For a masculine word, the article normally preceding is 'le' but if the word begins by a vowel, the 'e' of the article disappears like in this French sentence:
L'avion décolle.
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... (soft palate[?]) (k, kh, g, gh, n as in ing)
Palatal (hard palate[?]) (c, ch, j, jh, ~n)
Retroflex[?] (roughly the place of articulation of English ...