Play French: Pronunciation (Diphthongs)

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Diphthongs

like "i" in "fight", like "ay" in "hay" (at the end of a word)

ail

like "i" in "fight"

ais

like "ea" in "bread" (at the end of a word)

au,eau

like "ow" in "blow"

nasal; kind of like "ahng", but without the hard "g" at the end

between "ew" in "dew" and "ur" in "burp"; written eu in transcriptions

more or less like "eu", slightly more "open"

like "ay" in "hay" -- usually found at the end of word/verb

like "ay" in "hay"

en,em

nasal; same as "an"

nasal; like "ang" in "Tang", but without the hard "g" at the end

like "wa" in "walk"

oin

nasal; like "wang", but without the hard "g" at the end

like "oo" in "food"

nasal; like "ong" in "long", but without the hard "g" at the end

oui

like "wee" in "week"

like "wee" in "week", but with the tongue forward

nasal; like "ung" in "hung", but without the hard "g" at the end

like "sh" in "bush"<br>shhh

like "ny" in "canyon". This is particularly difficult when followed by oi, as in baignoire (beh-NYWAR) "bathtub"

like "y" in "three years", with some exceptions (ville is veel)

like "l"

like "f" in "fun"

tch

like "ch" in "chew" (but kind of rare)

like "t" in "tin"

"t" followed by a short gargle