A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

Name

Section

3.10 Special Topic 4: Liaison (French)

Examine the data in list I and answer question A; then consult the data in list I1

in order to answer questions B-E.

List I

French orthography

petit

vous

premier

comment

nous

mangez

List I1

French orthography

petit morceau

petit avion

vous avez

vous buvez

premier etage

premier garqon

comment allez-vous

comment venez-vous

nous avons

nous buvons

mangez-en

mangez-la (la pornrne)

Pronunciation English gloss

[~atil "little"

[VUI "YOU''

[ ~ramkI "first"

[k3mii] "(adv.) how"

[nu] "we"

[m53el "(you pl.) eat"

Pronunciation

[ patimmo]

[patitavj9]

[vuzave]

[vub y ve]

[ pramj~retag ]

[pramjegars5]

[k3miitalevu]

[k3miivanevu]

[nuzav3]

[nubyv9]

[m53ezii]

[mii3ela]

English gloss

"little bit"

"little airplane"

"you have"

"you are drinking"

"first floor"

"first boy"

"how are you (lit. going)?"

"how are you coming?"

"we have"

"we are drinking"

"(you pl.) eat some (of it)"

"(you PT.) eat it (the apple)"