French Pronunciation Flashcards
ç This mark is a cedilla.
“ç” is pronounced like s before a, o and u
é
This is an acute accent placed over the letter é.
à, ò ù
This is a grave accent placed over à, ò or ù.
â ê î ô û
This is a circumflex accent.
c, r, f and l
Final consonants are not pronounced excerpt for c, r, f and l (the consonants in CaReFuL)
e is silent when?
at the end of words of more than one syllable.
H
H is never pronounced.
ch
pronounced like sh in English
j
pronounced like the s in pleasure or measure
g
is like the g in go before a, o and u
BUT
is like the s in pleasure (or the French J) before e or i
c
is pronounced like k before a, o and u
BUT
is pronounced like s before e or i.
gu
is like the g in go
qu
is pronounced like k
gn
is pronounced like ni in onion or ny in canyon
s between vowels
is like z in English
ss between vowels
is like s in see
t is like the English t except in the following combinations where it is like s in see
tion, tial, tiel, tieux (that is before i)
“ç”
only goes with the letter “c”
You’ll only ever see a “ç” before
“a”, “o”, or “u” where it changes k to s
The acute accent is only ever found above an
“e”, as in “é”
“é”
like the English ay
la vs là
la is the feminine form of the word “the”
BUT
là means “there” or “that
ou vs où
ou means “or”
BUT
où means “where”
the grave “è” vowel is pronounced
eh like get
“â” is pronounced
roughly like an English “ah”
“ê” is pronounced
like an English “eh”
“ô” is pronounced
like an English oh
circumflex is also handy for “û”
distinguishing words with different meaning pronounced alike
two little dots above a letter
L’Accent Tréma
What does the tréme do in the Zoë and Chloë
It tells you o and e are both pronounced (oheee)
A tréma over the second of two vowels to tells you
Both must be pronounced (Noël)
