Learn French Online: The Sound Of The Consonants.

B (pronounced as in English)

Ex.: béret - bloc - banque - absent - microbe

C + a, o, u = K

Ex.: carte - camarade - cadeau - culotte - coq - curieux - cuir

C + consonant = K

Ex.: classe - club - clé - clou - lecture - craie

C + h = K

Ex.: Chlore - choléra - ochestre - technique - choeur - chrétien

C + h = Sh (like in shop)

Ex.: Chose - chaud - chaise - chambre - chien - chaque - chat - cheveu

Learn,French,Online,English,Club,Sound

Learn French Online: Attention: The Violation Of The Nasal Vowels!

In some rare cases the rules of "The Nasal Vowels" are violated.

In these rare cases the written words end with um but spoken they sound as om and still the m remains pronounced!

Ex.:

• Album (Al-bom)
• Aluminium (Alumini-om)
• Radium (Radi-om)
• Opium (Opi-om)
• Optimum (Optim-om)
  
  

French,Learn,Online,Rules,Album,

Learn French Online: The Nasal Vowels.

(like ung in sung without pronouncing the g)

Ien.

Bien - rien - mien - sien - tiens - chien

Oin.

Loin - foin - soin - point - moins - coin

Uin.

Juin

French,Learn French,Online,Vowels,