The alphabet

06 oct. 2017 09:39 - language-swap

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Letter Traditional name Pronunciation French example English example
A Ah /ɑ/ Arbre Apple
B Bé /be/ Bébé Baby
C cé /se/ Carosse, Cerise Car, Cyprus
D Dé /de/ Destin Dinner
E E /ə/ Équivalent Equivalent
F Èfe /ɛf/ Fissure Fool
G Gé /ʒe/ Gaston, Gérard Gag,
H Ache /aʃ/ Hache
I I /i/ Italie Italy
J Ji /ʒi/ Jupe
K Ca /kɑ/ Koala Car
L Èle /ɛl/ Loupe Little
M Ème /ɛm/ Maman Mother
N Ène /ɛn/ Neuf Nine
O O /o/ Origine Origin
P Pé /pe/ Papa Please
Q Cu /ky/ Question Car
R Ère /ɛʁ/ Rire
S Esse /ɛs/ Soupe Soup
T Té /te/ Tarte To
U U /y/ Une
V Vé /ve/ Vague Vague
W Double vé /dublə ve/ Wagon Vague
X Icse /iks/ Xylophone Ex
Y I grec /igʁɛk/ Yack
Z zède /zɛd/ Zoo Zoo


/!\Warning/!\
The sounds of the letters H, J, R, U, Y don't exist in English as Fench pronounce them.