Many times when speaking to others either in person (at a hotel, at the airport, at customs, etc.) or over the telephone, we have to spell out words, especially our names. \u00a0So, today I’ll try to give you some help in this area. \u00a0First of all, here is how you pronounce the letters in the French alphabet:<\/p>\n
a = ah
\nb = bay
\nc = say
\nd = day
\ne = euh
\nf = ef
\ng = zjheh
\nh = ahsh
\ni = ee
\nj = zjee
\nk = kah
\nl = elle
\nm = em
\nn = en
\no = oh
\np = pay
\nq = ku
\nr = ehrr
\ns = ess
\nt = tay
\nu = oo
\nv = vay
\nw = doobleuh-vay
\nx = eeks
\ny = ee-grek
\nz = zehd<\/p>\n
If you want to double a letter, just say double<\/em> __ like ‘nn’ would be doobleuh-en<\/em>. …is spelled ____ =\u00a0\u00c7<\/em><\/strong>a s’\u00e9pelle ____<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n To mention a space between words\/names, you say:\u00a0plus loin<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0espace<\/em>. So, for example, in a conversation where I have to spell Fran\u00e7ois Mitterand, I would say: And that’s basically it for now. \u00a0So, enjoy spelling in French!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many times when speaking to others either in person (at a hotel, at the airport, at customs, etc.) or over the telephone, we have to spell out words, especially our names. \u00a0So, today I’ll try to give you some help in this area. \u00a0First of all, here is how you pronounce the letters in the…<\/p>\n
\nAnd here is how you say the letters with some kind of accent or sign:
\n\u00e0 = ah accent grave
\n\u00e2 = ah accent circonflexe
\nae = ah-euh coll\u00e9s
\n\u00e7 = say c\u00e9dille
\n\u00e8 = euh accent grave
\n\u00e9 = euh accent aigu
\n\u00ea = euh accent circonflexe
\n\u00eb = euh tr\u00e9ma
\n\u00ee = ee accent circonflexe
\n\u00f4 = oh accent circonflexe
\n\u00f9 =\u00a0oo accent grave
\n\u00fb =\u00a0oo accent circonflexe
\n\u00fc = oo tr\u00e9ma<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFor capital letters, you say majuscule<\/em> after the letter. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\nFran\u00e7ois Mitterand.\u00a0 \u00c7a s’\u00e9pelle ef \u00a0majuscule- ehrr – ah – en – say c\u00e9dille – oh – ee – ess – espace – em majuscule- ee – doobleuh tay – euh – ehrr – ah – en – day.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n