French Vowels

Spoken by a native French speaker (thanks Nathalie!)

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Education

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• french
• francais
• vowels
• voyelles
• pronounciation
• phonology
• linguistics
• languages
• langue
• nasal
• nasales
• diphthongs

[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.

[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?

[spl0uf]

@MysteriousChick15

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

[MysteriousChick15]

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