The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Here are the different symbols you will use in phonetic transcription. Try to learn them with
the key word(s) spelt in normal orthography so that you know what sounds they represent.
IPA symbol

example(s)

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la / cas
pte / btir
cole / comme
faute / drle
me / te
peu / feu
lheure / beurre
ou / boutique
tu / titube
gite / livre
t / bb
quai / bte

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fte
banc / blanc
ton / maison
matin / jardin
brun

Vowels:

** : after a symbol refers to a slight lengthening of the sound

Consonants:
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battre / abriter
dedans
favori / effet
guerre / galre
calibre / ski
la
ma
ne
oignon
parking
parfait
retourner
sale
terne
valise
Zo / ais

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chat
jour

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oiseau
yeux, fille
huit / fuite

Semi-vowels:

If

you

cannot

picture

the

sound

it

makes,

log

http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/course/chapter1/chapter1.html

onto
and

listen, as you click on the symbol.

You may copy and paste these symbols in your project, as appropriate. If your computer
cannot read them for any reason, you will have to download them from the internet. Google
IPA or international phonetic alphabet and a list of sites from which you can download the
symbols will appear. Note that you will not be able to download the symbols to university
computers.