🔗 Lesson 21 – Obligatory connections
Learn to recognize and pronounce the obligatory liaisons in French
📘 1. Simple explanation
There mandatory link is a small sound that connects two words. We hear it always in pronunciation.
Examples: friends, you have, a child
💡 Tip:
Imagine that words are like train carriages that need to be attached together. The connection is the fastening!
✨ 2. Examples
The friends are arriving.
/friend/
You have a pen.
/vuz‿ave/
A child runs.
/œ̃n‿ɑ̃fɑ̃/
🎯 Important rule
The obligatory link is generally made between a determiner (le, la, les, un, des...) and the noun that follows, or between a subject pronoun (vous, ils, nous...) and the verb.
💬 3. Mini-situation
Fatima:
« The children they play in the park. You have seen ? "»
The neighbor:
«Yes, I I have them They've been spotted. They're having a great time!»
📝 Note:
In this dialogue, all the links in yellow are mandatory. We must pronounce them!
📚 4. Vocabulary
friends
/friend/ (friends)
children
/ɑ̃fɑ̃/ (children)
to have
/avwaʁ/ (to have)
park
/paʁk/ (park)
neighbors
/vwazɛ̃/ (neighbors)
💪 Pronunciation exercise:
Pronounce each word slowly, then try it with the liaison: "les" + pause + "amis" → "les‿amis""
✍️ 5. Interactive exercise
Listen and choose whether the connection is mandatory
1. "the children"
2. "you have"
3. "a tree""(bonus)
🖼️ 6. Image idea for memorization
Two people talking in front of a park with children
🎯 Elements to view:
- Two adults talking
- A park with trees
- Children playing
- Benches in the park
💭 Match this image with:
- ""The children" → the children in the park
- ""You have" → the adults who are speaking
- The park → location of the conversation
🌟 Memory tip:
Close your eyes and imagine this scene. Every time you think about mandatory connections, visualize this park and this conversation!
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