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Learn French Pronunciation - Sounds that are sometimes problematic

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French vowels often thought difficult to pronounce

Be careful! With the cunning thought of confusing my students, the inventors of the phonetic alphabet chose to write the French sound "u" with y and our French "ou" with u.
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  • lu
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  • tu
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  • tu
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  • le
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  • teuf
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  • teuf
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  • a
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  • des
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  • pneus
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  • neufs
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  • je
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  • veux
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  • deux
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  • oeufs
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  • du
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  • jour
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  • neuf
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  • noeuds
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  • nouent
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  • neuf
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  • oeufs
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  • une
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  • boule
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  • de
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  • houx
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  • roule
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  • sous
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  • les
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  • roues
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  • Luc
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  • a
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  • bu
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  • un
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  • fût
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  • de
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  • jus
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  • le
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  • keuf
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  • et
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  • la
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  • meuf
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  • font
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  • une
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  • teuf
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