The liaison and denasalization.
In adjectives ending with the nasal vowel un or en, there is denasalization of
the final vowel, i.e.
the n is pronounced as in bonami .
We do not say bon ami in adjectives ending with the nasal vowels un or on.
There is the denasalization of the final nasal vowel.
Of course, there are exceptions and the exceptions are the following words.
Rien, on aucun bien en.
For example, un air un air, there is a connection, but the nasal vowel one
is not denasalized.
Types of liaisons.
We have just seen the principle of the link, but we must know that it obeys rules.
There are cases where linking is mandatory and others where it is prohibited.
The cases of the obligatory connection: déterminant + nom: friends.
deux alliés.
Determiners plus adjective plus noun.
Les anciens écrivains.
Les fines herbs.
Pronoun plus verb.
Vous arrivez .
Adverb plus adjective.
Très aimable.
And now, let's talk about the cases of forbidden connections.
When there is a punctuation, femmes, commas, enfants, commas after the conjunction ET
(and) . Une fille et un garçon devant.
Oui, onze and huit.
Mais oui, ils sont onze.
Il est 8:00. After the S ending of the present tense in the second person singular.
You come after and not after.
Between the subject nominal group and the verbal group, les enfants arrivent.
There are no connections between enfants and arrivent.
Les enfants arrivent.
Cases of optional connections.
An optional link means that you have the choice to make the link or not.
Plural noun plus adjective that follows it.
Des personnes aimables or des personnes aimbles.
Your choice.
The auxiliary have or be plus past participles.
Vous aimez or vous aimez ?
Again your choice .
After an infinitive ER.
Manger à 19:00 or manger à 19:00.
After quand mais soit dont.
Quand il or quand il.
Adverbs in ment plus adjectives.
Gravement abîmé or gravement abîmé.
Now it's up to you.
We are going to practice distinguishing between obligatory and forbidden liaisons.
First, I will give you sentences without liaisons.
It's up to you to tell me where the connections are.
If there are, let's go.
You are right.
The answer is vous avez raison, vous avez raison.
Yes, the liaison is mandatory between a pronoun and a verb.
Je veux une tomate et une banane.
And yes, the answer is I want une tomate et une banane.
There is no liaison, liaison is forbidden after the conjunction ET.
Ils ont deux ans.
The answer is: ils ont deux ans, ils ont deux ans .
There are two connections in this sentence.
In the first case, ils ont.
The link is mandatory between a pronoun and a verb.
And in the second case, the liaison is mandatory between a determiner and a noun.
10 € the answer and 10 € 10
€. Again, the liaison is mandatory between a determiner and a noun.
One more.
Les onze pommes.
Yes, the answer is les onze pommes.
There is no liaison in this sentence because the liaison with the word onze is forbidden.
Well done!
This lesson is now over.