Talk in French week 1, day 3- family names, occupational names, avoir Flashcards
Father/Dad
le père/papa- pronounced “lure pair”/papa
Mother/mom
La mère/maman- “an” is pronounced “O”
Son
Le fils- prnonunced “Lur feese” like “feast”
Daughter
La fee
Brother
Le frère- pronounced “lur fair”
Sister
La soeur- pronounced “sir”
Cousin (M/F)
Le cousin/cousine- pronounced “couzah/couzene
er
sounds like ‘ay’ at the end of a word of two syllables or more
Ex. parler (to speak or to talk) pronounced parlee
ez
it sounds like ‘ay’ at the end of a word
Es. nez (nose)- pronounced like knee
ail
sounds like ‘ah’ee’ at the end of the word (eye)
Ex. travail (work)
eil, eille
sounds like ‘a’ee’ prononounced like “A” at the end of the word.
Ex. soleil /bouteille (sun/bottle)
ill
usually sounds like ‘ee’y’ (A)
Ex. billet (ticket)
gn
sounds like ‘onion’
Ex. signal
When a word begins with a vowel or a silent “h,” you need to look at the word that comes before it to know how to pronounce it.
If the word that comes before it ends in a consonant, then the consonant becomes linked to the beginning of the second word when pronouncing both words so they sound almost like one word.
un petit enfant – petit ends with a consonant while enfant begins with a vowel.
Pronunciation: ung p’tee tahng-fahng (meaning a small child).
nous avons – the first word ends with the consonant ‘s,’ while the second word begins with a vowel.
Pronunciation: noo zah-vong (meaning we have).
S, X sounds like z Deux ans
derzahng
D sounds like t Un grand arbre
unggrahngtahbr
F sounds like v Neuf heures
nerverr
A photographer
Un/Une Photographe
A journalist
Un/une journaliste
A teacher
Un/une professeur(e) pronounced like english- ends with sir
A secretary
Un/une secrétarie
A architect
Un/une architecte pronounced ar she tect
