the Spanish “ň” or like Espagnol - Spanish the “ny” in the English word canyon and the “nio” in the English word onion. (This is not the case if Ignition - ignition the G and the N are in 2 Gnome - gnome different syllables or begin a word. c The letter “c” before “i” Cinq - five and “e” is pronounced Centimètre - centimeter like the English “s”. Before “a”, “o” and “u” is Cahier – exercise book pronounced like the Calme – calm English letter “k”. ç “C” with a cedilla accent is Français - French always pronounced like the Garçon - boy English “s”. Ça va ? – How are you? Comme ci comme ça – so so ille The letter combination Fille - girl “ille” and the letter Travailler – to work combination “il” when it Bouteille - bottle is at the end of a word Oeil - eye changes the way the letter “l” is pronounced. It is pronounced a bit like the “ya” in the English word yacht. Common exceptions Mille - thousand However, there are a Ville - town few very common Belle - beautiful exceptions to this rule. Tranquille - quiet Village – village qu “q” and “qu” are pronounced Question like the English letter “k” Cinq j Sounds like a soft “g”, as in je
the Spanish “ň” or like the “ny” in the English word canyon and the “nio” in the English word onion. (This is not the case if the G and the N are in 2 different syllables or begin a word. Espagnol - Spanish Ignition - ignition Gnome - gnome c The letter “c” before “i” and “e” is pronounced like the English “s”. Before “a”, “o” and “u” is pronounced like the English letter “k”. Cinq - five Centimètre - centimeter Cahier – exercise book Calme – calm ç “C” with a cedilla accent is always pronounced like the English “s”. Français - French Garçon - boy Ça va ? – How are you? Comme ci comme ça – so so ille The letter combination “ille” and the letter combination “il” when it is at the end of a word changes the way the letter “l” is pronounced. It is pronounced a bit like the “ya” in the English word yacht. However, there are a few very common exceptions to this rule. Fille - girl Travailler – to work Bouteille - bottle Oeil - eye Common exceptions Mille - thousand Ville - town Belle - beautiful Tranquille - quiet Village – village qu “q” and “qu” are pronounced like the English letter “k” Question Cinq j Sounds like a soft “g”, as in je
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