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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...end, ends, ond, onds. Write, divide as ordinarily written and pronounce aloud the following words: allemand, Archambauld, Arnaud, j'assieds, Bayard, Berthauld, je confonds, elle coud, couvre-pieds, Edmond, Eginhard, epinard, Gounod, Groenland, La Rochefoucauld, Madrid, milord, je mords, nord, on perd, Oxford, Pharamond, poids, Ponsard, Renaud, je repands, Reynauld, Richard, rond, sourd, tard, tu tords, Vaud, vieillard. Supplementary Exercise. Write, divide as in spoken French, and pronounce aloud these same words, using the key alphabet. Exercise XXXV, illustratingexamples of d sounded in the body of a word, or when final. Write, divide as ordinarily written, and pronounce aloud the following words: Adda, ad hoc, adjoint, ad rem, Arnold, Bagdad, Carlsbad, Christiansfeld, Christiansand, Nemrod Conrad, Edda, Ethelred, Fould, Friedland, Galaad, George Sand, Harold, Jenny Lind, Joad, Port-Said, Rothschild, Sandwich, le Sund, Talmud. Supplementary Exercise. Write these same words, dividing them, whenever possible, into syllables as ordinarily pronounced in spoken French, pronouncing aloud the syllables and words as you write them, using the key alphabet. 191 f (ff, ph) = f, about as in English fee. f is represented in French by f, ff and ph. f: bref bref brief; n before a consonant or aspirate h: neuf li-vres noe li: vr nine books; neuf ho-mards noe o-ma: r nine lobsters. It is pronounced nce: v before a vowel or silent h: neuf en-fants noe-va-fa nine children; neuf hommes nce-vom nine men. Exercise XXXVI, illustrating examples of pronounced f (ph, ff) = m the body of a word or final. Write, divide, whenever possible, as ordinarily written, and pronounce aloud the following words: affaire, Alphonse, biffer, boeuf a la mode, chef-lieu, difficile, fieffti, grie...
