LokaNova et Freelang

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

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.

try again wrote: 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.

try again wrote: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.

try again wrote:u cook tu

No. There is no sound like this in English.

try again wrote:w v in vine wagonlit

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

try again wrote: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!

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.

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

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

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

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