Comment prononcer le mot PLUS
French is without doubt quite a difficult language to master and pronunciation is especially challenging for us native English speakers. Besides the difficulty of producing the right sounds, there are such things as liaison and silent letters to consider. And, occasionally, we meet a word like PLUS, which is pronounced differently depending on the grammatical context.
In this article and video Nathalie offers a good explanation of when we should not sound the S, when it should be sounded as an S, and finally those occasions when it is sounded like a Z. Of course, as she points out, French people don't think about these grammatical niceties, they know from their native acquisition of the language exactly how it should be sounded without conscious thought! As we do with some of the idiosyncrasies of English.
In this article and video Nathalie offers a good explanation of when we should not sound the S, when it should be sounded as an S, and finally those occasions when it is sounded like a Z. Of course, as she points out, French people don't think about these grammatical niceties, they know from their native acquisition of the language exactly how it should be sounded without conscious thought! As we do with some of the idiosyncrasies of English.