Liaison

A liaison is the relation between two consecutive sounds. Liaison is when a normally silent consonant at the end of a word is pronounced at the beginning of the word that follows it. Usually, liaisons are required between two words when the first one ends with a consonant as S, R, T or N  and the second one starts with a vowel or a mute h.

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Here are some Liaison examples :

S: The s is pronounced like a z.

nous avons    —–> nouzavon  (we have)

petits amis    —–> petizami   (little friends)

vous êtes      —–> vouzet  (you are)

les élèves     ——> lezelev  (the students)

je suis allé(e) —–> je suizale (I went)

T

C’est un   —–> cetun  (it is a)

c’est avec —–> cetavec (it is with)

est arrivé  —–> etarivé (is arrived)

est avec   —–> etavec (is with)

avant-hier —–> avantier (before yesterday)

R

Sur une     —–>  surune (on top of the)

N

Bon après-midi —->  bonapremidi (good afternoon)

Mon oncle       —->  mononcle ( my uncle)

However, there is no liaison .. .

after the preposition et (and) —> Maya et Ann

after an aspirate h     —> un héros (a hero)

after an inverted question  —> ont-ils étudié (have they studied)

after a noun in the singular —> un enfant aimable (a nice child)

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