Pronunciation

In today’s lesson I’ll explain how to pronounce ENT in French. While the rule is very simple, even advanced students can accidentally pronounce the ENT when it should be silent. The rule is: don’t pronounce the ENT on the end of a verb in the ils/elles form. Pronounce it on the end of an adverb.

Many students who learn French guess their way through the accents and never really take them seriously. In today’s lesson I’ll answer a very specific question: “How do you pronounce the è with the downward slanting grave accent?”. We have great audio and by the end of the lesson you’ll never have to guess again! …

I have taught hundreds of hours of French lessons since 2014 and one question that comes up again and again is “How to I pronounce the TH sound”? Very simply, the answer is: Ignore the H and just pronounce the T. For example, le thé (tea) sounds like “tay”. Voilà. That’s the end of the …

Many times over the years students have asked me, “How do the French pronounce names of American cities?” In today’s lesson we’ll answer that question. To do this, I had Marie, our native speaker voice over artist, think of how a typical French person would pronounce the names of seven major cities. Then, I came …

Today’s Word of the Day lesson won’t just focus on one single word but 25 words! In particular, we’ll look at the 25 most difficult French words to pronounce. Have you ever struggled with words that seem almost impossible to say such as écureuil (squirrel) or accueil (reception, front desk)? Then this lesson is just …

In today’s lesson, we’ll have a good look at how to pronounce the eu sound in French words. In most instances, eu sounds like “uh” as in un peu (a little). However, there is an instance where the pronunciation changes. Keep reading and we’ll explain with audio example sentences. eu sound in French /uh/ [ø]