ASSIMIL - French With Ease Series - Pre Chapters

LL is generally pronounced

-y (ee)

CaReFuL

a good way to remember the exceptions to the "final consonants" rules C, R, F, L

this é is ______ and it is pronounced

acute is pronounced like (ay) but not as long example: occupe [okewp] but occupé [okewpay]

this ê is ____ and it

circumflex can be used with all five vowels helps distinguish between homophones such as sur and sûr (on / sure) and du and dû (of/owed)

this è is ___ and it produces

grave produces an open sound. often placed over the letter e when net syllable is mute pére [pair]

a terminal e

is silent. example: pile [peel] (battery) except when added to a masculine adjective to make word feminine, then final consonant is pronounced. example: grand -> grande. [grœh-->groehd] (big)

final consonants in a word are usually ______

silent

the symbol above ü is known as

tréma is placed over the second of two values, indicates they must be pronounced sepeartely noel [nowel] (christmas)

if the letter LL is preceded by an i and another vowel its pronounced

yy

a cedille is...and changes pronounciation to...

ç changes prounciation of c to an [s]