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FRENCH LESSON - HOW TO PRONOUNCE FRENCH VOWELS
Vowels in French can have
accent marks; except for "e", this doesn't usually change the sound:
a, à, â
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like
"a" in "father" |
e
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like "a"
in "about" |
é
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like
"ay" in "say" |
ê
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like
"e" in "set" |
è
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like
"e" in "set" |
i, î
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like
"ee" in "feed" |
o, o, ô, au, eau
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like
"oa" in "boat" or "aw" in "law" |
ou |
like
"oo" in "food", but a pure vowel |
u, ù
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more or less like
"oo" in "food", but the tongue is like
"ee" in "feed"; written uu in
transcriptions |
y
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like
"ee" in "feed" |
The following video clip shows how to pronounce the letters of the French alphabet:
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