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FRENCH PRONUNCIATION
The greatest difficulty in pronouncing French is knowing which letters not to pronounce. Many French "silent" letters are facultative, being used only to indicate sounds that are pronounced under certain circumstances.
French pronunciation is the most difficult aspect of learning French for many students, particularly English speakers. It takes a lot of practice to pronounce French correctly, but if you really want to speak French, good pronunciation is essential. Nothing will kill a conversation faster than an inability to make yourself understood.
- French Vowels
French pronunciation is the most difficult aspect of learning French for many students, particularly English speakers.
- Pronouncing the 'Easy' Consonants
Of the 18 French consonants, b, d, f, k, l, p, t and v are pronounced pretty much as in English.
- Pronouncing Difficult Consonants
French consonants are pronounced almost like in English, except that you don't linger on them; let them explode and move on to the vowel that follows.
- Stress and Accent Marks
The French tonic accent is quite different than its English counterpart. In English, each word has one stressed syllable...
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