How to pronounce the letter L in French

Rule: The letter l on its own is always pronounced as [l] like in ladybird or library in English

Exeption: In some cases that we will look at later on double l can have another sound as [l]

Now listen to the audio recordings and repeat these words that have the sound [l] and letter l in them

Letter and sound l

ville = city [ca_audio url=”https://efrenchtuitiononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ville.mp3″ width=”150″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]

vĂ©lo = bike [ca_audio url=”https://efrenchtuitiononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/velo.mp3″ width=”150″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]

loup = wolf [ca_audio url=”https://efrenchtuitiononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/loup.mp3″ width=”150″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]

lion, lionne =lion [ca_audio url=”https://efrenchtuitiononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lion-lionne.mp3″ width=”150″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]

 

Letter and sound l

lit = bed [ca_audio url=”https://efrenchtuitiononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lit.mp3″ width=”150″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]

salir = to dirty [ca_audio url=”https://efrenchtuitiononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/salir.mp3″ width=”150″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]

laver = to wash [ca_audio url=”https://efrenchtuitiononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/laver.mp3″ width=”150″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]

lapin = rabbit [ca_audio url=”https://efrenchtuitiononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lapin.mp3″ width=”150″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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