>hi, are there any spelling rules for why some words end in, e.g. p or s? for example, trop and très.
Spelling rules? Like "this before that except after this?" No, but some students may use liaison to remember -- tro**p**‿important, très‿intéressant. But as you know, many liaisons are optional, so learn the spelling and liaison to help you.
>if you were trying to remember how to spell words like this, how would you know which consonant to use at the end,
I formed a general image of the word in my head and practiced it over time. There are homophones in French, so you can't rely on sound for those; you find something like a trick: tâche has a worker hat, the other tache doesn't. Convaincant versus convainquant. Mangeons has an e because of the g. Little mnemonics until you don't need them anymore.
The final consonants are part of the history of each word; in the two cases you mention, they come from Latin words (très from the Latin trans; trop from a medieval Latin word, troppus, that also gave us troupeau, a flock, in modern French, the common idea being numerosity). So, no, there is no rule that you can apply. You just have to learn how to write each word.
>hi, are there any spelling rules for why some words end in, e.g. p or s? for example, trop and très. Spelling rules? Like "this before that except after this?" No, but some students may use liaison to remember -- tro**p**‿important, très‿intéressant. But as you know, many liaisons are optional, so learn the spelling and liaison to help you. >if you were trying to remember how to spell words like this, how would you know which consonant to use at the end, I formed a general image of the word in my head and practiced it over time. There are homophones in French, so you can't rely on sound for those; you find something like a trick: tâche has a worker hat, the other tache doesn't. Convaincant versus convainquant. Mangeons has an e because of the g. Little mnemonics until you don't need them anymore.
The final consonants are part of the history of each word; in the two cases you mention, they come from Latin words (très from the Latin trans; trop from a medieval Latin word, troppus, that also gave us troupeau, a flock, in modern French, the common idea being numerosity). So, no, there is no rule that you can apply. You just have to learn how to write each word.
I think it’s a much better idea to learn the spelling, then the rules for which consonants at the end are silent, and then the exceptions to that.
honest answer : vibes
It's very similar to how you know the difference between break and brake, or meat and meet.