This lesson, lesson lesson, lesson 147, is a beginner lesson arising from an email we received from one of our listeners, Bob Burke.

Bob said he was having trouble with the pronunciation of some sounds,

so we're going to address those issues right now. There's going to be an overlap

between this lesson and one we did way back when we looked at the French alphabet in lesson five. lesson

in one we did way back when we looked at the French alphabet in lesson five.

Let's start this lesson by looking once again at the French alphabet.

Then we'll look at the pronunciation of particular words which contain some trickier songs for learners.

Let's get started. First of all, Beatrix, I'll ask you to say the letters of the alphabet,

and I'll repeat after you. Let's go.

A. repeat after you. Let's go. A, B, C, D, D, U. U. F. G. J.

Ash. E.

G.

K. L M. N. U. P. U. P, P, K, Kue,

Er, S, T, U, Ugreck, Z.

A B, C, C, B, C, D, E, F, J, Ash, E, E, G, A, E, G, K, L, M, N, O, P, P, K, S, T, E, P, E, T, U, V, W, W, T, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, U, V, Doolove, X, Igrick, Z.

Now some of these letters are potentially confusing, especially for those whose native language is English.

Let's go back through the letters of the alphabet and give them a context within actual words.

The first letters of the alphabet are straightforward.

A, B, C, D.

Within words, each of these letters sounds as we would expect.

Let's note, however, that the letter

C

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