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The French language isn’t written phonetically. The same sound can be represented by several different combinations of letters.

The French language also uses liaison which is the pronunciation of a latent word-final consonant right before a following vowel sound

Liaisons are a phonetic link between two words that may sound awkward for native speakers if left unconnected.

Many French letters simply aren't pronounced at the end of words. In general, the final consonants of a word are usually silent in French except in some cases of the letters c, f, l or r.

The combination of vowels in French gives a different sound that does not exist in the English language.

Ai [eh]

Ue [uay]

Oi [wah]

Oui [wee]

Ui [uee]

Note: In French, the numbers one to ten are the base. Now you just have to remember twenty, thirty etc., to which you will then add the 1-10 digits to complete.

Note: Mille (1 000) is never plural, but multiples of million are, even if they don’t end the written number.

1/2 — un demi

une demi-tasse — half a cup

trois ans et demi — three and a half years

1/3 — un tiers

1/4 — un quart

1/5 — un cinquième

1/10 — un dixième

1/100 — un centième

If un (one) is the last word in a phrase, it doesn’t agree in gender with the preceding noun. So we say, “ la page un ” and not “ la page une ” for “page 1.”

“Midi” (Noon) and ‘Minuit” (Midnight).