e (shwa) ai on vowel-base similar to ir in (sir)
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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.
· | [ e ] in the monosyllabic words
etc.
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· | [ e ] in polysyllabic words where the syllable ends in e :
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· | [ e ] in consonant rich word boundaries the normally silent final [e] is pronounced :
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· | [ ai ]
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· | [ on ]
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