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3. CONSONANTS
The consonants and consonant pairs in the following table represent those which differ in pronunciation from English.
Consonants
p, t and k are produced with no aspiration.
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| ces céréales, ce, ici; campus, code, cube | ça, garçon, commençons, reçoive, reçu | Rules for 'c' pronunciation. |
| chien, chat, cher, chemise | More. | garçon, gourmet, de Gaulle, guerre, Guillaume, Guy | Rules for prouncing 'g'. | mangeons, voyageons, Georges, Givenchy, Peugeot |
| cognac, montagne, signe, dignité, répugnant | 'ny' | |
| hôtel, homme | 'h' is silent. | |
| je, Jacques, Jérémy, juste | More. | |
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travaille,
travail,de l'ail Mireille, une fille, regarde le soleil qui brille |
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| quand, quartier, que, tranquille, séquence | More. | |
| six, science, sympa, poisson, dessert, intéressant | rose, chose, poison, desert, lisez, amusant | |
| théâtre, mathématiques, bibliothèque | More. | |
| démocratie, nation, portion | More. | |
| yeux, ennuyeux, ennuyé | More. |