Transcript L’ALPHABET FRANÇAIS
L’ALPHABET FRANÇAIS
Objective:
• • • Gain some knowledge on: how different accents effect different vowels The french vowels and consonnes
LES VOYELLES
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In French the vowels are the core of each word. How the vowels are grouped in the word drastically affects how the word sounds. The other way to change the sound of the word is with the inclusion of accents. A E I O U
LA LETTRE:
A
• A HHHAHHH • HA LLELUJAH • A MERICA
LA LETTRE:
E
• • UH HHUUH TU RTLE
LA LETTRE:
I
• • • • THE SOUND OF LETTER E IN ENGLISH = I IN FRENCH LEE = L I T PET I T F I N I
LA LETTRE:
O
• • • S O AND NOT DO C O AND NOT TO N O , B O E, L OW , SL OW , FL OW ,
LA LETTRE :
U
• • • P U E A F EW CL U E
There are 3 types of accents
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Aigu / T ÉLÉ Grave \ FR ÈRE Circonflexe ^ FOR ÊT The E letter is the only one phonitically affected by accents. ALL the other vowels do not change their sound. They have an accent to help simply with the reading of written French.
26 SOUNDS
• An accent changes the sound of the vowel, but not the emphasis of the vowel.
In French more sounds are created when vowels are linked together. This and the use of accents creates more than 26 sounds in the French alphabet.
• • • • • • • A+ I = É A + U = O O + I = UA O + U = U E + I = É E + U = U E + U = E
EXEMPLES:
• • • • • • • J’AI EAU MOI VOUS VEINE EU VEUX
There are also some other sounds that you will come accross as demonstrated below.
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c + h = ch ch shhh!
p + h = ph physique physique ç = s Français French
A Basic rule of pronounciation in French is that if the last letter of the word is an 'E' without an accent then you don't pronounce it, you simply pronounce the consonant just before .
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têt e petit e Rest head e small STAY
LES CONSONNES
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In general at the end of words in French the last letter is silent. There are three exceptions to this rule. These three letters are 'C','F' and 'L'.
EXEMPLE:
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C avec with L matériel material F chef chef
In French double letters simply sound as one
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elle terre Ville : she : earth : city
LES NASALES
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IM PORT AN T IN IM UN UM AN AM EN EM In French this is a group of letters than make the same sound
LA LIAISON
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if one word finishes with an 'X', 'S' or 'Z' and the next word starts with a vowel or an 'H', you must link the words: Deux amis two friends Vous avez we have This is called 'la liaison'. ..and this is what makes you think you've only heard one word when in actual fact there was six or seven.
La liasion creates a different sound when you link D to a vowel. It becomes a 'T' sound
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Un grand aeroport Un grand ami a big airport a great friend