10. Silent Letters
(Les lettres muettes)
In French, some letters are not pronounced,
particularly at the end of words
Final –e: The final –e is not usually pronounced
Madam e, Phillip e
Final –s: The final –s is not usually pronounced Loui s,
Charle s, trè s
Final consonants are not usually pronounced, the usual
exceptions are: -c, -r, -f, -l, -k *Remember to be
CaReFuL* which final consonants are pronounced
Rober t, Alber t, Eric, Marc, Raoul
H is never pronounced* L’ h ôtel, L’ h ôpital, L’ h omme
* There is the h aspiré
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12. Differences between English and French
(Les différence entre l’anglais et le français)
Spoken French differs from English *Valette, Jean-Paul, and Rebecca
M. Valette. Contacts: Lange et culture françaises. New York: Houghton
Mifflin Company, 2001.