6 French Sounds That Give You Awayand how to fix them
The 6 sounds that make French people switch to English, and a one-minute drill for each.
u or ou?
Tu and tout, dessus and dessous: mix them up and you say a different word.
The French R
Where it's made (at the back, tongue tip down), and how to find it from the « ch » of « Bach ».
The nasal vowels
An, on, in: so that vent, vont and vin stop sounding like the same word.
Silent letters and liaison
Which final letters you say, which you drop, and when words join together.
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6 French Sounds That Give You Away
and how to fix them
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Each sound comes with minimal pairs and a short drill. Say these out loud:
- 1tu · tout/y/ ≠ /u/: the tongue of « ee » with rounded lips, then the vowel of « too »
- 2vent · vont · vin/ɑ̃/ · /ɔ̃/ · /ɛ̃/: three nasal vowels, three different words
- 3les amis/le.za.mi/: liaison, the silent s wakes up as a z before a vowel
Short and printable. Built from the same lessons as my Instagram posts, so the two never contradict each other.