Questions & Answers about Je lis et j'écoute de la musique en même temps.
In French, je becomes j' in front of a word that starts with a vowel sound (or silent h). This is called elision.
- je + écoute → j'écoute
- This avoids the awkward two vowel sounds in a row (je écoute).
You only write j' when the next word starts with a vowel sound, for example:
- j’aime, j’habite, j’écoute, j’imagine
but - je lis, je parle, je mange (because these start with a consonant sound).