Unlocking the “Mystery”. - Vowels pronounced differently - Consonants often NOT pronounced - French “r”

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1 Unlocking the “Mystery”

2 - Vowels pronounced differently - Consonants often NOT pronounced - French “r”

3 - No stress on any syllables - Vowels are “one sound” - Mouth opens after consonants “pay” vs. “paie” “doe” vs. “dos” “ball” vs. “balle” “Patrick est l’ami de Nathalie.”

4 bonj our s alut p remier

5 ver t salu t grand part combat ballon Now you try:

6 avec cher chef royal parc mer mer golf sel Your turn:

7 gris grand tigre

8 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 doesn’t move

9 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 ô = oh o = * œh u = * ew

10 So how would you pronounce… ? madame timide note dôme mah – dah – m tee – mee – d nœh – t (nuh-t) doh – m

11 How would you pronounce… ? cube banane musique Rome kew – b bah – nah – n mew – zee – k rœh – m (ruh-m)

12 e Pronounced “euh” as in put Pronounced “ay” as in play Pronounced “eh” as in pet é è

13 petit Pronounced “peuh-tee”

14 grand / gran d e NOT pronounced, but it makes the consonant before it pronounced

15 je le ne de me te se All pronounced “euh” at the end

16 peu deux généreux Same “euh” sound

17 école Pronounced “ay-kuhl” é pronounced “ ay ”

18 très après Pronounced “treh” Pronounced “ah-preh” è pronounced “ eh ”

19 parler Vous parlez buffet All pronounced “ay” These are generally at the end of words

20 boulevard vous bonjour Pronounced “ooh” as in “Boo!” route groupe joue Your turn:

21 “on” – “oh N ” with a nasal “aw N ” with a nasal “uh N /ah N ” with a nasal “en” “an” – “un” “in” -

22 onze bon mon “oh N ”

23 enchanté enfant ans “aw N ”

24 lundi intelligent important “uh N /ah N ” Sort of like English negative “uh-uh”

25 So how would you pronounce… ? danse balcon légende symbole daw N – s bahl – koh N lay – zhaw N – d suh M – buh – l

26 moi toi trois Pronounced “wah” “mwah” “twah” “trwah”

27 jaune beaucoup faux All pronounced “oh”

28 chaise Aïcha Pronounced “shez” Pronounced “Ah-ee-shah” Another example of the trema: Noël

29 A challenge! See if you can sound out the following words. Write down phonetically how they sound. diplôme dee – ploh –m

30 robe ruh – b

31 pantalon paw N – tah – loh N

32 bracelet brah – suh – lay

33 crocodile kruh – kuh – dee – l

34 éléphant ay – lay – faw N

35 rat rah

36 vautour voh – too – r

37 bois bwah

38 maison meh – zoh N

39 fraise freh – z

40 enfant aw N – faw N

41 bureau bew – roh

42 eau oh

43 fleur fluh – r

44 professeur pruh – feh – suh – r

45

46 ss = “s” sound s = “z” sound as in poisson as in poison

47 profs élèves

48 cathédrale théâtre thé

49 quart quantité liquide

50 homme heure herbe

51 garage jardin genre

52 chat chien chambre

53 cent décembre cinéma

54 café comment combien

55 ça garçon français T h e c e d i l l a m a k e s t h e “ c ” s o f t !

56 poisson pwah – soh N Challenge! See if you can sound out the following words. Write down phonetically how they sound.

57 poison pwah – zoh N

58 oiseau wah – zoh

59 boisson bwah – soh N

60 heure euh – r

61 athlète aht – leh – t

62 thé tay

63 panthère pah N – teh – r

64 chat shah

65 chien shee – yuh N

66 magique mah – zhee – k

67 liquide lee – kee – d