Key french sounds & spellings

KEY FRENCH SOUNDS & SPELLINGS(A VERY GENERAL & SIMPLIFIEDREFERENCE)Prior learning: Following on from thealphabet! Jo Rhys-Jones, November 2011 Talkabout Primary Languages

TABLE OF CONTENTS: vowels tricky consonants nasal phonemes on/an/en, in/ain/ein regular graphemes ou, au/eau, gn, ph graphemes which make more than one sound silent letters elision & liaison

VOYELLES: a e é è-ê i-y o u

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E – SAME SOUND MADE BY EU / ŒU le mee ne je neuf œuf deux

É – SAME SOUND MADE BY ER/EZ décembreé regarder levez la main! café bébé éléphant

È-Ê SAME SOUND MADE BYAI/EI/ETè-ê têtefrère pêchepèremère zèbre

I-Y dixi-y six Yvonne stylo lit bicyette

o - SAME SOUND MADE BYO O – CAN ALSO BE A SHORTÔ/AU/EAU SOUND piano carotte vélo, pot, hôtel, pomme, bol, beau, chaud docteur

U  Put your finger in your mouth like a lollipop. u  Remove your finger but keep your lips still.  Without moving your lips, try to say ‘ee’  That is the French sound ‘u’. sucette

TRICKY CONSONANTS: c g h s t w y

c SOFT WHEN FOLLOWED BY E OR IUSUALLY A HARD SOUND same sound as ç cinéma carotte police, France, cent, crayon, sac, café, cinq, délicieux, banc, caméra... garçon...

g SOFT WHEN FOLLOWED BY EUSUALLY A HARD SOUND OR I gorille garagegomme, guitare, pigeon, orange, genou,catalogue, regarder... girafe,

H IS SILENTh thé héros hôtel

s HARD WHEN BETWEEN 2USUALLY A SOFT SOUND VOWELS poisson oiseausac, soupe, cuisine, visite,classe, danser... rose, musique, chemise

tUSUALLY THE SAME EXCEPTIONS – CAN CHANGE TO S SOUND WHENSOUND AS IN ENGLISH FOLLOWED BY I tomate dictionnairetulipe, tarte, direction, addition,moto, minute... patience, essentiel… Do these words make a normal t sound in

W IS ONLY USED IN WORDS THAT ARE BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGESw- MAKES THE SAME SOUND AS IN ENGLISH kiwi wagonEXCEPT: le wc

y BUT SAME SOUND AS INUSUALLY SAME SOUND ENGLISH WHEN BETWEEN 2AS FRENCH I VOWELS stylo crayonYvonne, cycliste, Nancy joyeux, loyal,lycée, pyjama... incroyable, voyage…

NASAL PHONEMES, : on/an/enPurists will rightly argue there is a very subtle difference between on and an/enbut it’s highly unlikely to be noticable up to GCSE level so I leave that to teacherdiscretion and the level of your class… in/ain/ein

ON/AN/EN: ALSOOM/AM/EM bonjouron danse oman dentiste tombola lampe amen chambre décembre em mouton enfants

IN/AIN/EIN: ALSOIM vin in intelligentain train demain lapin imein peinture important pain ceinture

REGULAR GRAPHEMES: ou e/eu/oeu oié/ez/er au/eau/ôè/ai/ei/et ph gn

OU: ALWAYS MAKES THE SAMESOUNDou bouche souris moutarde

E/EU/ŒU: ALWAYS MAKE THE SAMESOUND lee me neeu je neufœu œuf deux

OI: ALWAYS MAKES THE SAME SOUNDoi trois étoile histoire

É/EZ/ER: MAKE THE SAME SOUND décembreé levez la main! nezez janvierer café jouer

AU/EAU/Ô: MAKE THE SAME SOUND o hôtel jaune moto ô oiseauaueau bateau taureau

È/Ê/AI/EI/ET: ALL MAKE THE SAMESOUNDè frère fêteê chaise baleineai neige Paul et Lilianeeiet robinet j’aime

PH: MAKES THE SAME SOUND ASFRENCH Fph téléphone alphabet éléphant

GN: ALWAYS MAKES THE SAMESOUNDgn araignée signal champignon

GRAPHEMES WITH MORE THAN ONESOUND: ch illail/eil/euil/ouil

ch BUT HARD SOUND WHEN AUSUALLY A SOFT GREEK WORD – OFTENSOUND: BEFORE R OR L Chef ChrétienCharlotte, marché, chat orchestre, chœur,champagne, chocolat... chronique, technique…

ill SOME EXCEPTIONS WHENUSUALLY A SOFTENED THE L SOUND ISSOUND: PRONOUNCED: Famille Million fille, vanille, gorille village, ville, mille gentille, habiller… tranquille

AIL/EIL/EUIL/OUIL: MAKE SIMILAR Y SOUNDAT THEEND abeille aileil travail bouteilleeuil soleil feuilleouil nouille médaille bouillir

Silent lettersUSUALLY THE FINAL BUT THE LETTERS B C F K LCONSONANT IS NOT Q R USUALLY AREPRONOUNCED: PRONOUNCED: mouton club éléphant, lit, lapin snob, flic, chef, anorak trois, froid, abricot… avril, cinq, hiverExceptions: ours, sud, autobus, tennis, Exceptions: blanc, porc, clef, -er infinitivessome names,

ELISION/LIAISON: when a word that ends in a normally silent consonant is followed by a word that begins with a vowel or silent h, then the consonant is pronounced – usually... petit le petit éléphant

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