Combinaison de lettres en français

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Semaine 3

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This lesson is an excerpt of Week 3 of Anne’s ‘French 1 – A1’ course, a 30-week French course for the total  French beginner.

In this lesson, you’ll find

* French letter combinations and how they sound in French

* practice and answers

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The French alphabet has 26 letters, just like in English. However, French words don’t always look the way they sound. They may combine letters to make a new sound.

Anne goes over the 25 most common ones in the premium lesson. Click below to access them.

For instance,

EAU is pronounced O, such as in

EAU –> water

BEAU –> beautiful

CU is pronounced KU, such as in

CUBE –> cube

but ÇU is pronounced SU, such as in

REÇU –> received

 

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Exercice – Practice

What does the letter combination sound like? Decide between a. and b.

1.AN sounds like

a.the EI in eight

b.the UM in bump

2.ÇA sounds like

a.ka

b.sa

3.-TIE sounds like

a.see

b.tea

Réponses  – Answers

Réponses en bleu – Answers in blue

1.AN sounds like

a.the EI in eight

b.the UM in bump

2.ÇA sounds like

a.ka

b.sa

3.-TIE sounds like

a.see

b.tea.

 

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