Rules Flashcards
e followed by ss and/or any double consonants becomes?
A
vowels ‘e’ or ‘I’ before ‘s’ becomes?
Z [Saint Joesph = San JoeZ F]
What are the Hard vowels ?
‘a’, ‘o’, ‘u’
Hard vowels =
hard consonants
Hard A with C
Cadillac, Canon Fronsac
Hard A with G
Garde
Vin de Garde is a wine to keep a long time
Hard O with C
Cote, Condrieu, Cornas
Hard O with G
Gosset ( Go Say), Gorge
Hard U with C
Cuvée
Hard U with G
Guide
Is ‘a’ soft vowel or hard vowel?
‘a’ is a Hard vowel
Is ‘o’ soft vowel or hard vowel?
‘o’ is a a Hard vowel
Is ‘u’ solft vowel or hard vowel?
‘u’ is a Hard vowel
What are the Soft vowels?
‘e’ , ‘i’ are soft vowels
Soft E with C
Cérons Ces sssnake Hissss
Soft E with G
George, Gevrey Chambertin
Mont the t is ____ in the letter cluster?
silent
Soft I with C
Cire (sear), Cible (sea bluh ) a target
Soft I with G
Givry, Gironde, Gigondas
Final consonants are often not pronounced/silent. However final consonant ‘c’ is very often pronounced.
PessaC
MédoC
BarsaC
FronsaC
Ç before ‘o’ softens the hard vowel and is pronounced?
See
‘c’ before ‘a’, ‘o’ ‘u’ is pronounced?
ku’ like Cook because of hard vowels.
The’ TH’ sound known in English does not exist in French, the H in this cluster is never pronounce.
Rothschild is pronounced?
Rothschild = Rot Shield
The ‘g’ before Hard vowels like ‘u’ are hard. The ‘g’ is pronounced like?
g is pronounced ‘gu’ similar to Great
The ‘c’ before Soft vowels ‘e’ and ‘i’ is soft. The c is pronounced like?
s
The ‘g’ before Soft vowels ‘e’ and ‘i’ is soft. The ‘g’ is pronounced like?
‘g’ is pronounced ‘je’ similar to Jeff
‘es’ ending
Silent. Like most consonants, the ‘es’ at the end of a word is often silent. The cheese Époisses.
When a word ends in a vowel
the previous consonant is pronounced and the ending e de-nasalizes the word.
Ë ë the double .. is called a
• tréma. The tréma separates the pronunciation of 2 consecutive vowels. The word Noël (Christmas) is No ele not knole.
double nn removes
removes nazal
carbonnieux = car bun yuh
