Pronunciation Flashcards
Graphemes
different spellings of each sound in French
s added on to make a word plural
not pronounced. vert and verts and both pronounced the same way. if feminine verte and vertes the s is not pronounced but the t is
oin
wun
vowel+s+vowel
pronounced like z
vowel+ss+vowel
pronounced like s
g+e or g+i
pronounced like zh
g+a or g+o or g+u
pronounced like g in go
c+e or c+i
pronounced like s
c+a/o/u
pronounced like k
ç+a/o/u
pronounced like s
pronounced vowel + c, f or l
letters are pronounced
IPA consonant symbol b
b in about
IPA consonant symbol d
d in today
IPA consonant symbol f
f in festival
IPA consonant symbol d
d in today
IPA consonant symbol f
f in festival
IPA consonant symbol g
g in again
IPA consonant symbol k
k in sky
IPA consonant symbol l
l in loo
IPA consonant ɲ
ny in canyon
IPA consonant n
n in no
IPA consonant symbol ʁ
guttural R
IPA consonant p
p in spy
IPA consonant symbol s
s in sir
IPA consonant symbol v
v in vein
IPA consonant symbol t
t in sty
IPA consonant symbol v
v in vein
IPA consonant symbol z
z in zoo
IPA consonant symbol ʒ
s in measure
IPA semivowel w
w in wet
IPA semivowel ɥ
ey in Huey
IPA oral vowel a
a in trap
IPA oral vowel ɑ
a in bra
IPA oral vowel e
a in mace
IPA oral vowel ɛ
e in best (tongue min the middle)
IPA oral vowel ɛ:
entire word air (British)
IPA oral vowel ə
a in again
IPA oral vowel i
ea in seat (tongue sits higher)
IPA oral vowel œ
ir in bird
IPA oral vowel ø
roughly like ir in bird
IPA oral vowel o
o in story
IPA oral vowel ɔ
o in off (British)
IPA oral vowel u
oo in food
IPA oral vowel y
roughly like too in Australian English
IPA nasal vowel ɑ̃
Un nasal pronunciation. Written like an, am, en, em. France/ambulance (m muet)/Blanc/lentement/tempête. Rare spelling is aon like in faon (fun nasal pronunciation)
IPA nasal vowel ɛ̃
uhn nasal pronunciation. Written like in, im, yn, ym (m muet), aim (m muet), ain, ein, en (examen/italien/chilien/autrichien)
IPA nassal vowel œ̃
Written like un and um
IPA nasal vowel ɔ̃
roughly like awn in drawn
IPA suprasegmental . - pAYs (pe.i)
syllable boundary
IPA suprasegmental ‿ - leS Agneaux (lez‿aɲo)
liaison the pronunciation of a final consonant immediately before a following vowel sound
Nasal o
Bon and bombe (b prononce)
é - accent aigu (acute accent)
a in day
è accent grave (grave accent) - ê accent circonflexe - ë trema
eh - e in best