Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1The h is never pronounced in French.
- 2Silent h: elision and liaison (l’homme, les_hommes).
- 3Aspirated h: no elision, no liaison (le héros, les | haricots).
- 4Common aspirated h: héros, honte, hockey, hamburger, haricot, hauteur, hibou.
Key vocabulary
| le héros | hero |
| la honte | shame |
| le haricot | bean |
| l’histoire (f.) | history, story |