Learn French Pronunciation in 12 Minutes

unlock our entire language learning system get up to 30 off basic premium and premium plus hi everyone welcome to the ultimate french pronunciation guide [Music] in this series you'll master french pronunciation proper pronunciation is essential in french and in this series you'll learn it in a fast comprehensive and easy way in this first lesson of the series you'll learn about the building blocks of the french pronunciation system that will help you in future lessons the letters used in french are the same as the letters you use in english with the exception of a few accents on some of the letters but be careful not to fall into a very common trap as you're learning to speak correctly you shouldn't concern yourself with all the letters that's right forget them you care about the sounds of french and here they are there are 23 consonant sounds and 16 vowel sounds you can form every single word in french by using these sounds still seem complicated well how about this of the 23 consonant sounds in french you already know 20 of them that's right if you're a native english speaker then you already make these sounds every day you can also ignore six of the vowel sounds for the same reason the only thing standing between you and perfect french pronunciation are three new consonant and ten new vowel sounds you can handle that now let me introduce miley's who will be helping you to master these new sounds miley's will be giving you native pronunciation examples for you to imitate but for this first lesson just sit back and listen to the unique sounds of french h in this lesson you'll learn the top five french pronunciation mistakes to avoid these are common mistakes that french learners tend to make so pay close attention and make sure that you don't make these same mistakes too are you ready then let's get started number one mispronouncing the french r the french r is the most difficult sound to pronounce properly for many students of french particularly when there isn't a similar sound in the student's own language it's also a very common letter in french so it will appear often in everyday conversations take for example it's kind of deceptive to think of the french are in the same way as the english are just because they are written in the same way they clearly don't sound the same at all not only this but they also use different muscles in the mouth the french r is also called a guttural r because it's pronounced closer to the throat don't worry about the specifics now however we'll break the sound down in detail in lesson seven number two pronouncing a silent letter it's a common mistake for students of french to pronounce silent letters because the tendency is to pronounce everything that one sees the french language however is full of words that contain silent letters particularly at the end of a word it is in fact more common for a french word to have a silent letter than none at all take for example did you catch the silent letters in this sentence notice how miley's did not pronounce the s and the t listen to it again most of the time you don't need to pronounce the last letter of a word in french there are of course some exceptions to this rule particularly if the following word starts with a vowel sound or if the word ends with a c f or an l but as a general principle it's quite common to drop the last letter as it will most likely be a silent letter we'll cover silent letters in detail in lesson eight number three aspirated h's versus muted h's ages will not allow contractions or liaisons to occur in front of it for example len whereas muted h's will most french h's are of this muted variety they're not interchangeable either so their usage will depend on the word itself this unfortunately means that you'll just have to learn them individually next is number four contractions in french unlike english contractions are not optional in french you must always contract words wherever possible for example don't worry about the rules and principles for contractions too much though as we'll cover them in detail in lesson eight and finally number five the french you the french u is typically a difficult vowel sound for many speakers to pronounce correctly particularly for speakers of english because there isn't an equivalent sound in the english language whatever you do though do not substitute this sound for the english u sound a simple way to produce the french u is to first try and pronounce the double e sound in the word c from this position simply round your lips as if you are about to whistle and that's all there is to it try it let's listen to a few examples which utilize the french you in some words we'll cover this vowel sound again in lesson four now you know the top 5 french pronunciation mistakes to avoid try to be careful so that you don't commit these same mistakes in the next lesson we'll start learning vowel sounds in french which of these five mistakes is the hardest to avoid have you learned any tricks to deal with them let us know in the comments stick with us and you'll overcome it quickly in this lesson you'll learn seven french vowels some vowels may be hard for you to distinguish especially for english speakers so make sure you listen carefully are you ready then let's get started the first vowel is it's identical to the double e sound in the word see e the next vowel is this is identical to the previous sound except that the lips are rounded try saying the e in c while rounding your lips now listen to my lease [Music] the next vowel is it's identical to the double o sound in the word booth the next vowel is this is similar to the a sound in the word play however try not to carry over the y sound too much try to relax your jaw and say it as if you're allowing the vowel to spill out from your mouth listen to my lease the next vowel is this is identical to the previous sound except that the lips are rounded [Music] the next vowel is this is quite similar to the two previous sounds except that it's pronounced at the back of the mouth it's a little bit like the o sound in the word o but try not to carry over the w sound too much listen to my lease and the last vowel is so it's identical to the e sound at the end of the word problem uh well done you've just learned seven vowel sounds in french in the next lesson you'll learn the remaining nine french vowel sounds which vowel sound was the most difficult for you to learn please comment and share your thoughts see you in the next ultimate french pronunciation guide lesson [Music] foreign

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Length: 11min 28sec (688 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 22 2017