Rules Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
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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
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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
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Hard O with C

A

Cote, Condrieu, Cornas

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8
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Hard O with G

A

Gosset ( Go Say), Gorge

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9
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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?

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‘a’ is a Hard vowel

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12
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Is ‘o’ soft vowel or hard vowel?

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‘o’ is a a Hard vowel

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13
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Is ‘u’ solft vowel or hard vowel?

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‘u’ is a Hard vowel

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14
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What are the Soft vowels?

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‘e’ , ‘i’ are soft vowels

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15
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Soft E with C

A

Cérons Ces sssnake Hissss

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16
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Soft E with G

A

George, Gevrey Chambertin

17
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Mont the t is ____ in the letter cluster?

18
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Soft I with C

A

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

19
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Soft I with G

A

Givry, Gironde, Gigondas

20
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Final consonants are often not pronounced/silent. However final consonant ‘c’ is very often pronounced.

A

PessaC
MédoC
BarsaC
FronsaC

21
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Ç before ‘o’ softens the hard vowel and is pronounced?

22
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‘c’ before ‘a’, ‘o’ ‘u’ is pronounced?

A

ku’ like Cook because of hard vowels.

23
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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
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The ‘g’ before Hard vowels like ‘u’ are hard. The ‘g’ is pronounced like?

A

g is pronounced ‘gu’ similar to Great

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The ‘c’ before Soft vowels ‘e’ and ‘i’ is soft. The c is pronounced like?
s
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The ‘g’ before Soft vowels ‘e’ and ‘i’ is soft. The 'g' is pronounced like?
'g' is pronounced 'je' similar to Jeff
27
‘es’ ending
Silent. Like most consonants, the ‘es’ at the end of a word is often silent. The cheese Époisses.
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When a word ends in a vowel
the previous consonant is pronounced and the ending e de-nasalizes the word.
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Ë ë the double .. is called a
• tréma. The tréma separates the pronunciation of 2 consecutive vowels. The word Noël (Christmas) is No ele not knole.
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double nn removes
removes nazal | carbonnieux = car bun yuh