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[icy pilot]

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[leaden sage]

well, it's never just pronounced /l/

/il/ sometimes gets reduced to /i/ in fast speech, however

[ruby herald]

Ll is pronounced as y when preceded by i (as in bille, maille...)
If it's preceded by any other vowel, it's pronounced just like a single l (as in balle, folle, appelle etc.)

There are exceptions to this that you need to learn: ville, mille, tranquille, and a small handful of others

[leaden sage]

oh "ll" not "il"

I read it as "Il"

[serene egret]

i see