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How To Pronounce French Vowels


A new reader wants to know the easiest way to learn how to pronounce French vowels.
The easiest is to start with the sounds that you already know. It depends on each one's mother tongue, so I cannot be very specific.
Let's say the vowel [e] belongs to your mother tongue, start with repeating some words, one syllable words would work better, with [e]. If you can pronounce the closed "é," you will not have much trouble to pronounce the opened "è."

If there are no nasal vowels in your mother tongue, start with "an": pronounce "a" and pinch your nose.
Focus on what happens within your throat, and try to make it happened without pinching your nose.



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