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