ô o au eau vowel-base (law)

ô o au eau vowel-base as aw in (law)

Please be mindful of the fact that all the French sounds are produced with greater facial, throat and other phonatory muscle tension than any English sound.

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The French [ ô ] sound can also be closed as the vowel sounds in English words like law, flaw, bought, though the lips are much more rounded.

Short in open syllables like in:

Long as [ ô ] and before nasals and gap sounds like in:

Click on the buttons to hear the difference between these minimal pairs:

On this page, the second component of the minimal pair is dealt with.

The sound's written representations are: ô o au eau
Click on the buttons to hear the samples that follow.

·	ô - long
·	o - short and long
·	au - short and long
·	eau - short
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Frank ANTAL

Page updated 04/07/02 Brisbane Queensland Australia