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lavish kernelBOT Jul 27, 2025, 9:07 PM

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grim bone Jul 27, 2025, 9:08 PM

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It's d' which means it starts with a vowel

wheat python Jul 27, 2025, 9:09 PM

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grim bone It's d' which means it starts with a vowel

Are the vowels (a e i o u) the same in French and English?

grim bone Jul 27, 2025, 9:10 PM

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It's d' which means the next word begins with a, e, i, o, or u

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or y

wheat python Jul 27, 2025, 9:10 PM

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D'accord, merci beaucoup

grim bone Jul 27, 2025, 9:10 PM

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Actually I think y is not included

wheat python Jul 27, 2025, 9:10 PM

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For English, it's not

grim bone Jul 27, 2025, 9:11 PM

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No for d'

jolly pike Jul 27, 2025, 9:13 PM

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Il vient d'Ypres.
Not all words starting with Y trigger the elision though.

grim bone Jul 27, 2025, 9:14 PM

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Oh thank you! 🙂

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I think it's ones that are pronounced with the e sound

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Like Yugoslavia, if it still existed, would not have that, right?

jolly pike Jul 27, 2025, 9:16 PM

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Yep, la Yougoslavie.

placid pollen Jul 27, 2025, 11:50 PM

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@ionic aurora Merci d'utiliser les threads pour repondre aux questions!

atomic osprey Jul 28, 2025, 5:45 AM

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Well it's about the sound not the letter

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