Rules Flashcards

1
Q

e followed by ss and/or any double consonants becomes?

A

A

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2
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vowels ‘e’ or ‘I’ before ‘s’ becomes?

A

Z [Saint Joesph = San JoeZ F]

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3
Q

What are the Hard vowels ?

A

‘a’, ‘o’, ‘u’

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4
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Hard vowels =

A

hard consonants

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5
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Hard A with C

A

Cadillac, Canon Fronsac

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6
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Hard A with G

A

Garde

Vin de Garde is a wine to keep a long time

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7
Q

Hard O with C

A

Cote, Condrieu, Cornas

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8
Q

Hard O with G

A

Gosset ( Go Say), Gorge

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9
Q

Hard U with C

A

Cuvée

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10
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Hard U with G

A

Guide

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11
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Is ‘a’ soft vowel or hard vowel?

A

‘a’ is a Hard vowel

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12
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Is ‘o’ soft vowel or hard vowel?

A

‘o’ is a a Hard vowel

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13
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Is ‘u’ solft vowel or hard vowel?

A

‘u’ is a Hard vowel

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14
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What are the Soft vowels?

A

‘e’ , ‘i’ are soft vowels

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15
Q

Soft E with C

A

Cérons Ces sssnake Hissss

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16
Q

Soft E with G

A

George, Gevrey Chambertin

17
Q

Mont the t is ____ in the letter cluster?

A

silent

18
Q

Soft I with C

A

Cire (sear), Cible (sea bluh ) a target

19
Q

Soft I with G

A

Givry, Gironde, Gigondas

20
Q

Final consonants are often not pronounced/silent. However final consonant ‘c’ is very often pronounced.

A

PessaC
MédoC
BarsaC
FronsaC

21
Q

Ç before ‘o’ softens the hard vowel and is pronounced?

A

See

22
Q

‘c’ before ‘a’, ‘o’ ‘u’ is pronounced?

A

ku’ like Cook because of hard vowels.

23
Q

The’ TH’ sound known in English does not exist in French, the H in this cluster is never pronounce.

Rothschild is pronounced?

A

Rothschild = Rot Shield

24
Q

The ‘g’ before Hard vowels like ‘u’ are hard. The ‘g’ is pronounced like?

A

g is pronounced ‘gu’ similar to Great

25
Q

The ‘c’ before Soft vowels ‘e’ and ‘i’ is soft. The c is pronounced like?

A

s

26
Q

The ‘g’ before Soft vowels ‘e’ and ‘i’ is soft. The ‘g’ is pronounced like?

A

‘g’ is pronounced ‘je’ similar to Jeff

27
Q

‘es’ ending

A

Silent. Like most consonants, the ‘es’ at the end of a word is often silent. The cheese Époisses.

28
Q

When a word ends in a vowel

A

the previous consonant is pronounced and the ending e de-nasalizes the word.

29
Q

Ë ë the double .. is called a

A

• tréma. The tréma separates the pronunciation of 2 consecutive vowels. The word Noël (Christmas) is No ele not knole.

30
Q

double nn removes

A

removes nazal

carbonnieux = car bun yuh