How To Pronounce French



Bookmark and Share
Home/Vowels
Vowels in sentences
Semi Vowels
Nasal Vowels in contrast
Turlututu
Consonants
Onomatopoeias

French and Online Business: a 4-session webinar.
French level: from high intermediate. More info...

     Enter The French Pronunciation Workshop      and get your gift (a MP3 file that gathers all the audio files on this page) to make the most of your commuting time.
: :
If you use AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, Free, or any email provider knowing what is good for you better than you do, you may never receive your gift.

Is grass greener elsewhere ? We will see by ourselves. Last news about our expatriation.

Greener Grass   subscribe to GreenerGrass
The Vernissage


The vernissage took place yesterday night. There were many people, and many who liked the works that were exhibited. We also displayed the poster of the Institute.
Among the visitors was a French man who teaches technology at the Universita Catolica. We chatted. He told us he was looking for someone to teach French to his students: they will have to go in France at the end of their degree course for a period of work experience. I applied. Cross your fingers.


The whole story


How to speak French

"Just" remember that there are no diphthongs in French and enjoy my How-to-pronounce-French audio guide.

Simple Vowels - Les voyelles isolées

The phonetic signs are those of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

how to pronounce French a and pronunciation of French a*
bas (low), chat (cat), k, ma (my), pas (step), sa (his-her), rat (rat)
how to pronounce French i
lit (bed), mie (soft part), nid (nest), pis (udder), riz (rice), vie (life)
how to pronounce French closed o
beau (beautiful), faux (false), haut (high), mot (word), sot (fool), chaud (warm)
how to pronounce French open o
bol (bowl), homme (man), corps (body), mort (dead), sol (ground), hotte (hood)
how to pronounce French ée
et (and), dés (dice), fée (fairy), clé (key), nez (nose), gué (ford)
how to pronounce French è
fait (fact), mets (dish), raie (ray), père (father), mère (mother), reine (queen)
how to pronounce French eu
deux (two), feu (fire), noeud (tie), peu (little), queue (tail), gueux (villain)
how to pronounce French oe
beurre (butter), coeur (heart), gueule (muzzle), fleur (flower), seul (alone), oeuf (egg)
how to pronounce French u
cul (bottom), fût (barrel), glu (birdlime), jus (juice), nu (naked), rue (street)
how to pronounce French ou
boue (mud), cou (neck), doux (soft), fou (mad), goût (taste), moule (mussel)
how to pronounce French on
bon (good), don (gift), gond (hinge), pont (bridge), son (sound), rond (round)
how to pronounce French an
an (year), banc (bench), dent (tooth), faon (fawn), gant (glove), sang (blood)
how to pronounce French in
bain (bath), faim (hunger), gain (profit), rein (kidney), vin (wine), brun (brown)

*The difference between the two ways of pronouncing "a" has almost disappeared.

More French


How To Create Your Sect In 10 Lessons And Become A Rich Guru


Click to read about my funny bilingual e-book



Valid HTML 4.01!