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Pour faciliter la lecture, et In order to read and prola prononciation des mots sui- nounce well thefollowing words, vans, il faut faire observer à Learners fhould notice the subses Écoliers que,

sequent obfervations; 19, La Diphthongue o-i fe if, The Diphthong oi is prononce comme o-e dans plu- pronounced like o-è in several fieurs mots, et dans d'autres words, and in others, it takes elle n'a que le simple son de only the fingle

sound of è, with l'è

grave; comme on peut le the grave accent; as may be voir dans la table générale des feeń, by referring to the display Diphthongues, p. 7.

of our Diphthongs, p. 7.

EX EM PLES:
Prononcez o-e.

Prononcez è *.
Avoir, Trottoir, Avois, Trottois,
Chaffoir, Hachoir,

Chassois, Hachois, Devoir, Lavoir,

Devoit, Lavoit. 2°, Qurand une fyllabe finit 2dly; When a Jyllable teravec un e fans accent, on pro- minates with an e not accented, nonce fortement la consonne the foregoing consonant is to be qui le précède, et le ne se pronounced Atrongly, and the e prononce point.

is to have no sound.

E XE M P L E S :
Ecrivez, Lifez,

Ecrivez, Lifez,
Aimne,
Aim.

Faufle, Fauss.
Bande,
Band.

Gêne,

Gên,
Cuve,
Cuv,

Hupe,
Dire,
Dir.

Juste,

Just.
Faire, -
Fair.

Hup.

Perle, Perl.

* The final consonant of these and the like words is not pronounced.

, II

30, Il ne faut point pro- 3dly. These three letters ent noncer ces trois lettres ent à must not be pronounced at the la fin d'un mot avec lequel end of a word with which the s'accordent les pronoms per personal Pronouns ils and elles sonnels il et elles.

(they) do or can agree.

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* There areffome exceptions to this rule, which are inserted in the dissertation 'on this Letter see the Analyse des fons, &c. p. 66.

FRENCH

FRENCH WORDS of Two SYLLABLES,

With the English Significations to each Word.

LAMB

had (1)

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French. English,
A-GNEAU
a-mi

friend a-vis

advice a-voir (0-2)

to have. a-vois (2) ab-sent (ap)

absent ab-fous (ap): absolved ac-cès

access ac-teur

actor ac-tif

active ad-mis

admitted ai-greur Fourness ai-me

loves (he) ai-mé

loved ai-ment (ils) love (they) ai-né

eldest son ai-sé (zé) am-bre amber an-chois (o-e) anchovy an-neau ring ar-bre

tree ar-gent (jan) : silver ar-mé ar-rhes

earneft as-faut afault al-fez (JC)

enough af-fis

seated at-trait allurement au-cun

any au-près near au-tour about, round au-vent (vang) penthouse.

French:

English. BABIL (bi) PRATTLE ba-din playful ba-lai

broom bai-Té (ze) kifed bal-con balcony ban-de

band. ban-ni banished ban-quct (kė) banquet bar-be. beard baf-fin bafon be-deau beadle bé-ni

blefled ber-ger Shepherd ber-ceau cradle beu-voit (ve) drank (he) beur-re butter bi-ble

bible bi-jou jewel bla-me

blame bla-mé blamed bla-ment (ils) blame (they) blan-cheur

whiteness bler-fé

wounded blu-teau bolter boi-teux (0-ė) lame boil-feau bushel bor-dent (ils) border they

( buu-che mouth bou-quet (kè) nosegay bou-ton bution brol-se brush brus-que abrubt.

CA-CHET

easy

armed

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coach-man

French. English.

French. Englifh. CA-chet () SEAL

chaf-feur hunter ca-chot dungeon chal-foir (0-ė) driver (a tool) ca-dran dial

chau-dron

large kettle cal-me calm chaus-Ion

fock cam-pé encamped

che-min way can-deur

candour cher-cher to seek cap-tif captive chi-che ftingy car-pe care

cho-qué () shocked car-ré

Square ci-seau (zo) chisel cal-que belmet

clar-clearnefs cau-le (ze). cauje

clé-ment merciful cau-sé

caused clo-che hell cé-dant yielding cloi-tre (o-è) cloister cé-dé yielded clou-é

nailed cè-dent (ils) yield (i hey) co-cher cer-cle circle

co-chon

hog, pig, cer-fant ceasing

coif-fe (5-ė)

hood cef-sent (ils) cease (they) com-té

county cha-cur

every one cor-beau raven cha-grin grief

cou-leur colour chai-se (ze) chair

cou-rent (ils) run (they) cham-bre chamber cou-teau knife chan-gé changed crain-dre to fear chan-fon Song

cré-dit

credit chan-té Jung

cri-ble sieve chan-tois () Jung (1) cro-chet (he) hook chan-teur finger croi-re (o-e)

to believe chan-tre charifter

crot-té

dirty char-bon. coal

crou-te cruf char-gé charged cru-che pitcher char-gent (ils) charge (they), cu-ve, char-mé charmed

Small tub char-mant charming

cul-te worship char-mentfils) charm (they) cy-près

DA-MAS

large tub

Cu-veau

cypress

dé-çu

en-cens

en-cre

French. English.
DA-MAS

DAMASK
dam-né damnei
dan-ger (6) danger
de-bout standing

deceived
dé-crèt (crè) decree

.
de-dans within
dé-goût disgust
dé-gré degree
dé-ja

already
dé-lir (zir) desire
der-sous under
der-fus

ироп | def-tin destiny de-voir (o-e) to owe de-voit (ve)

lowed (he) di-re

to tell, Say dic-té

di Etated dif-cours discourse doc-teur doctor don-né

given don-nant giving dun-nent ils) give (they) dor-mant Neeping dor-ment (its) Deep (they) dor-meur fleeper dou-blé doubled dou-ceur Sweetness dou-teux doubtful dou-ze.

twelve dra-gon

dragon dres-loir (ne). dreler du-rant during dur-cir to harden.

French. English,
E-BAT (6) SPORT
é-clair lightening
é-crit

written
é dit

edi Et e.lu

elected ef-fet (fe) effect ef-fort

endeavour em-pli

filled up em-plir

to fill up em-ploi (9-ė) employ en-ceint inclosed

incense

ink en-fant child en-fer

bell
! en-Aé swelled

en-fler to swell
en-flent (ils) Sivell (they)
en-joins injoin (1)
en-joint injoined;
en-té, grafted
en-tre

between en-tré

entered er-rant wandering er-rent (ils) wander (They) er-reur

error el-poir (o-e) hope er-sai

effay euf-sent (ils) Bave(theymighr) cx-act

exaCZ ex-cès

excefs ex-clus excluded ex-ploit (a-e') exploit ex-trait

extraci.

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