Assimilation
Some French consonants have two different pronunciations due to a pronunciation feature called assimilation. C1 Pronunciation
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Some French consonants have two different pronunciations due to a pronunciation feature called assimilation. E instable
In many words the letter e is potentially silent, a characteristic which has three French names: e caduc, e instable, and e muet. Though e muet is the most common term, e instable is the most accurate.
Optional Liaisons
Some liaisons in front of a vowel or h muet are optional, which means it up to you to decide whether to pronounce them. However, that decision matters: more liaisons means more formal speech, so obviously fewer liaisons means more informal, possibly even familiar speech. The Flow of French
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