ILL / Y / UI: spelling-to-sound shortcuts

What you’ll learn Master common spellings that produce glides and “y” sounds (fille, travail, yeux, lui). Key ideas (keep these in your head) • ILL can be /j/ in many words (fille, travail) but not all; learn frequent patterns. • UI is usually /ɥi/ (lui, huit) — a quick glide + ‘ee’. • Y in yeux is a glide; don’t pronounce it like English ‘yoo’. Real examples (French → what you often hear → English) • Une fille → une fiye (glide) → A girl • Je travaille → je tra vaille (glide) → I work • C’est lui → c’est lui → It’s him Drills ill fille, travail, famille, filleul ui lui, huit, puis, nuit Common mistakes (and quick fixes) • Over‐pronouncing letters (fil‐le). Fix: train the glide /j/ where appropriate. • Turning UI into ‘oo‐ee’. Fix: make it one glide into ‘ee’. Quick self-check Record: fille / travail / lui / nuit. Listen for glides instead of separated vowels.