t th

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 [t] in contrast to the English [t] is produced with lots of facial muscle and lip tension, so as to create a very explosive [t] without the release of the tension into a more or less audible aspiration.

More particularly, the word initial English [t] is produced with a lot of aspiration; that is, a significant amount of air blow follows the production of the sound.

·	English words pronounced by the English speaker :
·	the same English words pronounced by the French speaker :

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The sound's written representations are: t th

Listen to the samples to hear the French [t]

·	[ t ] The word-final French [t] is usually silent:
·	[ t ] BUT *** pronounced in

·	[ th ] silent in
·	[ th ] pronounced in

 

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