- greetings: bonjour, bonsoir
- farewells: bonne journée, bon après-midi, bonne nuit, bonne soirée
- [-s, -x, -z] = z sound ("des hommes" = dey-zohm)
- [-d] = t sound ("un grand arbre" = uhn grahn tarbre)
- [-f] = v sound ("neuf ans" = nuh-vahn)
- liaisons are forbidden:
- before and after et
- after singular nouns
- before a aspirated "h"
- after a nasal sound, except that un, on and en do liaise
- enchaînement = ending consonant sounds are pushed onto the next word, if it begins with a vowel:
- elle est = eh lay
- mange une pomme = mahn jun pom
- il y a = there is/are
- la and le bocome l' if followed by vowel sound
- letter "h" is silent
dec 5 2017 ∞
apr 10 2020 +