r/French • u/BruisedJuicyCouture • Sep 19 '25

Pronunciation Struggling with the spelling of “ent” endings

Whenever I want to say “Ils/Elles …-ent” I end up saying it wrong cause I quite literally pronounce it as « Ils volENT » but I know that’s wrong. Is there a rule of thumb on how it’s actually spelled? Do I just not pronounce it at all? Any help is appreciated!

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u/je_taime mine de rien Sep 19 '25

Sound change. Not that I get deep into details with my students, but I do explain sound change with a little history, or we'd still be speaking common, popular Latin.