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. French Pronunciation


  . The alphabet and its phonetic

 A
car
 B
baby
 C
say
 D
day
 E
er
 F
effort
 G*
jelly
 H
ash
 I
bit
 J*
Jim
 K
car
 L
hell
 M
aim
 N
ain't
 O
obey
 P
pay
 Q
kuwait
 R
air
 S
escort
 T
tennis
 U
menu
 V
vest
 W
double
vest
 X
mix
 Y
ee-grec
 Z
Zed
*Without the "d" sound found in the english "G".

.   Phonetic Symbols

  Consonants & Semi-Consonants :   

[p] pain [pin] ( bread ) tape [tap] ( knock )
[b] beau [bo] ( beautiful ) abbé [abe] ( abbot )
[m] mon [mon] ( my ) flamme [flam] ( flame )
[f] feu [ fø] ( fire ) phrase [fraz] ( sentence )
[v] voir [ vwar] ( to see ) vie [vi] ( life )
[t] table [ tabble] ( table ) nette [net] ( clean )
[d] donner [ done] ( to give ) sud [syd] ( south )
[n] né [ ne] ( born ) automne [otonn] ( autumn )
[s] sou [ su] ( money ) scène [sen] ( scene )
[z] cousin [ kuzin] ( cousin ) zéro [zero] ( zero )
[l] lait [le] ( milk ) facile [fasil] ( easy )
[ble] sensible [ sãsib] ( sensitive ) capable [kapable] ( competent )
[ch] chose [choz] ( thing ) chercher [cherche] ( to search )
[ge] gilet [ge i l e] ( vest ) manger [mãgee] ( to eat )
[k] camp [kã] ( camp ) quatre [katr] ( four )
[g] garde [ gard] ( guard ) second [s eu g on] ( second )
[gne] campagne [kãpagne] ( countryside ) lasagne [lazagne] ( lasagna )
[ing] parking [parkiing] ( parking ) ping-pong [piingpong]
[r] rare [rar] ( rare ) arbre [arbre] ( tree )
[re] être [etre] ( to be ) marbre [marbre] ( marble )
[ks] accident [aksidã] ( accident ) action [aksjon] ( action )
[gz] exister [egziste] ( to exist ) exil [egzil] ( exile )
[ j ] yacht [ jo t] ( yacht ) voyage [vwajage] ( trip )
[w] ouest [west] ( west ) noir [nwar] ( black )
[u] muet [mue] ( silent ) huit [u i t] ( eight )

  Vowels :   

[i] vite [vit] ( quick ) sortie [sorti] ( exit )
[e] été [ete] ( summer / been ) donné [done] ( given )
[e] elle [el] ( she ) très [tre] ( very )
[a] chat [cha] ( cat ) tache [tach] ( stain )
[a] âge [age] tâche [tach] ( task )
[o] album [albom] ( album ) fort [for] ( strong )
[o] dos [do] ( back ) chaud [cho] ( hot )
[u] tout [tu] ( everything ) août [u] ( august )
[y] cru [kry] ( raw ) mur [myr] ( wall )
[ø] feu [fø] ( fire ) heureuse [ørøz] ( happy - feminine form )
[oe] seul [soel] ( alone ) oeuf [oef] ( egg )
[eu] le [leu] ( the ) ce [leu] ( this )
[in] vin [vin] ( wine ) plein [pin] ( full )
[ã] enfant [ãfã] ( child ) temps [tã] ( time )
[on] rond [ron] ( round ) plomb [plon] ( round )
[un] un [un] ( one ) lundi [lundi] ( monday )

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