The liaison.
We've come to tell you about the silent letters that are mostly in the final
position. These silent letters are pronounced when the following word begins
with a vowel. In itself, making a connection is pronouncing the final, usually
unpronounced consonant of a word, in order to connect it with the next word that begins
with a vowel or a silent h.
Let's take the silent letters b, c,
d, g, l, p, s, t, x.
Those concerned by the binding are d, t, s, p, x, g and
the n of nasal vowels.
Let's look at the following examples together.
Petit ami, tout aimé, the t of petit and tout are usually not pronounced.
It is a silent letter at the end of the word.
But in the case where the letter T is followed by a word beginning with a vowel or
a silent h, as here with the letter a, the letter t is then pronounced.
It is pronounced to form a syllable in its own right, which gives us.
, .
Repeat after me, .
.
But all .
Repeat after me.
Trop attendu.
The extra P is usually not pronounced at the end of the word, but when the word that
follows begins with a vowel or a silent h.
In this case, the p of trop is pronounced.
Here, the next word begins with the vowel a.
So the extra p is pronounced and forms a syllable in its own right, which
gives us tro pa tendu, , repeated after me, .
Quand il the D of when is not pronounced because it is at the end of the
word. Now, when it is followed by a word beginning with a vowel or a silent h, it
is pronounced T, which gives us , repeat, after me, .
Les amis.
The S in LES is not pronounced because it is at the end of the word.
But when it is followed by a word beginning with a vowel or a silent h, it is pronounced
z. This gives us les amis, les amis.
Repeat after me, les amis.
Très original.
The S in très is not pronounced because it is at the end of the word.
Now, as before, when it is followed by a word beginning with a vowel or a silent h, it
is pronounced z z, which gives us a very original sound.
Repeat after me very original.
Deux armes.
The X is not pronounced because it is at the end of the word.
However, just like the s above, when the x is in front of a word beginning with a vowel
or a silent h, it is pronounced z.
This gives us deux armes, deux armes.
Repeat after me deux armes.
Bravo! Now it's up to you.
A sentence will appear on the screen for a while and your role is to read it by putting
the liaisons where necessary.
After each sentence, I will give you the correction, of course.
Petit hôtel.
Read this sentence again.
Perfect. Now let's move on to the next
one. Les enfants jouent,
. Read this sentence again.
Perfect. Let's
move on to the
last one.
Read that sentence again.
And there you have it.
This lesson is now over.