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They are at the border of two important rhythmic and syntactic groups. In this logic, the | They are at the border of two important rhythmic and syntactic groups. In this logic, the liaison is not pronounced between, for example: | ||
*A nominal group and a verbal group: | *A nominal group and a verbal group: "les enfants # écoutent" | ||
*A noun and an adjective postposed: | *A noun and an adjective postposed: "un étudiant # américain" | ||
*After the proper names: | *After the proper names: "Jean # est parti" | ||
*With conjunctions | *With conjunctions "et" and "ou" : "du pain # et # un bon fromage", "du pain # ou un croissant" | ||
*After the interrogative adverbs: | *After the interrogative adverbs : "Quand # est-il arrivé?", "Combien # en as-tu?" | ||
*After the personal pronouns subject in an inversion: "will they arrive #? " | *After the personal pronouns subject in an inversion : "will they arrive # ?" | ||
*With the words beginning with an par un « h » aspiré : | *With the words beginning with an par un « h » aspiré : "un # héros", "en # haut" | ||
*In some frozen groups: | *In some frozen groups: "nez # à nez", "riz # au lait", "mort # ou vif" | ||
Revision as of 12:35, 28 June 2017
Let's talk about the French Liaisons.
It's the pronunciation of a final consonant immediately before a following word starting with a vowel.
In French phonetics, there are mandatory Liaisons, optional ones and forbidden ones.
Here we present only mandatory and prohibited Liaisons.
Mandatory Liaisons
- Between a determinant and the word it determines: "les_amis", "quels_amis", "ces_amis", "les_uns et les_autres", "de bons_amis".
- Between a verb and its subject and object pronouns: "ils_ont", "les ont-ils", "nous_en_avons".
- With adverbs, prepositions and monosyllabic conjunctions: "en_avion", "très_intéressant", "quand_elle parle".
- With the auxiliary verb to be (although this is a very frequent rather than obligatory link): "il est_ici", "ils sont_arrivés".
- Between the words constituting certain fixed expressions: "tout_à l’heure", "quand-est-ce que", "tout_à coup", "de temps_en temps", "un sous-entendu", etc.
Prohibited Liaisons
They are at the border of two important rhythmic and syntactic groups. In this logic, the liaison is not pronounced between, for example:
- A nominal group and a verbal group: "les enfants # écoutent"
- A noun and an adjective postposed: "un étudiant # américain"
- After the proper names: "Jean # est parti"
- With conjunctions "et" and "ou" : "du pain # et # un bon fromage", "du pain # ou un croissant"
- After the interrogative adverbs : "Quand # est-il arrivé?", "Combien # en as-tu?"
- After the personal pronouns subject in an inversion : "will they arrive # ?"
- With the words beginning with an par un « h » aspiré : "un # héros", "en # haut"
- In some frozen groups: "nez # à nez", "riz # au lait", "mort # ou vif"