Today I’ll explain how to pronounce the acute accent, called l’accent aigu, in French. This is the upward slanting accent mark (´) which only appears over the letter e in as: é or É. The pronunciation is [e] or “ay”. Accent name + pronunciatione accent aigu: é E accute accent: é [ay]
French Pronunciation
French pronunciation lessons by FrenchLearner. Learn how to read and pronounce French words. All lessons are by David Issokson. They are helpful and have audio.
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 …
