French and the Phonetic Alphabet

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1 French and the Phonetic Alphabet
Week 5 French and the Phonetic Alphabet Antonio Tilli

2 French pronunciation is represented by a relatively small number of IPA characters, so in order to transcribe French phonetically, you just need to memorize those. French IPA symbols can be divided into four categories: Consonants Vowels Nasal Vowels Semi-Vowels

3 Consonants chart

4 Consonants ipa symbol /k/ for spelling such as
C CH CK K QU café - sucre psychologie Franck ski quinze

5 /ʃ/ CH SH chaud - anchois short

6 /f/ F PH février - neuf pharmacie

7 /ʒ/ G J gèle - aubergine jaune - déjeuner

8 /ŋ/ GN agneau - baignoire

9 / ʁ / simplified R rouge NB
The French rhotic has a wide range of realizations: the uvular fricatives [χ] and [ʁ] (the latter also realized as an approximant), the uvular trill [ʀ], the alveolar trill [r], and the alveolar tap [ɾ]. These are all recognized as the phoneme /r/, but all except [ʁ] and [χ] are considered dialectal. [ʁ] is the standard consonant. Always check with native speakers and/or modification for lyric diction.

10 /s/ C Ç S SC SS TI X ceinture caleçon sucre sciences poisson attention soixante

11 /t/ D  T TH quand on (only in liaisons) tomate théâtre

12 /z/ S X Z visage - ils ont deux enfants (only in liaisons) zizanie

13 Vowels There are 12 IPA symbols used to transcribe French vowel sounds in French, not including nasal vowels and semi-vowels.

14 Vowels chart Front Central Back unrounded rounded Close oral i y u
Front Central Back unrounded rounded Close oral i y u Close-mid e ø ə o Open-mid ɛ (ɛː) œ ɔ nasal ɛ̃ (œ̃) ɔ̃ Open ɑ̃ a (ɑ)

15 /a/ A ami – quatre /ɑ/* Â AS pâtes bas *point of articulation is further back compared to /a/. Always check with native speakers for the most accurate rendition of the sound.

16 /e/ AI É ES EI ER EZ (je) parlerai été c'est peiner frapper vous avez

17 [ɛ] È Ê E AI EI exprès tête barrette (je) parlerais treize

18 [ɘ] E le - samedi (E silent or muet)

19 / œ / EU ŒU professeur œuf - sœur / ø / EU ŒU bleu œufs

20 [i] I Y dix stylo

21 /o/ O Ô AU EAU dos - rose à bientôt chaud beau /ɔ/ O bottes - bol

22 [u] OU douze – nous [y] U Û sucre - tu bûcheur (hard workinɡ)

23 Nasal vowels French has four different nasal vowels.
The IPA symbol for a nasal vowel is ~ ( tilde) over the corresponding oral vowel The ɡrapheme ~ is also referred to as squiggly or squiggle.

24 /ã / AN AM EN EM banque chambre enchanté embouteillage

25 /ɛ̃/ IN IM YM cinq impatient sympa

26 /ɔ̃/ ON OM bonbons comble /œ̃/ UN UM un - lundi parfum

27 Semivowels French has three semi-vowels (sometimes called semi-consonnes in French): sounds created by the partial obstruction of air through the throat and mouth.

28 /j/ I L LL Y adieu œil fille

29 /ɥ/ U nuit - fruit

30 [w] OI OU W boire ouest Wallon (mainly foreign words)

31 What is the sound? Ɛ

32 Ʒ

33 w

34 ã

35 what’s the word? [aɲo]

36 [fːɔʁmidabl]

37 can you guess the spelling?
[lu]

38 Loup wolf

39 What is the word? unvoiced post alveolar fricative
oral open back vowel unvoiced dental alveolar (or dental stop) close-mid oral back vowel

40 château [ʃɑ’to] castle