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[–] johny@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A lot of unpronounced letters are actually pronounced conditionally, for example in “Je suis un homme” the last s of suis is pronounced because it is followed by a vowel.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

Je suis un omelete du fromaaaaage

[–] Imhotep@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It is pronounced z however, and not s

Je sui zun nomme

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Silent h. (Of courses there are some rare, non silent Hs)

Edit : actually the op was talking about the liaison between "~~sans~~ suis" and "un" here. Though you do also do the same for the N of "un" and the O of "homme" in this sentence according to the same rules (and since that H is silent)

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yup (btw op said "suis" not "sans" but it still works with it)

Note that somethimes the silent "h" prevents the liaison. ex: "des haricots"