friend – l'ami
(Pronounced a-mee)
To remember that friend is pronounced a-mee (l'ami) in French, use the following mnemonic.
My friend is a mean (ami) old witch.
Ami is masculine, but it begins with a vowel, so it's l'ami. Imagine our early learner playing with his friend.
Examples of ami (friend) in a sentence
Il est mon meilleur ami.
(He is my best friend.)
Merci, mon ami.
(Thank you, my friend.)
On y va, les amis!
(Let's go, friends!)
