It’s when a word ends with a consonant and the next word starts with a vowel, and we join the sounds to make it sound easier.
Sounds to keep in mind while joining…
| Written like: | sound like: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| -s, -x, -z + vowel | z | Mes amis | |
| Deux ans | |||
| Chez elle | Me Z-amis | ||
| deu Z-ans | |||
| che-z-elle | |||
| -d , -t + vowel | t | Un grand arbre | |
| Un petit objet | Un gran t-arbre | ||
| Un peti t-objet | |||
| -f, -v + vowel | v | Neuf ans | neu-v-ans |
| -n+ vowel | n | Un homme | u-n-homme |
| -q, -k + vowel | K | Cinq ans | cin-k-ans |
| -r + vowel | r | Le premier enfant | Le premie r-enfant |