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Beginner French Lesson > Lesson 1 > Basics - Other Sounds!

Basics - Other Sounds!

Overview:
A quick look at how placing of letters in words changes the sounds !

Objective:
Recognise that the sounds of a letter in a word is sometimes determined by it's postion in the word.

LES CONSONNES

In general at the end of words in French the last letter is silent. There are three exceptions to this rule. These three letters are 'C','F' and 'L'.

exemple english

c avec with

l matériel material

f chef chef

In French double letters simply sound as one.

exemple english

elle she

terre earth

LA LIAISON

The last thing to notice for this part of the lesson if one word finishes with an 'X', 'S' or 'Z' and the next word starts with a vowel or an 'H', you must link the words.

exemple english

two friends

we have

This is called 'la liaison'. ..and this is what makes you think you've only heard one word when in actual fact there was six or seven.

La liasion creates a different sound when you link D to a vowel. It becomes a 'T' sound.

exemple english

a big airport

a great friend

LES NASALES

In French this is a group of letters than make the same sound, this is outlined in the two tables below.

IMPORTANT

all sound the same!
IN		IM
UN		UM

all sound the same!
AN		AM
EN		EM

Notice how the sounds in the groups all sound the same.

LINKING WORDS

In French if a word begins with a vowel then it's linked to the previous word.
That's why when you listen to French sometimes you think someone has said 1 word and they have actually said 47 !
Listen to the examples below to see if you get what we mean, if you don't have sound then try pronouncing the words in your head as one word!

exemple english

some orange noses

some animals

two alligators

In French if the word before ends with an S, X or Z then the sound of the link sounds like a mosquito !!

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