LiaisonWhen to link words together, when not to, and why it matters.LanguagesRequiredArticle + noun: les_amisAdjective + noun: petit_amiPronoun + verb: nous_avonsAfter one-syllable prepositions:en_hiverIn fixed phrases: c'est-à-direForbiddenAfter et: et / ilBefore an aspirated h: les / hérosAfter a singular noun: le garçon /arriveBefore onze and un (the number)THE DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERSOptional liaison exists between the two, and using more of it makesspeech sound more formal.In liaison, s and x sound like z, and d sounds like t: grand_homme is'gran-tomme'.Liaisonlearnposters.com
Liaison — printable languages wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

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Required against Forbidden, side by side.

In liaison, s and x sound like z, and d sounds like t: grand_homme is 'gran-tomme'.

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What’s on the Liaison poster?
Required against Forbidden, side by side. Required: Article + noun: les_amis; Required: Adjective + noun: petit_ami; Required: Pronoun + verb: nous_avons; Required: After one-syllable prepositions: en_hiver; Required: In fixed phrases: c'est-à-dire; Forbidden: After et: et / il; Forbidden: Before an aspirated h: les / héros; Forbidden: After a singular noun: le garçon / arrive; Forbidden: Before onze and un (the number); Optional liaison exists between the two, and using more of it makes speech sound more…. In liaison, s and x sound like z, and d sounds like t: grand_homme is 'gran-tomme'.
Who is the Liaison poster for?
Liaison belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning french can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Liaison poster?
Liaison is not optional decoration. Some of it is required, and skipping it sounds wrong. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Liaison belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Liaison?
Adjective Placement, Articles and Avoir & Être sit alongside Liaison in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective PlacementArticlesAvoir & Être
Is the Liaison poster free to download and print?
Yes. Liaison downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Liaison poster print at?
Liaison is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Liaison loses nothing.Printing guide

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