Laters and Combinations Pronunciation Examples and Tips aaa {ah ai bol eau, au, aux toh] Geer ex.et loyl (closed e) & Ge followed by [ch] chévre, tate, belle, appelle, double consonants, effet ‘and final -et (open e) ein one-syllable words, [uh] and in eu, ou (feats) cur, cou, cour enn] f..andy as «pronoun fee) ill (with double I) Final 0, © before s {oh} and 6 (close o before « (uh) (not s) (open 0) ou, 03, 081 foo] or (ub) ww (single w), Wu} To say the sound [ub hold your make the lay} vd your lips as to When followed by x oF another sounded consonant, this is a more ‘open’ version of the sound [ub] and tranquille, Otherwise the ill combination contains a semi-cowel (see below) vélo, 200, roses, hotel, mime bonne, mona sou, ob, goliter, foule ‘To pronounce [U], hold your tongue as if to make the [ee] sound, and round your lips asif to make the fohl sound.and Combinations ill, ail, eil ie, i and y (not final oi, ua oui ui, ue, ua and Combinations an, am, en, em en, in, un, ym, im, yn, ain, aim, ein on, om -~ @ a00c w > a ah beh seh deh uh eff zheh ahsh Pronunciation Examples and Tips leeyl Pronunciation {a} tf (0'] j zhee k keh I ell m em nen © oh Pp peh q_ ko r layl ly (wa [wee] [Vee] [Way], [Uah] ahy fille, famille, travail, “Marseille bien, eroyez, huit, fruit, muet, suave vowel contains the This se Examples and Tips dans, lampe, trente, exemple bien, matin, vingt, un, bonbon, son, combien, S ess t teh U_ ooh Vv veh W_ doo-blah-veh xX eeks y ee-grek Z zedLetters and Combinations ¢. ec before a, 0, u, or consonant e before ie, y, and the letter ¢ ch before a, 0, u, or ‘auconsonant ghefire e,i.y ij gn h quq ner tial or double , Lin -tion, final x etwee th x before a consonant x before a vowel Pronunciation Examples and Tips fk) ‘sl (sh) lel [zh] feb] fi] (R] {ehks} [ehg] court, chacun, accard, classe merci, cercle, cyelisme, Frangois chose, machine glace, gare The letter h is always silent in French. Some words starting swith h don't elide articles or pronouns (examples: le héros, Ie hasard), iginal The French r (as in bonjour, Robert) is normally pronounced at the back of the throat, with a slight gargling sound, salut, fausse, nation, six, dix mademoiselle, excursion ‘Thomas, thé The English “lisp” th does not exist in French. excellent, expression ‘examen, exemple