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Silent Final Consonants

Accent-Specific Coaching

For American Speakers

English already does this. You say ‘debt’ without the B. ‘Knight’ without the K. French just does it more consistently. The CaReFuL Rule: C, R, F, L at the end are usually pronounced. The rest are silent.

For British Speakers

English already does this. You say ‘debt’ without the B. ‘Knight’ without the K. French just does it more consistently. The CaReFuL Rule: C, R, F, L at the end are usually pronounced.

For Australian / NZ Speakers

English already does this. You say ‘debt’ without the B. ‘Knight’ without the K. French just does it more consistently. The CaReFuL Rule: C, R, F, L at the end are usually pronounced.

For Irish Speakers

English already does this. You say ‘debt’ without the B. ‘Knight’ without the K. French just does it more consistently. In Irish English, you already drop or soften final consonants more than other English speakers.

For Scottish Speakers

English already does this. You say 'debt' without the B. 'Knight' without the K. French just does it more consistently. The CaReFuL Rule: C, R, F, L at the end are usually pronounced. The rest are silent.

For Indian Speakers

English already does this. You say 'debt' without the B. 'Knight' without the K. French just does it more consistently. The CaReFuL Rule: C, R, F, L at the end are usually pronounced. The rest are silent.

For South African Speakers

English already does this. You say 'debt' without the B. 'Knight' without the K. French just does it more consistently. The CaReFuL Rule: C, R, F, L at the end are usually pronounced.

For Nigerian / W. African Speakers

English already does this. You say 'debt' without the B. 'Knight' without the K. French just does it more consistently. The CaReFuL Rule: C, R, F, L at the end are usually pronounced. The rest are silent.

Practice Words

Comment

how

Français

French

Beaucoup

a lot

Practice Sentence

Comment allez-vous?

How are you?

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