Euphony

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Created on: 09-09-18 20:42

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Euphony
- Elisions
  - An elisions is the removal of a vowel sound in order to prevent consecutive vowel sounds
  - Le and la become l' if they're followed by a vowel sound
  - Other one-syllable words like je, me, te, de, ce, and que can be elided
  - Tu can be elided in casual speech
- Contractions
  - The combination of two words to form one shortened word
  - The partitive article du is a contraction of the preposition de with le
    - Du needs to take the elided form de l' in front of a vowel sound
- Words Beginning with H
  - When H starts a word, it can act as a consonant (aspirate) or vowel (non-aspirate)
  - For example, the H in homme acts as a vowel, which means it must be written as "l'homme"
  - An aspirate H doesn't participate in elisions or liaisons
- Liaisons
  - Where an otherwise silent ending consonant is pushing to the next word, where it's pronounced as part of the first syllable
  - Help prevent consecutive vowel sounds
  - They're possible whenever a silent ending consonant is followed by a vowel sound
  - Mandatory liaisons:
    - Articles and adjectives with nouns
    - Pronouns and verbs
    - Single-syllable adverbs and prepositions
  - Forbidden liaisosn
    - Before and after et
    - After inversions and singular nouns
    - Before an aspirated H
    - After a nasal sound, excpet un, on, and en
- Enchaînement
  - Ending consonant sounds are pushed onto the next word if it begins with a vowel
  - This is like a liaison, except that the consonant sound wasn't silent beforehand