Ants Way to French Pronunciation

French Text Books USUALLY Miss the Point

Yes, they teach you	the French Alphabet	the BASE vowels and consonants
Yes, they teach you	the difference and	similarities between French and English
No, they do not	talk about ACCENTS on VOWELS	affecting pronunciation
No, they do not	talk about VOWEL CLUSTERS	affecting pronunciation
No, they do not	talk about NASAL VOWELS	and their pronunciation
No, they do not	about French being a syllabic language	whilst English being a stress timed language.

Unless you are lucky to fall in the care of an instructor who can help you with all this, you will probably have to wait until you reach University to continue with your French studies, to discover the secrets of French pronunciation.

You do not need to despair or wait years to learn French pronunciation..

SO, it is NOT JUST the ALPHABET VOWELS that you need to learn to pronounce but

ALL the FOLLOWING.

CLICK HERE to study FRENCH VOWEL SYSTEM ONLY

The French VOWEL SYSTEM is made up of

Alphabet vowels	a e i o u	w y
Accented vowels	all alpbet vowels with the exception of W and Y can receive one of the following accents : eg. é ê è ë
These vowel clusters produce a single sound	ai au ou ei eu oe oeu oi
ALL OTHER vowel cluster should be read as separate individual alphabet vowels, accented vowels, vowel clusters or nasal vowels	FIRST look immediately for vowel clusters or nasal vowels in the word THEN deal with the remainder single vowels whether accented or not, according to the rules of pronunciation required EG.dieu should be read as di-eu
NASAL VOWELS	un/um, in/im/ym/yn, on, en/em/an/am

BUT OF COURSE,

you equally need to control the pronunciation of the French consonants.

Check it out on my webpage: CLICK HERE to study BOTH, the FRENCH CONSONANTS and also the VOWELS.

by Frank ANTAL