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In this lesson, we are going to learn the French Alphabet and how it is pronounced. | In this lesson, we are going to learn the French Alphabet and how it is pronounced. | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 24 July 2017
In this lesson, we are going to learn the French Alphabet and how it is pronounced.
The French alphabet is known as the Roman Alphabet. It has 26 letters.
Learning pronunciations is essential to pronounce words and to learn how to spell.
There are also several additional accents that you have to learn.
| Alphabet | Sounds | Prononciation examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | /ɑ/ | a like in "Arm" |
| B | /be/ | b like in "Best" |
| C | /se/ | S like in "Sad" before i,e,y
or k like in "crocodile" elsewhere |
| Ç | /se/ | S like in "Stop" |
| D | /de/ | d like in "Do"
The letter "d" is pronounced "t" at the end of the word in French:
|
| E | /ø/ | e like in "Elephant" |
| F | /ɛf/ | f like in "Fire" |
| G | /ʒe/ | g like in "Gym" before i,e,y or
g like "golf" elsewhere |
| H | /aʃ/ | Silent |
| I | /i/ | i like in "Italy |
| J | /ʒi/ | j like " jim carrey " |
| K | /ka/ | k like in "Ko" |
| L | /ɛl/ | l like in "Lion" |
| M | /ɛm/ | m like in "Men" |
| N | /ɛn/ | n like in "New" |
| O | /o/ | o like in "Open" |
| P | /pe/ | p like in "Pay" |
| Q | /ky/ | q like in "Quit" |
| R | /ɛʁ/ | r like in "rome" |
| S | /ɛs/ | s like in "See" |
| T | /te/ | t like in "Tall" |
| U | /y/ | u like in "Urgent" |
| V | /ve/ | v like in "View" |
| W | /dubləve/ | w like in "Want" |
| X | /iks/ | x like in "Wax" |
| Y | /iɡʁɛk/ | y like in "Year" |
| Z | /zɛd/ | z like in "Zoo" |
| Œ | /ø/ | o like in "Oops" |
| Æ | /e/ | ay like in "May" |
| â | a like in "Apple" | |
| ê | e like in "Elephant" | |
| î | i like in "live" | |
| ô | o like in "only" | |
| û | u like " urgent " |