zoh N
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fraise freh z
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enfant aw N faw N
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bureau bew roh
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eau oh
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fleur fluh r
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professeur pruh feh suh r
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ss = s sound s = z sound as in poisson as in poison
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profs lves
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cathdrale thtre th
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quart quantit liquide
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homme heure herbe
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garage jardin genre
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chat chien chambre
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cent dcembre cinma
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caf comment combien
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a garon franais T h e c e d i l l a m a k e s t h e c s o f t
!
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poisson pwah soh N Challenge! See if you can sound out the
following words. Write down phonetically how they sound.
