la prononciation
DESCRIPTION
La Prononciation. Les voyelles /a/, /ɑ /, / u/, /y/, / i /, / e/, /ɛ/, /ə /, /ø/, / œ/, /o/ and /ɔ/. /a / and / ɑ/. The letter “a” always says /a/ in French like the English word ah. It never says “a” like in class, date, or cinema . There is also the sound / ɑ/, but - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
La Prononciation
Les voyelles /a/, /ɑ/, /u/, /y/, /i/, /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/, /ø/,
/œ/, /o/ and /ɔ/
![Page 2: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
/a/ and /ɑ/
• The letter “a” always says /a/ in French like the English word ah. It never says “a” like in class, date, or cinema. There is also the sound /ɑ/, but
• Chat ça va à la là-bas avecami voilà classe
café salade dame dateMadame Canada taxi
![Page 3: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Pratiquez!
• Aline a mis la carte sur la table avec les photos.
• Anne et Maurice sont au Canada avec mademoiselle Laval.
• J’aime manger, nager, danser et chanter.
![Page 4: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
/u/
• The sound /u/ in French is made with the letters “ou”. It is very similar to the English “oo” like in food, move, and soup.
• Où nous vous écoutejoue toujours football
• Vous jouez au foot avec nous?
![Page 6: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
/y/
• The sound /y/ in French is made with the letter “u”. This sound doesn’t exist in English.
• To say this sound, practice the French word “super”.
• Begin by saying “si”, then round your lips like you are going to whistle. Instead of saying si, you will say su. Now say “super.”
![Page 8: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Pratiquez!
• Tu étudies avec Lucie.
• Marc a bu du jus d’orange.
• As-tu vu la belle vue sur la rue?
![Page 9: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Now try to distinguis between /u/ and /y/
• joue vs. Jus• jour vs. jure• ou vs. eu• roue vs. rue
• rousse vs. russe• toutou vs. tutu• vous vs. vu
• dessous vs. dessus
![Page 10: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
/i/
• The sound /i/ in French is never said “I” like in bye, tie, my, and sky, but is instead pronounced like the words Mimi, eel, peel, and zeal. It is written as “i” and “y”.
• Ici Philippe il Sylvie visite
• Alice visite Paris avec Monique.
![Page 12: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
/ə/
• The sound / ə / in French is the letter “e” in most situations.
• Le, te, ne, de, me, se, que et je
• Je recherche le logement.
• Donne-le-moi s’il te plaît.
![Page 14: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
/e/
• The sound /e/ in French is sometimes written “e”, but you will also see it with er, ez, et, é, and es.
• restaurant, spectacle, dessert, tennis, manger, été, veuillez, aimé, les, parler
![Page 16: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
/ə/ vs. /e/ with articles
• le sacvs. les sacs
• le vélo vs. les vélos
• le portablevs. les portables
• le copain vs. les copains
• le voisin vs. les voisins
![Page 17: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
/ɛ/
• The sound / ɛ / in French is seen with “e”, but also with è, ê, ette, elle, and emme. Or with a syllable that ends in a consonant.
• exprès, tête, bête, frère, mère, père, Caire, sept, jette, mette, regrette, merci, mais
![Page 19: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
![Page 20: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
/ø/
• The sound /ø/ doesn’t exist in English. It is not hard to pronounce.
Répétez:• deux, eux, je veux, je peux, les jeux, il pleut,
un euro.
• Est-ce que je peux aller chez eux s’il pleut?
![Page 21: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
![Page 22: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
/œ/
• The sound /œ/ doesn’t exist in English. It is not hard to pronounce either.
Répétez:• neuf, sœur, heure, professeur, jeune,
ordinateur, plusieurs, bœuf
• Ma sœur a acheté du bœuf sur l’ordinateur.
![Page 24: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
![Page 25: La Prononciation](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062218/56816570550346895dd8058e/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
/o/ and /ɔ/
• The sound /o/ is an open sound, and the /ɔ/ is a closed sound.
• The French use the open “o” at the end of words, and the closed “o” is usually in the middle of words.
• OPEN: mot, héros, trop, ton, bol, dos, rose, rigolo, vélo, nos, vos, eau, chaud
• CLOSED: rosbif, téléphone, prof, porte, odeur, comment, votre, école, notre, dommage