French 1.1 Letters
French Letters
A - “Ah” B - “Beh” C - “Seh” D - “Deh” E - “Euh” |
F - “Eff” G - “Guh” H - Silent I - “Ieh” or “Eee” J - “Jzuh” |
K - “Kuh” L - “Luh” M - “Em” N - “En” O - “O (flat)” |
P - “Peh” Q - “Kuh” R - “Errh” S - “Ess” T - “Teh” |
U - “Ouh” V - “Vih” W - “Wuh”/“Vuh” X - “Ks” Y - “Ieh (short)” |
Z - “Zed” |
French syllables
Ai - “Eih” An - “Aw (almost)” Ch - “Shh” |
En - “Aw (almost) In - “Eh” Ou - “Ooo” |
Er - “Eih” Oi - “Wah” On - more of a nasally noise |
Gn - “Ñ” Ph - “Fuh” Qu - “Kuh” |
Ill - “Iye” |
The C rule
If there's a vowel, C is pronounced “Kuh”, unless it's a c-cédille (Ç); then proceed as normal
Ex: façade
The E rule
E changes the context of certain letters if at the end of a word, or can make a word feminine (not always)
Ex: mont/monte (“Mon” vs “Mont” [this is not the feminine version of the word])
Exceptions to letters
É and é make “ieh” sound, È and è make “eh” sound
G makes a soft g sound if it comes before E
Ex: gorge
H is silent unless it's combined with another letter
Ex: Sh, Ch
I makes “wah” sound when combined with O
N usually isn't pronounced
O makes an “ooo” sound when combined with U and a “wah” sound when combined with I
Pronouns
Je/moi - I/me Tu/toi - you/you (familiar, informal) Il/lui - he/him |
Consonant-Vowel and Vowel-Vowel connections