The letter "d" is pronounced "t" at the end of the word in French:
For example: "un grand éléphant" (a large elephant) is pronounced "un grand(t) éléphant".
Other example: "Quand il y a" (when there is) is pronunced "Quand(t) il y a"
Dormir
Un grand éléphant
Quand il y a
E
/ø/
e like in "Elephant"
Voiture
F
/ɛf/
f like in "Fire"
Feu
G
/ʒe/
g like in "Gym" before i,e,y
or g like "golf" elsewhere
Nuage
Garage
H
/aʃ/
Silent
Hibou
I
/i/
i like in "leave" but shorter sound
Vivre
J
/ʒi/
j like "Jim"
Je
K
/ka/
k like in "Ko"
Kiwi
L
/ɛl/
l like in "Lion"
Lion
M
/ɛm/
m like in "Men"
Manger
N
/ɛn/
n like in "New"
Nager
O
/o/
o like in "Open"
o like in "Do you know?"
Olive
Ouvrir
P
/pe/
p like in "Pay"
Partir
Q
/ky/
q like in "Quit"
Qui es-tu?
R
/ɛʁ/
r like in "rome"
Renard
S
/ɛs/
s like in "See"
or z like in "dose" after a,e,i,o,u and before e,i
Sortir
Valise
T
/te/
t like in "Tall"
Voiture
U
/y/
u like in "Urgent"
C'est urgent!
V
/ve/
v like in "View"
Vivre
W
/dubləve/
w like in "Want"
Kiwi
X
/iks/
x like in "Wax"
Taxi
Y
/iɡʁɛk/
y like in "Year"
Yoyo
Z
/zɛd/
z like in "Zoo"
Le Zoo
Œ
/ø/
o like in "Oops"
Un œuf
â
a like in "Apple"
Quel âge as-tu?
é
e like in "Elephant"
Un éléphant
è, ê, ë
ea like in "head"
la tête
Après
Noël
î
i like in "leave" (but shorter sound)
Une île
ô
o like in "only"
tôt
û
u like in "urgent"
il fût
French Accents
French uses several accents which are worth understanding. These are: à, è, ù, (grave accents) and é (acute accent) which only applies to e. A circumflex applies to all vowels as well: â, ê, î, ô, û. And also a tréma (French for diaerasis) for vowels: ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ and combined letters: æ and oe.
