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French Alphabet and Pronunciation
• Final consonants are usually silent:
• Paris (pa-ree).
• However, the consonants C, R, F & L are usually pronounced at the end of words.
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
Common exceptions where the last letter can be heard include:
• Août (August)
• Cinq (five)
• Sept (seven) (can hear ‘t’ but not the ‘p’!!)
• Huit (eight)
• Neuf (nine)
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
Accents
• Some but not all accents can change the sound of the letter and or the meaning of a word. The main ones are:
• É accent aigu
• È accent grave
• Ê accent circonflexe
• Ë trema
• Ç cedille
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
French Alphabet & Pronunciation
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
Greetings
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
French Alphabet
• a = ahh • b = bay • c = say• d = day• e = euh• f = eff• g = jay• h = ash• i = eeeee• j = jee• k = ka• l = ell• m = em
• n = en• o = oh• p = pay• q = kuh• r = air• s = ess• t = tay• u = ew• v = vay• w = dooble vay• x = eeks• y = eeee grec• Z = zed
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
There is/ There are
il y a (eel ee ah)
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
Le Vocabulaire• Monsieur (M.) ça va? Oui, ça va
• Madame (Mme.) Non, ça ne va pas
• Mademoiselle (Mlle) ici / là
• À demain Merci
• Salut Je vous en prie / De rien
• À plus tard s’il vous plait / s’il te plait
• À deux semaines le professeur
• À février l’élève
• Où qu’est-ce que c’est
• Comment? qu’est-ce que ça veut dire?
• Parce que
• Au Revoir Est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes?
• Avoir Est-ce que je peux aller à la bibliothèque?
• Etre Est-ce que je peux aller à l’infimière?
• Aller Est-ce que je peux prendre de l’eau?
• Faire
C’est quel numéro?
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
‘ç’ (cedille) changes the ‘C’ (K) into an ‘S’ sound for C followed by A, O or U. C already makes the ‘S’ sound followed by ‘E’ or
‘I’
• Français (French)• Garçon (boy)• Leçon (lesson)• Ciel (sky)• C’est (it’s)• Ce n’est pas (it’s not)• Glace (icecream)• Citron (lemon)
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
‘h’ is not pronounced hôtel (ohtel), homard (omar) (lobster).
• Horrible (horrible)
• Henri (Henry)
• Hôpital (hospital)
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
‘q’ or ‘qu’ has a hard ‘k’ sound e.g. quinze (sounds like ‘cans’) (fifteen)
• Quatre (four)
• Quatorze (fourteen) ‘cat oars’
• Qui (who)
• Quitter (to leave – can also say ‘partir’)
• Cinq (five)
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
‘r’ is said at the back of the throat with the tongue at the bottom of the mouth (in English
the ‘r’ makes the tongue go up). It sounds like a softer version of a cat trying to get
rid of a furball.
• Travaille (work)• Garage (garage)• Carottes rapées (grated carrots)• Tranche (slice)• Hiver (winter)• Printemps (spring)• Réserver (to reserve)
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
‘th’ is pronounced just ‘t’ which is why French native speakers have a lot of problems with our th and you may hear them say ‘zat was ze zeory on zursday ze forz’ instead of ‘that was the theory on Thursday the fourth’ although I haven’t heard this sentence
too often!
• Thé (tea)• Thierry (Terry or Thierry as in the footballer
Thierry Henri)• Cathédrale (cathedral) • Théâtre (theatre)• Thon (tuna)
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
‘u’ = oo e.g. sur (soor) (on)
• Jus (juice)
• Université (university)
• Rugby (rugby)
• Jupe (skirt)
• Musique (music)
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
‘ui’ (wee) e.g. huit (weet)
Huître (oyster)• Huile (oil)• Cuire (to cook)• Suivre (to follow)• Lui (him)• Nuit (night)• Puis-je? (may I?)• Puis-je cuire les huîtres avec l’huile pour lui
cette nuit? = May I cook the oysters with oil for him this night?!
French Alphabet and Pronunciation
Bravo!
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