Liaisons
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liaison
an otherwise silent ending consonant is pushed to the next word, where it's pronounced as part of the first syllable
-f
d sound
After a nasal sound, except that un, on, and en do liaise.
forbidden
After inversions
forbidden
After singular nouns (including proper nouns and names)
forbidden
Before an aspirated H (e.g. héros - "hero")
forbidden
Before and after et ("and")
forbidden
Articles and adjectives with nouns
mandatory
Pronouns and verbs
mandatory
Single-syllable adverbs and prepositions
mandatory
-d
t sound
-s
z sound
-x
z sound
-z
z sound
