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La Prononciation

La Prononciation. Les voyelles /a/, /ɑ /, / u/, /y/, / i /, / e/, /ɛ/, /ə /, /ø/, / œ/, /o/ and /ɔ/. /a / and / ɑ/. The letter “a” always says /a/ in French like the English word ah. It never says “a” like in class, date, or cinema . There is also the sound / ɑ/, but

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La Prononciation

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  1. La Prononciation Les voyelles /a/, /ɑ/, /u/, /y/, /i/, /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/, /ø/, /œ/, /o/ and /ɔ/

  2. /a/ and /ɑ/ • The letter “a” always says /a/ in French like the English word ah. It never says “a” like in class, date, or cinema. There is also the sound /ɑ/, but • Chat çava à la là-bas avec amivoilàclasse café salade dame date Madame Canada taxi

  3. Pratiquez! • Aline a mis la carte sur la table avec les photos. • Anne et Maurice sont au Canada avec mademoiselle Laval. • J’aime manger, nager, danser et chanter.

  4. /u/ • The sound /u/ in French is made with the letters“ou”. It is very similar to the English “oo” like in food, move, and soup. • Où nous vousécoutejouetoujoursfootball • Vous jouez au foot avec nous?

  5. /y/ • The sound /y/ in French is made with the letter“u”. This sound doesn’t exist in English. • To say this sound, practice the French word “super”. • Begin by saying “si”, then round your lips like you are going to whistle. Instead of saying si, you will say su. Now say “super.”

  6. Pratiquez! • Tuétudies avec Lucie. • Marc a bu du jus d’orange. • As-tu vu la belle vue sur la rue?

  7. Nowtry to distinguisbetween /u/ and /y/ • joue vs. Jus • jour vs. jure • ou vs. eu • roue vs. rue • rousse vs. russe • toutou vs. tutu • vous vs. vu • dessous vs. dessus

  8. /i/ • The sound /i/ in French isneversaid“I” like in bye, tie, my, and sky, but is instead pronounced like the words Mimi, eel, peel, and zeal. It is written as “i” and “y”. • Ici Philippe il Sylvie visite • Alice visite Paris avec Monique.

  9. /ə/ • The sound / ə / in French isthe letter “e” in most situations. • Le, te, ne, de, me, se, que et je • Jerecherche lelogement. • Donne-le-mois’ilteplaît.

  10. /e/ • The sound /e/ in French issometimes written “e”, but you will also see it with er, ez, et, é, and es. • restaurant, spectacle, dessert, tennis, manger, été, veuillez, aimé, les, parler

  11. /ə/ vs. /e/ with articles • le sac vs. les sacs • le vélo vs. les vélos • le portable vs. les portables • le copain vs. les copains • le voisin vs. les voisins

  12. /ɛ/ • The sound / ɛ / in French isseenwith“e”, but also with è, ê, ette, elle, and emme. Or with a syllable that ends in a consonant. • exprès, tête, bête, frère, mère, père, Caire, sept, jette, mette, regrette, merci, mais

  13. /ø/ • The sound/ø/ doesn’texist in English. It is not hard to pronounce. Répétez: • deux, eux, je veux, je peux, les jeux, il pleut, un euro. • Est-ce que je peux aller chez eux s’il pleut?

  14. /œ/ • The sound/œ/ doesn’texist in English. It is not hard to pronounceeither. Répétez: • neuf, sœur, heure, professeur, jeune, ordinateur, plusieurs, bœuf • Ma sœur a acheté du bœuf sur l’ordinateur.

  15. /ø/ vs. /œ/ • Pour écouter la différence

  16. /o/ and /ɔ/ • The sound /o/ is an open sound, and the /ɔ/ is a closedsound. • The French use the open “o” at the end of words, and the closed “o” is usually in the middle of words. • OPEN: mot, héros, trop, ton, bol, dos, rose, rigolo, vélo, nos, vos, eau, chaud • CLOSED: rosbif, téléphone, prof, porte, odeur, comment, votre, école, notre, dommage

  17. Pratiquez! • Pour écouter la différence:

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