Necessary Flashcards
Morning
Le matin
Noon and midnight
À midi et à minuit
Afternoon
L’après-midi
Next month
Le mois prochain
Last month
Le mois dernier
At the beginning of the year
Au début de l’année
Meaning of on
We, one, or they.
Or in 3rd person.
Pron: ch
Sh
Pron: g
Before I, e, y is is zh
Before a, o, u it is hard
Pron th
T
Pron: ll
Between I and e, y. Ex: volaille
All others is hard l
Pron: a, à, â
Ah
Pron: é, et, ez (all at end of a word)
Ay
Pron: è, aî
Eh
Pron: e
If with final pronounced constant: eh
Ex: belle
Otherwise “uh” lever
Eu, œu
If at end of a word, “uh” with tight lips.
Pron: o, au, eau, ô
O in caught???
Pron: ou
Ooooo
Pron: ui
Weeee
Pron: u
Say eeee but round lips
Pron: oy
Wa followed by y sound
Pron oi:
Wah
Pron: an, en
Don’t pronounce in but say nasal ah
As in balm:
Ex France
Pron: un
As in lung
Don’t province n
When to Make elision
When last letter is a vowel, and the. First letter is an h or a vowel
Final consonants are usually not pronounced in French, except for:
CaReFuL
C, r, f, l
Letter j is pronounced
Zh
Être
Je suis Tu es il elle on est Nous sommes Ils sont
Avoir
J'ai Tu as Il elle on a Nous avons Vous avez Ils elles ont
What is liaison and when it it occurs, the x, f, a, and d are diff sounding
Liaison happens when there is a consonant ending of 1 word and vowel beginning of the second
S is z
X is z
F is v
D is t
Masculine vs fem endings
And what happens if you can have both masc and fem?
Age and ment are masculine
Ure, sion, ence, té, ette are feminine
If both, add an e to the masculine form and it’s fem
Also ce and se tends to be fem too
Mas and fem
Beautiful
New
Old
Beau et belle
Nouveau et nouvelle
Vieux et veille
Masc et fem
White
Good
Ancient
Blanc et Blanche
Bon et bonne
Ancien et ancienne
The plural of un or une
Des
To the
À le—au
À la
À les–aux
At the
À l’
De le
From the
Of the
Du
De la
De les—-des
¡Means a part of a whole! Note do not say this after saying something about liking or disliking
To or at or in
For countries or regions what preposition is used?
For cities?
En for feminine
Au for masculine
À for cities
From
For countries and regions
De le—du
De la
De l’
De Les—- des
Masc
- age, -eau, -ment
- t, -al, ail, eil, isme
Fem
Ure, ence, ance, Sión, tion, Té, ouille, eille, ie, ette, eur,
Change into fem Eur Er Teur Ien
Euse
Ère
Trice
Ienne
Fier
Orgullo
