Français I Madame RAMIREZ How Do I Pronounce That?

Les Signes Orthographiques 1 L’Accent Aigu (´) appears only over e → é. It changes the sound of the e to that of an a like in the word “date.” Céline Stéphanie Sénégal éléphant L’Accent Grave (`) appears over e → è. It changes the sound of the e to that of an e like in the word “pet”. Michèle mère père L’Accent Grave also appears over a → à and u → ù. Here it does not change the sound but its presence will change the meaning. a = has à = to, at ou = or où = where

Les Signes Orthographiques 2 L’Accent Circonflexe (^) appears as follows: â, ê, î, ô, û. This accent mark does not change the sound. Le Tréma (¨) appears as follows: ë, ï, ü, ÿ. This accent mark appears when two vowels are together. It will be placed over the 2nd vowel signifiying that the vowels are pronounced separately. Haïti Noël canoë naïve maïs

Les Signes Orthographiques 3 La Cédille (¸) appears only under the letter c → ç. It tells us that the c is pronounced like an s. It is placed in front of an a, o and u. Never in front of an e or i. In front of these letters, the c already gives the sound of an s. français François garçon ça déçu

Les Lettres Muettes The final “e” is always silent. Céline Philippe Stéphanie anglaise française onze douze treize quatorze • The final “s” is almost always silent. Paris Nicolas Jacques anglais français trois • The letter “h” is always silent. Hélène Henri Thomas Nathalie Catherine Thérèse hôtel hôpital

americain canadien bien deux Les Consonnes Finales 1 In French, the last consonant of a word is often not pronounced. Remember: the final “s” is usually silent. trois français anglais • Most other final consonants are usually silent. Richard Albert Robert salut americain canadien bien deux

Éric Victor Leboeuf Pascal Les Consonnes Finales 2 The following final consonants are usually pronounced: “c,” “r,” “f” and “l”. This can be remembered with this acronym → → → C a R e F u L Éric Victor Leboeuf Pascal • However, the ending –er is usually pronounced like the “a” in the word “date.” Roger Olivier

un ami un Américain un Anglais un artiste La Liaison 1 In general, the “n” of “un” is silent, However, when it comes before a vowel, it is pronounced as if it were the first letter of the next word. un ami un Américain un Anglais un artiste This liaison occurs between any two words when the first one ends with a CONSONANT SOUND and the second one begins with a VOWEL SOUND, “a”, “e”, “i”, “o”, “u” and sometimes “h” and “y”.

La Liaison 2 Contrastez et répétez: Liaison: un ami un Américain un Italien un artiste No Liaison: un copain un Français un Canadien un prof

Tiens! Voilà Alain. Il est américain. Et Julien? Il est canadien. Les Voyelles Nasales “in” (cinq, quinze, vingt) “ain” (américain, Alain, copain) “ien” (bien, canadien, tiens!) “un” (un) Tiens! Voilà Alain. Il est américain. Et Julien? Il est canadien.

L’Accent Final In French, the accent always falls on the last syllable of a word or group of words. Philippe Thomas Alice Sophie Dominique un café une salade un chocolat How does this differ from syllable stress in the same words in English?

La consonne «r» The French “r” is not at all like the English “r.” It is pronounced at the back of the throat. In fact, it is similar to the Spanish “jota” sound of José. The closest sound in English is the “h” which is also produced in the back of the throat. bonjour pour Pierre Marie Paris Henri orange très croissant fromage Robert Richard Renée Raoul Marie, prête-moi trente euros.

Long /a/ Sound es (es) est (c’est, est) er (chanter, danser, parler) é (pâté, télé) et (ballet, et) ez (rendez-vous)

Long /o/ Sound o (mot) ô (hôtel) au (au) aux (aux) eau (tableau) eaux (châteaux)

Le chat The /ch/ in French The “ch” will always sound like “sh” in French.

“s” and “ss” in French (mainly in the middle of a word) “ss” = “s” “s” = “z” Le casier Présenter Des étudiants L’arobase La cassette Casser Le professeur L’adresse

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