French Vowels

[ClMarie]

Thank-you!!!

[Elfavzla]

so confusing.... some of them sound the same... for me

[busybuzzbuzz]

interdire? Can someone spell this out phonetically in English? I am hard of hearing. Is the first r pronounced?

[Solreno]

For the /a/ vowel, the speaker does not distinguish between the long 'a' /ɑ/ in pâte and bas and the short 'a' /a/ in ami. Is this distinction optional?

[Spiyder11]

Ah , merci ,

[sergioanew]

Thanks so much fr your video. I've recently started learning French, and your tutorials have really helped me. Just one question: isn't the first vowel sound of messier the neutral schaw?

[felex94322]

Is there any diffrent between nasal vowel and English 'ng'?

[rogerkeays]

@felex94322 English 'ng' is a consonant and your tongue actually touches the roof of your mouth (way at the back). This doesn't happen with any vowels AFAIK.

[appppppppple]

c'etait bon pour moi

[lenaeus1]

what's the difference between the pronunciation of "in" and "un"? they sound the same to me.

[jettekuk]

parlerai is pronounced paʁl.ʁɛ, not paʁl.ʁe

[spl0uf]

@jettekuk

no, the official rule states that "parlerai" is pronounced with é, and "parlerais" is pronounced with "è".

[MysteriousChick15]

@spl0uf Nah... parlerai and parlerais are pronounced the same. with è

[spl0uf]

@MysteriousChick15

I'm just stating the rule. I know most people pronounce them the same, either as "é" or "è".

[inmancebo]

The nasal vowels are pronounced expelling air through the nose and through the mouth like a in father, e in bed, o as in caught and a sound between e an do so you have to put your lips as if you were pronouncing an o and pronounce an e like in un which means one or an.

[pavlus2]

it couldve benn such a great video

bt the quality really sucks

[Aelitafan1000]

thanks!

[banberist]

Great, very helpful. But where exactly is she from? What part of France?

[orangelixir]

It's 'on' and 'an' that I still have some trouble with. :/

[generaladonis]

Nice job! My French accent is very bad but your video has basically covered every thing in the phonetic appendix for me to improve. Merci bien!

[ScotsmanRS]

Thanks! I've been learning French for 6 years now but this really helps me perfect these vowel sounds in my speech and distinguish between vowels which only have subtle differences between them.