A Little Book of French Grammar, Translated into Latin

Coulpe, Solus, Seul. Dolor, Douleur or Doleur. Oculus, Oeil. Pulsus, le poulx. Multus, Moult. Culter, Coultre. Feniculum, Fenouil. Geniculum, Genouil. Sometimes l is superfluous, and it is only written to aid the utterance, so that the letters of the preceding syllable are not joined to the letters of the subsequent one. For example: some write Peult, Moult, and many others, so that you do not say Pe-ut in two syllables, Mo-ut. Especially, however, this superfluous l is placed in words ending in aulx or eulx, such as Maulx, Enuieulx, Ennuyeulx, which some write with an s alone, Enuieus, against the accepted custom of writing of the ancients. Concerning this, it has been spoken of in the divisions of the Noun: where mention is made of the number of the noun.

R

R At the beginning of a word it is pronounced as a double [consonant], such as Rire, Rare. At the end, however, it is not pronounced when the following word begins with a consonant: such as, Il veult aller dehors, as if you were writing il veult alle dehors.

s

s Before t and certain other consonants, in the middle of a word it is for the most part not pronounced, such as Maistre, Escuelle, as if you were writing Maitre, Ecuelle, yet so that you pronounce ai and e with an open mouth. Sometimes it is pronounced as in Latin, Honeste, Honestus: Domestique, Domesticus: Scholastique, Scholasticus, Euangeliste, Euangelista: Chaste, Castus: Reste, Restans. Very often it is written to prolong the sound of the preceding syllable, and yet it is not pronounced, such as Descouvrir, Esconduire,