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52 Cards in this Set
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Letter "A"
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a in father
example: art (ahr) |
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Letter "B"
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b in border
example: billet (bee-yay) |
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Letter "C"
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soft sound, before e, i, y: s (soft c) in central
ex: cime (seem); cinéma (see-nay-mah) hard sound, before a, o, u: k (hard c) in carry ex: café (kah-fay); climat (klee-mah) -climate |
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Letter "D"
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d in day
ex: dame (dahm) |
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Letter "E"
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uh in alone
ex: le (luh) |
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Letter "F"
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f in farm
ex: ferme (fehrm) |
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Letter "G"
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before e, i, y: zh (soft g) like in pleasure
ex: gymnastique (zhim-nah-steek); nager (nah-zhay) before a, o, u: g (hard g) in egg or go ex: garage (gah-rahzh); gai (gay); guide (geed) |
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Letter "H"
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always silent
ex: hameau (ah-moh); habit (ah-bee); hôtel (oh-tehl) |
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Letter "I"
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ee in meet
ex: ici (ee-see) |
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Letter "J"
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zh (soft g) in pleasure
ex: java (zhah-vah); joli (zho-lee) |
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Letter "K"
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k (hard c) in cat
ex: kilo (kee-loh) |
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Letter "L"
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l in light
ex: lune (lun); lire (leer) |
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Letter "M"
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m in Monday
ex: malle (mahl) |
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Letter "N"
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n in natural
ex: natte (naht) |
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Letter "O"
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o in roll
ex: mot (moh) |
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Letter "P"
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p in pearl
ex: piscine (pee-seen) |
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Letter "Q"
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k (hard c) in carry
ex: barque (bahrk) |
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Letter "R"
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pronounced in back of mouth, rolled light light gargling sound
ex: rêve (rehv); rire (reer); vivre (vee-vr) |
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Letter "S"
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s in simple in beginning of word or before or after consonant;
ex: masque (mahsk) z in zone if between vowels ex: basilic (bah-zee-leek) |
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Letter "T"
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t in task except when it's followed by ion, then its pronounced like s in sun
ex: tennis (tay-nees); fiction (feek-syoh(n)) |
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Letter "U"
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no equivalent in English; pronounce ee and then round your lips
ex: tu (tu) |
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Letter "V"
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v in valley
ex: vivace (vee-vahs) |
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Letter "W"
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v in valley
ex:wagon (vah-goh(n)) |
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Letter "X"
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gz in exact
ex: exact (eh-gzahkt) ks in excellent ex: exquis (ehks-kee) |
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Letter "Y"
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y in yes
ex: yaourt (yah-oo-rt) |
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Letter "Z"
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z in zone
ex :zest (zehst) |
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Vowels: a, á and â
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Sound like a in father
examples: la (lah) -the (fem.) facile (fah-cee-l) -easy pâte (pah-t) -paste |
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Vowel: e
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pronounced uh like a in alone
or u in burn examples: je (zhuh) -I le (luh) -the ce (suh) -this, that Note: except in short words like these above, an unaccented e at the end of a word is usually not pronounced. |
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Vowel: é
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pronounced like ay in day, but not drawn out (er and ez are pronounced the same way).
examples: thé (tay) -tea vélo (vay-lo) -bicycle carré (kah-ray) -square |
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Vowel: è
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pronounced like e in get (ai and aî are pronounced the same way).
examples: mère (mehr) -mother père (pehr) -father chère (shehr) -dear or expensive (fem.) |
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Vowel: i or î
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pronounced like ee in beet.
examples: mari (mah-ree) -husband vie (vee) -life pari (pah-ree) -bet |
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Vowel: o (open sound)
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sounds like au in caught
examples: bonne (bon) -good sotte (sot) -silly (fem.) vote (vot) -vote |
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Vowel:o (closed sound)
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sounds like o in roll
examples: abricot (ah-bree-koh) -apricot sot (soh) -silly (masc.) pot (poh) -pot, jar |
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Vowel: u
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no english equivalent, but pronounced it by making the sound ee and then rounding your lips.
examples: tu (tu) -you vu (vu) -seen lu (lu) -read |
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Vowel: u (silent)
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after the letters q and g, the u is silent in French
examples: quatre (kahtr) -four guérir (gay-reer) -to heal |
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What are Dipthongs?
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A combination of two vowels or a vowel and a consonant and are treated as one syllable.
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Dipthong: ai or aî
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pronounced like e in met.
examples: lait (leh) -milk chaise (shehz) -chair chaîne (shehn) -chain |
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Dipthong: au or eau
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pronounced like o in roll
example: seau (soh) -bucket veau (voh) -veal château (shah-toh) -castle |
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Dipthong: eu
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two sounds:
closed sound is like u in put example: peu (puh) -few jeu (zhuh) -game deux (duh) -two open sound is like u in fun examples: bœuf (buhf) -beef suel (suhl) -alone |
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Dipthong: er and ez
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pronounced like ay in lay
examples: assez (ah-say) -enough marcher (mahr-shay) -to walk garer (gah-ray) -to park |
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Dipthong: oi
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pronounced like wa in watch
examples: moi (mwa) -me toit (twa) -roof loi (lwa) -law |
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Dipthong: oy
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pronounced like wa in watch + ee
examples: voyage (vwa-yazh) -travel noyau (nwa-yoh) -pit, fruit stone loyal (lwa-yahl) -loyal |
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Dipthong: ou
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pronounced like oo in zoo
examples: jour (zhoo-r) -day sous (soo) -under vous (voo) -you |
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Dipthong: ui
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pronounced like wee
examples: bruit (brwee) -noise nuit (nwee) -night pluie (plwee) -rain |
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Dipthong: oui
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pronounced like oo + wee
examples: oui (oo-wee) -yes Louis (loo-wee) -Louis |
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Consonant: ç
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before a, o, or u is pronounced like a soft c (s sound).
examples: français (frah(n)-say) -French déçu (day-su) -disappointed |
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Consonant: c + h (followed by a vowel)
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pronounced like sh in sunshine when followed by a vowel
examples: chat (shah) -cat chercher (shehr-shay) -to search chaud (shoh) -hot |
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Consonant: c + h (followed by a consonant)
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pronounced like a k (or the hard c in cut) when followed by a consonant
examples: Christine (krees-teen) -Christine chrétien (kray-tye(n)) -Christian |
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Consonant: gn
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pronounced like ni in onion
examples: Agnès (ah-nyes) -Agnès vigneron (wee-nyuh-roh(n)) -wine grower saigner (say-nyay) -to bleed |
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Consonant: t + h
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the combination of t and h is pronounced like t.
examples: marathon (may-rah-toh(n)) -marathon Nathalie (nah-tah-lie) -Nathalie |
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Consonant: ille and final il
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pronounced like y in yes
examples: famille (fah-mee-y) -family travail (trah-vah-y) -work pareil (pah-ray-y) -similar |
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Consonant: ph
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pronounced like f
examples: phrase (frahz) -sentence pharmacie (fahr-mah-see) -pharmacy |
