I have some questions about the pronunciation and writings in French.
1.about liaison
(a) I always hear people say "c'est un..." with liaison, but why not in "cent un"?
(b) why
quatre-vingt-un/quatre-vingt-huit <--liaison no
vingt et un/vingt-huit <--liaison yes
2.about sonantization
for example, why the letter "t" in "tiret" doesn't need to be sonantized while in "ta/tu/ton..." it has to be sonantized
3.quatre-cent-vingt-et-un or quatre-cent-vingt et un.
4.maybe i missed something, but i have heard people say quatre with the word in English "get". Is this accent?excuse me for so many questions!!!!!!merci!!!!!!!!
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1. "c'est un" with liaison is formal, we don't do the liaison in everyday conversations.
As for the numbers, it's simple, there's no liaison. When the word itself is pronounced with a "t", we pronounce it. We don't pronounce the "t" in the words "cent" and "quatre-vingts". But we do pronounce the "t" in the word "vingt". That's why you got confused,
2. Because the "t" is almost never pronounced at the end of a word.
3. quatre-cent-vingt-et-un
4. I don't get what you mean. It's pronounced [katʁ].
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For the "t", do you mean the fact that "tiret" can sound like "tsirè"?
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i mean the first "t" in the word tiret.
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