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They are at the border of two important rhythmic and syntactic groups. In this logic, the link is not pronounced between, for example:
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 nominal group and a verbal group: "les enfants # écoutent"
*A noun and an adjective postposed: » un étudiant # américain «
*A noun and an adjective postposed: "un étudiant # américain"
*After the proper names: » Jean # est parti «
*After the proper names: "Jean # est parti"
*With conjunctions » et » et  » ou «  » du pain # et # un bon fromage « , » du pain # ou un croissant «
*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 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 :  » un # héros « , » en # haut «
*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 «
*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"