CONTENTS
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
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VOCABULARY
faites do verb
un a noun masculine
SAMPLE SENTENCES
Le gar on est ent r ain d'ent endr e le Il habit e dans une gr ande maison avec
son de l'ocean. sa femme.
"T he boy is hearing the sound of "He lives in a big house with his
the ocean." wife."
GRAMMAR
In French, twenty-six letters form the alphabet and give rise to thirty-seven speech sounds.
Among these sounds, there are two main categories:
Vowel
This vowel is a voyelles antrieures or a front vowel. Front vowels are characteriz ed by the
placement of the tongue toward the front of the mouth.
chienne* ("female
dog"), merci
("thank you"), jouet
("toy"), mais ("but"),
matre ("master"),
[] [eh] as in paint elle ("she") payer ("to pay"),
treize ("thirteen"),
tre ("to be"), Nol
("Christmas"),
volley ("volleyball")
Vowel
This vowel is a voyelles nasales ("Nasal Vowels"). These vowels are specific to French as the
passage of the air goes mainly through the nose. For foreign ears, they may seem very
strange at first, as the air vibrates mainly through the nose and produces a twangy sound.
Vowel
This vowel is a central vowel or voyelles centrales. To pronounce properly the voyelles
centrales, place your tongue in the middle area of your mouth.
Vowel
This vowel is a nasal vowel or voyelles nasales. These vowels are specific to French as the
passage of the air goes mainly through the nose. For foreign ears, they may seem very
strange at first, as the air vibrates mainly through the nose and produces a twangy sound.
Vowel
album ("album"),
alcool ("alcohol"),
[] [um] as in drum pomme ("apple") capharnam
("shambles")
Vowel a
Vowel