Plus Pronunciation

[gilded ore]

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Plus Pronunciation

[high musk]

Seeing as it means 'more than 100 km' here, it would be pronounced.

You don't pronounce the 's' when 'plus' is used in a negative sentence:

Il ne fume plus.
He no longer smokes.

[high glen]

In your sentence, « plus » acts as a comparative adverb, and as such, it is pronounced /ply/ with a silent S.

However, if there was a vowel after it, « plus » would be pronounced /ply__z__/ to account for the liaison of the final S, just like in…

• Il est plu__s__ __a__imable que toi. [il ɛ plyz**‿**ɛmablə kə twa]

Also, if « plus » is at the end of the sentence, then the final S is pronounced.

• On doit sortir plu__s__. [õ dwa soɾtiɾ ply__s__]

If you’d like to know more about the other pronunciations of « plus », you can visit this page:

• https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/plus/

[high glen]

Here, it’s a comparative adverb, not a negative one.

[high musk]

I agree, so why does the 's' lose its pronunciation? 🤔

It's not followed by an adjective starting with a consonant.

[high glen]

Because… it’s French…? 😅

And French likes to be particular about the way words are pronounced

Even though it doesn’t make any sense half of the time 💀

[high musk]

My point is, LawlessFrench is the only place I can find that says not to pronounce the 's' here. Unless I'm just stupid, which is entirely possible. 👀

[high glen]

I used this website to double-check the pronunciation and it says to pronounce it as [ply] with a silent S.

[high glen]

So… it’s definitely the latter.

i’m kidding, you’re smart (hopefully)

[high musk]

I hope so too.

[signal silo]

I would not pronounce the s in this type of "plus de" structure

[bold cliff]

« plus que » (as in "more than") = pronounced
« plus que » (as in "only X left") = not pronounced
« plus de » = not pronounced

For examples cause it might not be super clear without context:

« J'ai contribué plus que toi » I contributed more than you = pronounced

« Il n'y a plus que 3 jours d'école » There's only 3 days of school left = not pronounced

« Il y a plus de 3 jours d'école restants » There are more than 3 days of school left = not pronounced

[high musk]

That's easy to remember, thanks. :D

What confused me is finding a French speaker say that 'plus' is pronounced in 'J'ai plus d'animaux' (I have more animals).

[high musk]

It finally clicked. I can now leave this question in peace. :]