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# 2.9.2 Au musée

In our example, the museum had four floors. Au rez-de-chaussée (ground floor) means literally ‘at the same level as the carriageway’. Some buildings will also have a rez-de-jardin when the rear of the building is lower than the front and level with the garden. If the building only had two floors, we could say ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’.

## Activité 46

Listen to Extract 67 again and say the questions out loud at the same time as the recorded voice. Remember to vary your pitch.

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Audio 29b
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Posez les questions au robot.

### Answer

Check your answers against the audio and in the transcript.

## Making liaisons with words beginning with ‘h’

You may have noticed the pronunciation of the words en haut at the end of Extract 67. The letter ‘h’ plays a special role in the pronunciation of French words. Sometimes it is sounded and sometimes not. For example a word like heure is treated as though it actually began with the letters ‘eu’ pronounced as [ŒR]. Consequently in combinations like trois heures, deux hommes etc., the last consonant of the first word is sounded – in this case as [z] – to link it to the second word and make a liaison (see Making Liasons).

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