PRONOUNCING FRENCH VOWELS:
Nasal Vowels:
Essential to any French caricature, nasal vowels are vowels pronounced through both the mouth and nose. Knowing when to nasalise in French is quite easy; actually doing it is harder. Any time m or n come after a vowel but not before one, you have a nasal vowel.
| LETTER |
SOUND |
WORD |
Other Spellings |
|
an |
Ah -> anN |
tante |
am, en, em |
in |
ee -> aN |
singe |
im, un, um, yn, ym, ain, aim, ein, eim |
on |
oh -> ohN |
son |
om |
- an - like French a, but nasalised
- in - like French è, but nasalised
- on - like French ô, but nasalised
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 Pronouncing French Vowels
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