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For all practical purposes, the vowel sounds of the French consist of the 13 sounds listed below.
A LA CHATTE MARCHE A QUATRE PATTES
This sound is written A and is always the same if A is not accompanied
by another vowel (except for AN below)
It resembles the English sound "At" without the T sound.
I IL DIT QU’IL VIT ICI
This sound is written I and is always the same if I is not accompanied
by another vowel (except for IN below)
It resembles the English sound "See" without the S sound.
U UNE DUNE DURE PLUS QU’UNE BULLE
This sound is written U and is always the same if U is not accompanied by another vowel
(except for UN below).
It has no correlation in English but somewhat resembles the Second U sound in "Future".
(Say the above sound I, then relax the lips without changing the position of the mouth).
OU TOUS JOUENT POUR NOUS
This sound is written OU and is always the same.
It is close to the English sound "Zoo" without the Z sound.
O L’AUTO VAUT TROP
This sound is written “ O”, “AU”, “EAU” and is found either alone or
at the end of a syllable.
It is close to the English sound "Photo" without the F sound.
O: NOTRE PROF DONNE L’AUTRE BONNE NOTE
This sound is written as above, but is only found in a syllable followed by one or more
consonant sounds.
It is close to the English sound "For" without the F and R sounds.
E LE NEVEU VEUT LE JEU BLEU
This sound is written “ E” , “ EU”, “ OEU” and is found either alone or at the end of a syllable.
It has no English correlation but resembles the E sound in "Chandelier" without the "d".
E: LEURS JEUNES SŒURS VEULENT NEUF FEUTRES.
This sound is written as above, but is only found in a syllable followed by one or more
consonant sounds.
It resembles the English sound "Fur" without the f and r sounds.
É LES METS ÉTAIENT FRAIS
This sound is written “É”, “ET”, “AI”, “EST”, “ER”, “EZ”
and is found either alone or at the end of a syllable.
It resembles the English sound "it" without the "t" sound
È ELLE AIME CETTE BELLE TERRE
This sound is written as above, but is only found in a syllable followed by one or more
consonant sounds.
It resembles the English sound "Air" without the "R".
ON ON LONGE TON PONT
This sound is written “ON”, “OM”.
It resembles the English sound "Long" without the "L" and "G" sounds.
EN L’ENFANT ENTRE EN FRANCE EN CHANTANT
This sound is written “EN”, “EM”, “AN”, “AM”.
It resembles the English sound "On" without the "N" sound.
IN UN BAIN D’UN SIMPLE SAINT
This sound is written “IN”, “IM”, “AIN”, “AIM”, “UN”, “UM”,
It resembles the English sound "Band" without the "B" and "D" sounds.