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CEFR A2

Review the contrast after listening

les hôtels

[lezotɛl]

the hotels

les héros

[le eʁo]

the heroes

What tells the two sounds apart

  • [z] / frontera sin [z]Neither héros nor hôtel begins with an audible [h] in this model. Hôtel allows liaison; héros blocks it. Check [z] in les hôtels and its absence in les héros. Learn h aspiré with each word; the written letter does not tell you which kind it is.

Why it is hard

Neither héros nor hôtel begins with an audible [h] in this model. Hôtel allows liaison; héros blocks it. Check [z] in les hôtels and its absence in les héros. Learn h aspiré with each word; the written letter does not tell you which kind it is.

Les habitants racontent des histoires sur les héros.

To practise

  1. des histoires[dezistwaʁ]some stories
  2. des haricots[de aʁiko]some beans
  3. les habitants[lezabitɑ̃]the inhabitants
  4. les hiboux[le ibu]the owls