French Pronunciation: French Vowel Sounds & Accents

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  • @marksherry4475
    @marksherry4475 4 роки тому +7

    When starting out as a beginner, I had trouble making the different "u" and "ou" sounds. After learning the "u" sound, learning to use them in phrases, "la rue du Rouen à Rennes." Combines the difficult-for-beginners "R" and both "u" and "ou" sounds.

  • @alial-timimy7917
    @alial-timimy7917 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you, Geraldine! You're so helpful and so good at what you do

  • @iuliacaesaris
    @iuliacaesaris 6 років тому +18

    I've never clicked on a video notification so fast. Thank you for this video :) It’s awesome

  • @Bezart34
    @Bezart34 3 роки тому

    I love ALL your videos - such a fantastic resource; one that I frequently dip into. I've learnt so much from you, and continue doing so. Thank you so much.

  • @suehartman8084
    @suehartman8084 Рік тому

    Un plaisir de t'écouter!

  • @antonellamR2D2
    @antonellamR2D2 6 років тому +20

    This is SO useful! I just can't clearly say "un" (as strange it may seems)

  • @niza7642
    @niza7642 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you french Anne Hathaway. Very helpful.

  • @JENNIFEROWUSU-FRIMPONG
    @JENNIFEROWUSU-FRIMPONG 10 місяців тому

    Vous êtes très bien.❤

  • @kelseypelham4988
    @kelseypelham4988 3 роки тому

    C'est génial. Merci beaucoup!!!

  • @kimzeck9827
    @kimzeck9827 2 роки тому

    Merci beaucoup 🌻

  • @imanimmanuel4397
    @imanimmanuel4397 Рік тому

    Thank you❤❤❤❤❤

  • @vandres493
    @vandres493 5 років тому

    what a well made video, so simple and quick

  • @roblemaer4834
    @roblemaer4834 5 років тому

    Merci beaucoup pour la leçon. J’apprends plus sur les voyelles.

  • @ebubevictoria2742
    @ebubevictoria2742 Рік тому

    Thank you so much...

  • @octaviusv
    @octaviusv 2 роки тому

    I am having issues with differentiating un, en, on in my pronunciation. I'm trying to use talk to text to help but I think a proper accent coach with a ruler to rap my knuckles would be helpful, too.

  • @RubyMoonlight268
    @RubyMoonlight268 6 років тому

    Génial vidéo ! Les mots que sont plus difficiles pour moi, ce sont ceux finitent avec "-ieur" : comme monsieur ou ingénieur.
    Cette vidéo est très utile, merci beaucoup !

  • @maxducoudray
    @maxducoudray 2 роки тому

    The hardest French word for me to say, sadly, is my father’s family name. It has a dré sound and going from d with the tongue tip, to r in the back, to an open-mouth vowel is like mouth gymnastics!

  • @oliviabruce5657
    @oliviabruce5657 6 років тому

    This is helping me so much! Thank you for these videos!

  • @frankfletes
    @frankfletes 3 роки тому +1

    This is priceless.

  • @Olivetree80
    @Olivetree80 3 роки тому +3

    The difficult thing for me is deciphering what seem like very slight differences between some of these sounds.

  • @tanyashcholokova4072
    @tanyashcholokova4072 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much! For me the hardest is French "RRR"! I can do Russian and Spanish "R" but I can't do French one.

  • @glenysmorgan9065
    @glenysmorgan9065 3 роки тому

    Dear Geraldine, I am still struggling to pronounce and distinguish on and en when they come together in one sentence. Do you have any tips or word associations that might help me to settle these in my head, please?!?

  • @michelgolabaigne595
    @michelgolabaigne595 6 років тому

    Hi Geraldine..., it is very difficult to feel the difference between 4 french nasal vowels..., they are very slight..., how to learn them...?
    Love
    Michael

  • @yunnorin3909
    @yunnorin3909 3 роки тому

    Link app

  • @utharathomas3567
    @utharathomas3567 6 років тому +13

    Un bon vin blanc is the sentence to practice every four nasals together

  • @converixgaming
    @converixgaming 6 років тому

    Merci beaucoup pour cette utile vidéo! Quelle date votre prochain vidéo?

  • @jrr3558
    @jrr3558 6 років тому

    Super comme d'hab !

  • @gabrielbiniam7900
    @gabrielbiniam7900 3 роки тому

    Good!

  • @AndytheChav
    @AndytheChav 3 роки тому

    The most difficult thing for me is the difference between the sound of 'é' and 'ai+' at the end of a verb. ('happen£D' and 'WAS/USED to' happen).

  • @michaeldoucette4138
    @michaeldoucette4138 6 років тому

    Love you so much!

  • @peterl2866
    @peterl2866 3 роки тому

    Conjuror sounds excellent in french

  • @raykent3211
    @raykent3211 6 років тому +3

    They changed the name of my tobacco to "blond blanc", which took me weeks to get near enough to be understood. I also fail to distinguish de from deux.

  • @lizyolanfred7227
    @lizyolanfred7227 6 років тому

    Merci. .

  • @regellery6695
    @regellery6695 3 роки тому

    What about the "in" in "Je trouve son innocence incroyable". Why is the pronunciation inconsistant for the 2 words that start with "in"?

  • @gigacats488
    @gigacats488 6 років тому

    Thank you!! :'D

  • @markdrybrough8260
    @markdrybrough8260 4 роки тому

    Can you explore the French r sound at the beginning and within words and how to form it, please?

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 6 років тому

    I always had problems with gare and guerre, especially with "gare routiere", which I would end up saying more like "guerre routierre". Bad habits are hard to break!

  • @jac3346
    @jac3346 3 роки тому

    "Accueillir" in any of its forms - that's a tough one for me.

  • @araharutyunyan2095
    @araharutyunyan2095 6 років тому +14

    en un an = in one year
    ca c'est horrible :( j'y arrive pas

    • @parlefrancaisavecadjoa5650
      @parlefrancaisavecadjoa5650 6 років тому +3

      Si si, vous allez y arriver. :)

    • @M_Julian_TSP
      @M_Julian_TSP 6 років тому

      Il faut prononcer les N ici (à cause des liaisons), ça devient plus facile à prononcer.

  • @emas848
    @emas848 5 років тому +1

    Most difficult words to pronounce for me are écureuil and serrurier !!

  • @getuliopimentel2964
    @getuliopimentel2964 5 років тому

    Nossa, como o acento dela é difícil de seu inglês.

  • @autumnak2557
    @autumnak2557 3 роки тому

    i know i’m like 3 years late to this haha, but i find ‘voudrais’ so ridiculously hard to say, i keep practising. hopefully one day it’ll be natural..

  • @nate_thealbatross
    @nate_thealbatross 6 років тому

    I can't say "Vannes"

  • @laurenpalumbo5510
    @laurenpalumbo5510 6 років тому +3

    Words like 'cours' 'or arbre'..don't even get me started on the verb 'remuer'. the 'r' sound all around is really difficult and feels unnatural in my mouth. that last one literally pains my jaw.

    • @pnnaoned8688
      @pnnaoned8688 6 років тому

      you may try to do this exercise, it makes wonders :) ua-cam.com/video/8OkchsEi0kk/v-deo.html

    • @Prophezora
      @Prophezora 6 років тому

      Lauren Palumbo i feel the same with the r...geraldine should make an "r" video ha!

  • @gardenerinthesand
    @gardenerinthesand 3 роки тому +1

    I just discovered your youtube channel today. I grew up speaking Brazilian Portuguese--this has both helped with my vocabulary but affected my accent strongly. It's really hard to unlearn some ways of pronouncing things, and I speak so s-l-o-w-l-y. Ugh

  • @margaretgatehouse5868
    @margaretgatehouse5868 5 років тому

    Je ne peux pas prononcer le mot grenouille!

  • @AndrewPrior
    @AndrewPrior 6 років тому

    I can't say heure at all no matter how I try :( Love your videos though. Merci

  • @JENNIFEROWUSU-FRIMPONG
    @JENNIFEROWUSU-FRIMPONG 10 місяців тому

    The R sound is my problem.Am a Ghanaian

  • @Epistaxis684
    @Epistaxis684 6 років тому +4

    Nasals are the most difficult

  • @alikamara5707
    @alikamara5707 5 років тому

    I have problem with my R prononciation especially when the world is like this .......pre or pré

  • @acoz
    @acoz 6 років тому +2

    C'est vrai pour moi ! Merci Géraldine ! Pronunciation has always been my downfall. Or they tell me my French is good but mignon avec un petit peu accent !

  • @gyp3xp48
    @gyp3xp48 6 років тому +4

    rurale as in 'la vie rurale'. The 2 'r's in succession need concentration.

  • @cheriestl
    @cheriestl 6 років тому +1

    The hardest? Au dessou, puce/pouce airport

  • @debramoss2267
    @debramoss2267 3 роки тому

    I can't pronounce vowels without seeing the policeman from 'Allo, Allo' trying to say "I was passing by your door...", but actually saying 'passing' with an 'i' instead of the 'a'.🤭

  • @josephupilematola664
    @josephupilematola664 6 років тому +5

    Comment est qu'on s'a mordu par une girafe Geradine? :)

    • @Prophezora
      @Prophezora 6 років тому

      Upi haha ...that is funny. It was just to show pronouncation! But the image is funny!

    • @josephupilematola664
      @josephupilematola664 6 років тому +1

      haha! I know. so funny. Especially how she said it just got me cracking

  • @leilaleila5338
    @leilaleila5338 6 років тому

    le plus difficile c'est le u , p,

  • @lslewis
    @lslewis 6 років тому

    Squirrel. How the heck do you say that? I always forget..but remember that it was weird to say.

  • @fernandamedicis6132
    @fernandamedicis6132 4 роки тому +1

    Frog🐸

  • @Prophezora
    @Prophezora 6 років тому

    La rue....i always feel off when i say that word! Ha!

  • @guljeshkumar793
    @guljeshkumar793 6 років тому

    Je ne comprends pas la différence entre de l'eau et d'eau:
    *Je veux acheter une bouteille de l'eau.
    *Je veux avoir un verre d'eau.
    Merci de reprendre.

    • @Fiddler1990
      @Fiddler1990 6 років тому +3

      we say "une bouteille d'eau."
      "De l'eau" is "some water" -> "Je peux avoir de l'eau ?" ("Can I have some water? / Can I have water ?")
      "D'eau" is "of water" -> "Un verre d'eau", a glass of water. "Une bouteille d'eau", a bottle of water.
      I think the subtle / Difficult part comes in between "l'eau" and "de l'eau", in informal everyday speech.
      "L'eau" is "the water", as in "the whole bottle / jug", while "de l'eau" is "some water", as in "pour me some water in my glasse please"
      At the table during a meal, for instance:
      "Tu peux me passer l'eau s'il te plaît ?" / "Can you pass me the water please?"
      "Tu peux me passer de l'eau s'il te plaît ?" / "Can you pour me some water please?"
      That's a distinction that even French children take a little while to really understand, but it comes with practice / hearing other people use it.

    • @guljeshkumar793
      @guljeshkumar793 6 років тому

      frenchfiddler Bonjour et merci beaucoup d'avoir répondu pour faire clair mes doubts. J'aime bien aussi les détails dedan.

    • @parlefrancaisavecadjoa5650
      @parlefrancaisavecadjoa5650 6 років тому +2

      On dit " de l'eau" quand on a une quantité non déterminée / pas claire, mais "d'eau", par exemple une bouteille / un verre / une carafe d'eau quand la quantité est plus claire (ici : une bouteille, un verre ou une carafe), pour plus d'explications, n'hésitez pas à visionner ma vidéo sur "l'article partitif". :)

    • @guljeshkumar793
      @guljeshkumar793 6 років тому

      Französisch avec Adjoa merci beaucoup d'avoir votre calarafication. C'est claire maintenant.

    • @guljeshkumar793
      @guljeshkumar793 6 років тому

      Französisch avec Adjoa j'ai la vidéo vu. Vous êtes formidable à la. Merci

  • @rubylacruz
    @rubylacruz 2 роки тому

    oeuf

  • @aichaaicha9316
    @aichaaicha9316 6 років тому

    Merci pour les conseils.c'est bizarre vous avez le même arrière plan que learn english with christina , les mêmes coussins le même tableau et même elle vous ressemble on dirait hhh.

    • @jrr3558
      @jrr3558 6 років тому

      Ah oui. C'est vraiment incroyable ! Qui a copié qui? :)

    • @karencass3226
      @karencass3226 6 років тому

      Eh Ben oui c'est vrai. Bizarre. Est-ce un trompe l'œil?

    • @aichaaicha9316
      @aichaaicha9316 6 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Xp5_xCjJvUQ/v-deo.html
      Voilà une video des deux .Elle est super utiles

  • @tuzihu2188
    @tuzihu2188 6 років тому

    My quatre sounds like a cat..