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[twilit dagger]

Yeah

[halcyon rapids]

could you elaborate a bit

[twilit dagger]

Depends
But "standard" pronunciation would be a longer L

For Il l'a

Or something like
Ee-la (il l'a)
Vs
Eel-a (il a)

[halcyon rapids]

no liaison between (il a)?

[twilit dagger]

It's not a silent consonant

The l sometimes gets reduced but I don't think you can have a "liaison" on a consonant that's normally pronounced

Ee-lla (il l'a - not reduced)
Ee-la (il l'a - reduced)
Eel-a (il a - not reduced)
Ee a (il a - reduced)

Sth like this

Youglish or forvo should be good sources to practice hearing the difference

[halcyon rapids]

Merci beaucoup !

[vapid plover]

Il a /i.la/ vs il l'a /il.la/

In informal speech, the L in il is often silent before consonant. However, it seems to me that in this specific case it is usually pronounced even informally, so as to prevent this specific ambiguity.

[twilit dagger]

Might be dialectical

I think it's much more common here to leave it out than in france

[vapid plover]

From what I know in Canada the L disappears everywhere even before vowels, so it wouldn't be ambiguous that way to begin with

[twilit dagger]

Ye