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GENERA I< RULBS FOR PRONUNCIATIOK.

1. In the syllables of English words a consonant > iween .t*TO Towels, or merely preceded by a vowel, is frequently joined in pronunciation to that preceding vowel» as in at'-om, manf-fJMÛ, cho€^-ù4aiie^ ig^-no-rant ; whereas in French words a consonant between two Towels is always joined to the foUowing Towel or vowels, as in a~to-*He,.mar. tiu-elf cho-co-latf ûgno-rant {gn is hère a liquid consonant), i-nu^tUle^ and the freqaency of that kind of syllabic diiision causes the initialconsonancy to predominate in French syllables, when compare^- tQ' English syllables in. pronunciation,

2. When double consonants occur in French words the first is seldom pronounced, as ss in ressem-èlant, resembling; tt in at-ta-quer, '■ to attack ; U in vU-la-ge. ' , ** "

3. When there are several consonants the first is joined totbaj^e-^ '.• ceding vowel, as in ae-/eurf aUpha-het. j 4v.'' •

4. L and r after a consonant generally belong to the follotvjlni^^ vowel, as in ta-bleaut picture ; pa-irie, country. . •^^:/;

5. The final syllable of a word ending in e unaecented is joidied'tçi' ! the first syllable of the following word, when the latter begîns ^^ Â • ▼owel or h mute ; as in chère amief jeune homme (pronounce chè'ti^f . ieu nomme) ; this is to prcTent the hiatus which would be occàj^&»ed'' by the meeting of two vowels. ' ', • ]^*/'

6. As a gênerai rule, final consonants are not sounded in Trfii0^i^ .

7. But to prevent the hiatus, as in rule 5, the final consonan^Jij^ a Word is sounded with the initial yowel of the next, when tbi^^Jl^o words are so connected with each other that the second word is n^èp^ sary to complète the sensé ; as in mes^jamû, son^ousCf cmqj^^uif^ (pronounce mè zamis, son n^ouse, cin gheurea). . ?; :• '■