Pronunciation of the French languageLongman, Green, & Company, 1859 - 102 pages |
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... nouns and adjectives ending in er and ier , as berger , mortier , léger , altier , & c . I must not , however , include in this rule any of those ending in fer , mer , ver , as enfer , amer , hiver , & c . , any proper name ( except ...
... nouns and adjectives ending in er and ier , as berger , mortier , léger , altier , & c . I must not , however , include in this rule any of those ending in fer , mer , ver , as enfer , amer , hiver , & c . , any proper name ( except ...
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... noun geai ; otherwise it is always pronounced è ; ex . , j'avais , j'aimais , il donnerait , balai , vrai , & c . Most people pronounce je sais , tu sais , il sait , as if they were written je sé , tu sé , il sé . æ Is always pronounced ...
... noun geai ; otherwise it is always pronounced è ; ex . , j'avais , j'aimais , il donnerait , balai , vrai , & c . Most people pronounce je sais , tu sais , il sait , as if they were written je sé , tu sé , il sé . æ Is always pronounced ...
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... nouns and adjectives having that ending , with the exception of those already mentioned , namely : all monosyllables and all proper names having that termination , all nouns and adjectives ending in fer , mer , ver , and the following nouns ...
... nouns and adjectives having that ending , with the exception of those already mentioned , namely : all monosyllables and all proper names having that termination , all nouns and adjectives ending in fer , mer , ver , and the following nouns ...
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... nouns ( geai ex- cepted ) and adjectives , is always pronounced è ; ex . , je chantais , il aimait , maître , connaître , balai , vrai , remblai , & c . This syl- lable has , as we have seen , the slender sound é in je sais , tu sais ...
... nouns ( geai ex- cepted ) and adjectives , is always pronounced è ; ex . , je chantais , il aimait , maître , connaître , balai , vrai , remblai , & c . This syl- lable has , as we have seen , the slender sound é in je sais , tu sais ...
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... noun may not be confounded with jais ( jet ) , which is pronounced jè . ei Is always open ; ex . , seigneur , veine , & c . oi . This vowel , which formerly was pronounced è , has been re- tained only in the word roide and its ...
... noun may not be confounded with jais ( jet ) , which is pronounced jè . ei Is always open ; ex . , seigneur , veine , & c . oi . This vowel , which formerly was pronounced è , has been re- tained only in the word roide and its ...
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adjective Approximately Pronounced articulates the initial called ciguë circumflex accent curaçao dental consonants derivatives diæresis diphthong dissyllable distinct e mute écuelle end of words enfant English persons English word équateur expression faint sound feminine final following word former French language fuyez gageure glottis grammarians grave accent Greek Guadeloupe guttural consonants h not aspirated homme immediately followed initial syllable larynx last syllable Latin learned liquid liquid consonant long or short means middle of words monophthong nasal sound NASAL SYLLABLES nounced nouns Observe œil onzième ouil preceding vowel pronouncing dictionary pronunciation proper names prosodical PURE DIPHTHONGS reader sentence short vowels SIBILANT CONSONANTS silent solemn reading sometimes sounds and articulations speaking and solemn taon teachers tillac tion trachea triphthong ueil unaccented verbs vocal chords voice vowel vowel-form or h vowel-sounds whilst words beginning words ending write written
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Page 45 - ... either at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of words, as, for instance, angoisse, avancer, marchand, — incliner, atteindre, marin, payen, — ondee, prononcer, dragon.
Page 32 - That the second person plural of the present of the indicative' and of the imperative, are the same in the passive voice.
Page 6 - Suivant l'appellation nouvelle, on les nomme a, be, ce, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, ke, re, se, te, u, ve, ou, xe, i, ze.
Page 55 - The Course of Instruction comprises the usual branches of an English Education, together with Music, Drawing, French, Shorthand, Typewriting, etc.
Page 41 - This letter is pronounced at the beginning and in the middle of words ; when it is...
Page 39 - It is pronounced in sept and huit, whenever they are not followed by a word beginning with a consonant or h aspirated ; ex., fen ai sept, donnez-m'en huit, il y avait dix-sept hommes et dix-huit enfants, &c.