5: A look at the alphabet!
Learn French by Podcast
Plus Publications
4.3 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2006
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Whether you're opening a bank account, or sending something by registered mail, chances are that someone is going to ask you to spell your name, your address, or whatever. But, how do you do that in French?! Let's find out.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello once again and welcome to Learn French by podcast. My name is Hugh Nagel and here |
| 0:19.7 | with me is Amelie Verdeer. Welcome back, I'm Elie. |
| 0:23.0 | B'erche. |
| 0:24.0 | B'er. |
| 0:27.0 | Today's lesson is another beginner lesson, |
| 0:32.0 | but in fact, it's an important lesson for all learners of French from beginner to advanced. |
| 0:38.0 | We're going to take a look at the French alphabet and talk about pronunciation too. |
| 0:42.0 | So let's get started. First, Amelie, let's hear the alphabet once through. |
| 0:47.1 | I'll repeat each letter after you. |
| 0:49.3 | Boniva? Biescure. |
| 0:54.0 | A. A. B. B. B. C. C. D. D. D. U. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. F. Z. J. |
| 1:07.0 | Ash. |
| 1:08.0 | A. Ash. E. Z. G. K. K. L. I, gee, gee, kah, kah, el, el m, m, m, m, m, n, n, n, n, o, o, pew, Kew, Kew, |
| 1:25.0 | E, E, E, E, S, S, T, T, U, U, U. Vee. |
| 1:33.0 | Vee. |
| 1:34.0 | Double Vee. |
| 1:36.0 | X. Ix. |
| 1:38.0 | In Greek. Igreck. Z. Z. |
| 1:41.0 | Z. |
| 1:53.0 | Okay, now let's hear all that once again, but this time Amelie, I'll be stopping you at certain points to highlight some points of pronunciation. Oh, B, C, D. |
| 2:00.0 | Let's stop here for a moment. |
| 2:02.0 | Let's make a point about the French de. |
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