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As far as I know, the rules for pronouncing words in French are much more logical and regular than in English. The exceptions to the rules tend to be words borr
by spuz 4y ago
As far as I know, the rules for pronouncing words in French are much more logical and regular than in English. The exceptions to the rules tend to be words borrowed from English. Can you give an example of two French words that use contradictory pronunciation rules?
Here's an example in English: "cough" and "bough", or "wood" and "food".
- jcranmer 4y agoThe French word "est" (as in "Il est") is not pronounced the same as the French word "est" (as in "va à l'est"). There's definitely several cases of irregularity in French pronunciation ("clef" is another good one--usually you pronounce a final 'f' consonant, but not in that word!), and the consonant cluster "il" is so inconsistently pronounced that you might as well flip a coin to determine if it should be pronounced with an 'l' sound or a 'y' ('j' in IPA) sound.
- spuz 4y ago"clef" is a good example, thanks! There certainly seem a lot fewer than in English though.