Pronouncing the letter h in French
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Pronouncing the letter h
• silent: the silent h doesn't alter the pronunciation. As with words which start with a vowel, we make liasons and contractions (le/la → l', de → d').
un hôpital
, les hôpitaux
a hospital, hospitals
un hôtel
, des hôtels
a hotel, hotels
l'histoire
, les histoires
the story , stories
un habit
, des habits
an item of clothing, items of clothing
un héros
, les héros
a hero, heroes
le hibou
, les hiboux
an owl, owls
un haricot
, des haricots
a bean, beans
incompréhensible incomprehensible
ébahi dumbstruck
une bibliothèque a library
un éléphant an elephant
les haies 2
la harpe 3
haricot
histoire
homme
le 2 haricot
l' 3 histoire
l' 4 homme
un
des
un 2
des 3
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