Pronounce like a in late, and before 8, z, and e mute, a little longer. Je songeai, I thought. Pronounce like û, in the past participle and preterite of avoir, to have, and in the word gageure.Ex. Like oo in room.-Ex. Rouge, Red. Like oo in poor.-Ex. Un jour, A day. Une tour, A tower. Un tour, A turn, or La cour, The court. Sourd, Deaf. Une source, A spring. Ua, uai, ue, ué, ui. The u is generally silent after the letters g and 9.-Ex. Une bonne qualité, En grande quantité, A good quality. He was watching for you. In order to acquire an accurate pronunciation of the Nasal Sounds, the student should listen most attentively while they are read to him by his teacher, and endeavour after to imitate his pronunciation. The principal are an, in, on, un. 44 An An To produce this sound, let the mouth be wide open, rest the tip of the tongue against the root of the under teeth, as low down as you can, and pronounce it through your nose, like the first syllable of en-core, or like an in the word cant, only much longer. These are pronounced alike, with very few excepAm tions.-Ex. 45 En Un ange, An angel. Jean, John. Il mange, He eats. Un camp, A camp. Un champ, A field. Is pronounced in in the following words: Amiens (a town of France), Benjamin, Mentor, and a few more. At the end of words en is almost always pro nounced in.-Ex. Chrétien, Christian. Le chirurgien, The surgeon. Le chien, The dog. Le sien, His or hers. These letters generally produce the same sound, which is very near the sound of en in the word length. Industrie, Industry. These are pronounced 48 { On Plomb, Lead. Prompt, Quick. La tombe, The tomb. On, People, they. Non, No. Le monde, The world. Le latin, Latin. Le cousin, The cousin. Mon voisin, My neighbour. Le matin, Morning. very near like on in strong Un conte, A story. Gion, sion, tion. These are pronounced in two syllables in French, the last syllable on is pronounced in the same manner as the preceding examples. |