k c ch qu cqu x

Please be mindful of the fact that all the French sounds are produced with greater facial, throat and other phonatory muscle tension than any English sound.

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The French [k , c] in contrast to the English [k , c] is produced with lots of facial muscle and lip tension, so as to create a very explosive [k , c] without the release of the tension into a more or less audible aspiration.

More particularly, the word initial English [k , c] is produced with a lot of aspiration; that is, a significant amount of air blow follows the production of the sound.

·	English words pronounced by the English speaker :
·	the same English words pronounced by the French speaker :

Its written representations are: k c ch qu cqu

Listen to the samples to hear the French [k]

·	[c] - Before a consonant other than [h] and before the vowels [ a au ai o ou u ] the letter c is always pronounced [k]. EXCEPT it is sounded as a [g] sound in BUT it is mostly pronounced as [ s ] before the letters [ e ] and [ i ].

·	[c] word final is often pronounced [k] as in or in the [ct] cluster
·	[c] But sometimes in word final it is silent as in or in the [ct] cluster and usually silent in
·	[c] It is also silent in the [nc] cluster as in However in donc [c] is pronounced as [k] when it is emphatic.
·	[ch] normally pronounced [sh] however sometimes pronounced [k] before a consonant as in
·	[ch] often pronounced [k] in some scientific words
·	BUT an [sh] sound in some others like
·	[sch] is normally pronounced [sh]
·	[qu] is pronounced [k] and the[u] is silent
·	[cqu] cq is pronounced [k] and the [ u ] is silent
·	[x] is pronounced [ks] as in or just [s]

 

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