Unlocking the “Mystery”. - Vowels pronounced differently - Consonants often NOT pronounced -...
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FRENCH PRONUNCIATION Unlocking the “Mystery”
Transcript of Unlocking the “Mystery”. - Vowels pronounced differently - Consonants often NOT pronounced -...
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- Unlocking the Mystery
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- - Vowels pronounced differently - Consonants often NOT pronounced - French r
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- - No stress on any syllables - Vowels are one sound - Mouth opens after consonants pay vs. paie doe vs. dos ball vs. balle Patrick est lami de Nathalie.
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- bonj our s alut p remier
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- ver t salu t grand part combat ballon Now you try:
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- avec cher chef royal parc mer mer golf sel Your turn:
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- gris grand tigre
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- 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 doesnt move
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- 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 = oh o = * h u = * ew
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- So how would you pronounce ? madame timide note dme mah dah m tee mee d nh t (nuh-t) doh m
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- How would you pronounce ? cube banane musique Rome kew b bah nah n mew zee k rh m (ruh-m)
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- e Pronounced euh as in put Pronounced ay as in play Pronounced eh as in pet
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- petit Pronounced peuh-tee
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- grand / gran d e NOT pronounced, but it makes the consonant before it pronounced
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- je le ne de me te se All pronounced euh at the end
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- peu deux gnreux Same euh sound
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- cole Pronounced ay-kuhl pronounced ay
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- trs aprs Pronounced treh Pronounced ah-preh pronounced eh
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- parler Vous parlez buffet All pronounced ay These are generally at the end of words
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- boulevard vous bonjour Pronounced ooh as in Boo! route groupe joue Your turn:
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- on oh N with a nasal aw N with a nasal uh N /ah N with a nasal en an un in -
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- onze bon mon oh N
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- enchant enfant ans aw N
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- lundi intelligent important uh N /ah N Sort of like English negative uh-uh
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- So how would you pronounce ? danse balcon lgende symbole daw N s bahl koh N lay zhaw N d suh M buh l
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- moi toi trois Pronounced wah mwah twah trwah
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- jaune beaucoup faux All pronounced oh
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- chaise Acha Pronounced shez Pronounced Ah-ee-shah Another example of the trema: Nol
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- A challenge! See if you can sound out the following words. Write down phonetically how they sound. diplme dee ploh m
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- robe ruh b
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- pantalon paw N tah loh N
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- bracelet brah suh lay
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- crocodile kruh kuh dee l
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- lphant ay lay faw N
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- rat rah
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- vautour voh too r
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- bois bwah
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- maison meh zoh N
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- fraise freh z
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- enfant aw N faw N
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- bureau bew roh
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- eau oh
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- fleur fluh r
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- professeur pruh feh suh r
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- ss = s sound s = z sound as in poisson as in poison
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- profs lves
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- cathdrale thtre th
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- quart quantit liquide
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- homme heure herbe
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- garage jardin genre
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- chat chien chambre
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- cent dcembre cinma
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- caf comment combien
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- a garon franais T h e c e d i l l a m a k e s t h e c s o f t !
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- poisson pwah soh N Challenge! See if you can sound out the following words. Write down phonetically how they sound.
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- poison pwah zoh N
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- oiseau wah zoh
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- boisson bwah soh N
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- heure euh r
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- athlte aht leh t
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- th tay
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- panthre pah N teh r
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- chat shah
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- chien shee yuh N
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- magique mah zhee k
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- liquide lee kee d