Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

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  1. Final consonants are generally not pronounced.
  2. In French, liaison is made between words. This means linking the last letter of a word to the first letter of the next word.
M /m/ Monde (World)N /n/ Nature  (Nature)
CH /ʃ/ Cheval (Horse)C ou S ou Ç /s/ Cinéma, souris, garçon (Cinema, mouse, boy)
GN /ɲ/ Montagne (Mountain)C ou K ou Q /k/ Camion, ski, coq (Lorry, ski, cock)
G ou J /ʒ/ Girafe, jeu (Giraffe, game)H (muet) Haricot (Bean)
G /g/ Guerre (War)EAU ou AU ou O /o/Haut, eau, moto (High, water, motorcycle)
OI /wa/ Oiseau (Hirdbird)EU /ø/ Cheveu (Hair)
OU /u/ Hibou (Owl)UN ou UM /œ̃/ Brun, parfum (Brown, perfume)
AN ou EN ou EM ou AM /ɑ̃/ Enfant, chambre, emporter (Child, room, carry)AIL ou EIL ou LL /aj/Travail, réveil, grille (Work, reveil, grill)
ON ou OM /ɔ̃/Rond, tomber (Round, tumble)ER ou EZ ou É /e/ Manger, nez, musée (to eat, nose, museum)
AI ou ET ou Ê ou È /ɛ/ Vrai, complet, être, chèque (True, complete, be, cheque)B /b/Bien (Well)

Exceptions!

  1. We do not make the liaison between the subject and the verb, with the word "et", and with an aspirated "h".