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Special characters vowels changing
sound , vowel with a
grammar accent (vowels with 'tonic
accent') consonnant with
special sound:
pronunciation:
1) The various sounds in French the
letters are always pronounced the
same, as shown on the left-hand
side.
2) The French language uses 'tonic
accents' to prolong a vowel sound.
There are not many of them, though.
3) The plural mark of a noun is never
pronounced.
4) The spelling of the French
language is made a little bit difficult
because some consonants are doubled.
(in English, this is also the case). Use
a spell-checker and read things in
French.
5) listening to clips or people
speaking French will help you
pronounce the 'nasal-vowels'.
orthographical modifications:
1) before a vowel, the articles le and
la become l'
2) before a masculine noun starting
with a vowel the adjective nouveau
become nouvel, beau becomes bel
3) before m,b, p - an, on, in, ein
become am, om, im, eim except
bonbon, nanmoins.
4) + le become au
+ les becomes aux
de + le become du
de + les becomes des
Voyelles and diphtongues consonnes
a/ - a , , /b/ b, bb
/*/ - -e /d/ d dd
/ - eu, u /f/ f ff
// e /g/ g + a, o gu + e, i,
i/,i words ending with -il // ch
o/ o, , au, eau /k/ qu + e, i - c + a, o, u,
the the -c at the end of a
word
/u/ ou - -s, -x, -t, -z at the end
of a word are mute, h at the
beginning of a word
u/, -ou, -ouet /m/ m, mm
u/ ou, ouais etc /n/ n, nn
/ow/ aou /p/ p pp
// - , , ei, ai, the "es" in
he article "les"
// gn
/ u, , -e after g /s/ s, ss, , before -a, o, u,
an-nasal/ an, en, em, am /ks/ x
in-nasal/ in, im, ain, aim,
ein, eim, un, um
/t/ t-, -tt-
on-nasal/ on, om /y/ y, -ille
y/ oye, ol /v/ v w
/ay/ ail, aille, /a-i/ a
/z/ s between two vowels, z
(but not at the end of a word)
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Questions
A question finishes with '?', note the use of
hyphens (trait d'union) ( - ) as part of the
question.
Comment a va? - How are you?
Qu'est-ce que c'est? - What is this?
Quelle heure est-il? - What time is it?
Que se passe-t'il? -What is happening?
Que fais-tu? - What are you doing?
C'est quand? - When is it?
C'est o? - Where is it?
Qui c'est? - Who is this?
Combien sont-ils/elles? - How many are there
(people)
Combien y-en-a-t'il? - How much is it?
Combien a cote? - How much does it cost?
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le calendrier/
the calendar
Months of the year/les mois de l'anne:
janvier fvrier mars avril mai juin juillet
aot septembre octobre novembre
dcembre
Les jours de la semaine/ The days of the
week (noun) lundi, mardi, mercredi,
jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche
La date / the date Jeudi 23 septembre
2010. (the first day of the month, you
say: le premier lundi 1 mai
Les saisons/ The seasons (nouns) le
printemps, l't, l'automne, l'hiver
Special occasions (expressions) bon
anniversaire, bonne anne le Nouvel An,
Pques, Nol, Joyeux Nol, la veille du
jour de l'an.
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