am i right about the french pronunciation?

[try again]

here is a list of differences between the english and french pronunciation,did i get it right?

VOWELS

PRONOUNCED LIKE EG
a,à, â "a"in "car" table
é,ê,e a in make été
e o in correct je/le
i y in sunny si
ô oa in foam hôtel
o o in John homme
sometimes like ô arroser
u cook tu


CONSONANT
ch sh in shine chaud
ç s in some garçon
g pronunce like s in leisure before e,i,y nager
pronunce like g in got before a,o,u gâteau
gn ny in canyon agneau
h mute
j s in leisure jour
qu k in kind que
w v in vine wagonlit

NASAL SOUND
an,ammen,em ong in song français
in,im,ain ang in bang instant/faim
aim,ein,on,om awn non
un,um ung in rung un
ien y+ahn bien

[svernoux]

Hello try again,

I think your posting would have its place in the English speaking part of the forum.

As for your question, quite a lot of your assumptions are wrong for a fairly simple reason: English and French phonetics are different. Some of the French sounds have no equivalent in English.

é,ê,e a in make été

Not really. "make" is colser to è and ê, although not fully the same. I think there's no such sound as é in English. As for "e", it depends a lot on the word, it is sometimes pronounced as é, sometimes as è and also sometimes as you stated before.

e o in correct je/le

It's probably the best comparison one can find to English, but I think it's not fully correct.

u cook tu

No. There is no sound like this in English.

w v in vine wagonlit

Not always. It is actually mostly pronounced like in English.

NASAL SOUND
an,ammen,em ong in song français
in,im,ain ang in bang instant/faim
aim,ein,on,om awn non
un,um ung in rung un
ien y+ahn bien

All wrong. There is no such sound in English.

Sorry!

[ANTHOS]

My advice is that if you want to learn French sounds, you should forget English ones.

The best thing is to listen to French on the radio or in films - don't rely on the transliteration in language learning books - they're an approximation.

[Olivier]

or if you rely on written descriptions, at least use IPA like Wikipedia does, see descriptions of French and English or Chinese
-- Olivier

[ANTHOS]

Fully agree with Olivier, it's a good idea to buy a French dictionary that gives the IPA pronunciations

[iubito]

For me, Los Angeles, correct sound near è in French

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thx very much for all ur help!^^
i appreciate it a great deal! merci again!