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French Bugs for the English Ear
VOWELS
ORAL Vowels a o ou u / e eu oeu è é i
With lip-rounding sounds: a o ou u / e eu eû oeu
a à â emme
e(shwa) ai on vowel-base (sir)
eu eû oeu (typical French)
eu oeu oe ue vowel-base( sir)
o au ô vowel-base (pot)
ô o au eau vowel-base (law)
ou où oû
u û eu (typical French)
Without Lip-rounding sounds: è é i
è ê ei ai aî ë e é
é ez er ai ei e
i î y
NASAL Vowels: en on in un
en em an am vowel-base (pong)
in im ain aim ein eim ien yn ym vowel-base(bad)
on om vowel-base (port)
un um
SEMI-Vowels: oi ui ille
i il lle ille ï y /yeah !/
oi oê oe oy /w/
ui uy ue ua
CONSONANTS
Gap sounds: h ch sch ge gi j s ss c ç ti sc x w z
h
ch sch
ge gi
j
s ss c ç ti sc x
w
z
Lip sounds: b m p f v w
b
f
m
p
v w
Roof of mouth sounds: d t n l gn
d
gn
l
n
t th
The French R
R (typical French)
Throat sounds: g gu gue k c ch qu cqu x
g gu gue x gn
k c ch qu cqu x
The Spoken Units of French
The h With Sound Value
Sound-Letter-Ejection
The Syllable
Word - Stress
Word Group - Intonation
Assimilation
Link sounds
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