Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1Liaison: a silent final consonant is pronounced before a vowel or silent h; s/x → [z], d → [t].
- 2Compulsory: article + noun, pronoun + verb, adjective + noun, after short words (très, chez, en).
- 3Forbidden: after et, before an aspirated h (les héros), after a singular noun.
Key vocabulary
| les amis | [le‿z‿ami] |
| nous avons | [nu‿z‿avɔ̃] |
| les héros | no liaison |
| très important | [tʁɛ‿z‿ɛ̃pɔʁtɑ̃] |