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Syllables of noun ‹cavalier›?
It is syllabified as [ka.va.lje] (I omitted the stress marker since stress is not a contrastive feature of French phonology).
Compare the transcription [kɔ̃.si.lje] on page 13 of this paper: "...
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Syllables of noun ‹cavalier›?
French tends to dislike syllables that end in a consonant. Use that as the default rule. There are considerable variations between speakers, and many speakers are not fully consistent depending on ...
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Syllables of noun ‹cavalier›?
When breaking words into syllables the rule¹ is that when a consonant is between two vowels (or between a vowel and a semi vowel) then the consonant starts a new syllable.
According to the rule ca/va/...
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Syllables of noun ‹cavalier›?
I think the standard separation in syllables is:
ca.va.lier
This website may help: https://www.separarensilabas.com/index-fr.php
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Quand est-ce que « qu » se prononce /kw/?
Je n'ai jamais entendu /lɔ.kwas/. (Frank)
Je ne pense pas qu'il puisse y avoir de réponse plus précise que cette page de la Banque de dépannage linguistique : Prononciation de la suite de lettres qu :...
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Pronunciation of "il se situe au rez-de-chaussée"
Not really an answer but to illustrate existing comments and answers, here are relevant YouTube samples.
se situe au rez-de-chaussée 28"
il se situe au-delà 3'08"
il se situe dores et ...
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Pronunciation of "il se situe au rez-de-chaussée"
Listening to the audio slowed down, it's quite clear that there is indeed a fully articulated /l/, which is a sign of (overly?) careful speech since the whole phoneme can just as easily be dropped, ...
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Pronunciation of "il se situe au rez-de-chaussée"
I believe you puzzle at how the speaker realized the u-o hiatus (in situe-au). I hear quite clearly il se situ(e) au rdc, with (e) denoting a half-hearted attempt at inserting a "mute e", ...
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How to pronounce "voucher"
Voucher is a word that originated in Latin (vocare), then came to French (voucher = summon), then to English (vouch = summon a person to court to prove a title to property), then it changes its ...
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