LESSON NOTES

Ultimate French Pronunciation

Guide S1 #5
Familiar Consonants, Part 1

CONTENTS
2 Vocabulary
2 Sample Sentences
2 Vocabulary Phrase Usage

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VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

car park, parking

parking space noun masculine

connexion connection noun feminine

boue mud noun feminine

un sandwich a sandwich noun masculine

daim deer noun masculine

fabuleuse fabulous adjective

un gain a gain noun

addition of
adjonction something noun feminine

office, practice,
cabinet agency noun, masculine

louper to miss verb NA

manger to eat verb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

J e mange un sandwich au jambon. Cet t e anne nous avons augment

nos gains de 12 %.
"I am eating a ham sandwich."
"T his year we increased our profit
of 12%."

Le cabinet d'exper t ise compt able J e suis t oujour s en r et ar d quand je

est en face. dois voyager , donc je loupe le t r ain
chaque fois.
"T he accounting agency is across
the street." "I'm always late when I have to
travel, so I miss the train every
time."

J e mange un sandwich. Vous mangez le djeuner midi ?

"I am eating a sandwich." "You eat lunch at noon?"

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VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

T he Focus of T his Lesson Is Fr ench Consonant s

The current French alphabet consists of five vowels and twenty-one consonants. Ideally,
each letter represents one speech sound, which, practically, is not always the case in French.
We form words by combining letters into syllables and syllables into words.

Consonant b, d, g, m, n, and,

These consonants are occlusive consonants or blocked consonants. We produce this

consonant sound by blocking the air though the mouth and pharynx with a sudden release.

Fr ench Phonet ic French Keyword Similar t o English Other French

Symbol Grapheme (in red)

[b] barbe bad abbaye

("beard") ("abbaye")

[d] domino doll addition

("domino") ("addition")

bague
("ring"), aggraver
("to aggravate"),
gamin second
[g] goal
(familiar) ("kid") ("second"),
ghetto
("ghetto")

qualit
("quality"), kepi
("cap"),
accord
("agreement"),
crpe orchestre
[k] car
("crpe") ("orchestra"),
ticket
("ticket"),
coq
("rooster")

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[m] mer man flamme
("seal") ("flame")

[n] non name anniversaire

("no") ("birthday")

[] vigne knee manire

("vineyard") ("way")

Consonant f

This is called a fricative or a sibilant consonant. We produce these consonant sounds by

forcing air through a narrow opening by placing two parts of the mouth together.

phare
("headlight"),
ferme
[f] foal affaire
("farm")
("matter")

Consonant l

This is a vibrant consonant. We produce this consonant by one or various vibrations we

cause by building up pressured air in one of our mouth organs (the tip of the tongue, uvula,
etc.) that we suddenly release.

[l] lampe elle

("lamp") ("she")

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