Learn French Nasal Vowels The Easy Way | French Pronunciation Basics
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- Опубликовано: 9 май 2022
- In this video, you'll learn how to pronounce French nasal vowels the easy way! Master the basics of French pronunciation with this simple and informative tutorial. Perfect for beginners looking to improve their French language skills!
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I did it and I have received them. Thank you!
@@manirakizadidier822 You're very welcome. Thanks again for all your kind words. 🫶✨
I've been learning French for a while but never appreciatied the difference between the 'en' and 'on' sounds. This was very helpful in showing the difference, merci!!
Je vous en prie Alexander! I'm glad the video helped you understand the difference between these two sounds 😊
You are a gem!!! This is one of the best videos on nasal vowels, especially the practice part of going from an open vowel to the nasal one. Merci beaucoup
Thank you Charlotte for this beautiful comment! You just made my day ♥♥♥
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie ❤️ you made my French practice! xo
You're too kind 💞💞💞 @@justlottie
This is excellent practical phonetic exercise...... ❤️
Thanks a lot 🫶✨
Exactly what i was looking for, merci beaucoup!
Je vous en prie 🫶✨
I'll watch this everyday until I do well 😂
With daily practice, you'll master them in no time! A word of advice: record yourself as you practice, so you can gauge your progress by comparing your videos/audios. 💪😉
Since you are helping us with french pronunciation I’d like to return a favor and give a little tip to you about english pronunciation.
I’ve noticed you pronounced the letter H in the word “hour” on 10:40 minute. It’s actually silent. There are a few words like “honor”, “honest”, “hour” etc. which contain silent H as a first letter.
Hope this comment doesn’t insult you and thank you for your videos :)
Don't worry, it's doesn't insult me! Thanks ;)
English borrowed these words from French!!
I didn't know that 😊
(I'm sorry for the late reply... I didn't see your response 🙈) @@tymanung6382
love this video and the humming/chanting part is brilliant!!! Totally helps to build that muscle memory required to master these sounds! Merci!!!
Thanks a lot Eric 💞
Explained everything great. This deserved a like❤❤
Thank you very much. I'm glad you found the video useful. 🫶✨
This video is all you need to sound nasal in french. I've watched many videos but this one deserves a special mention. Subbed. Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much for those kind words 😍😍😍
Never thought that this could be real to none native speaker. came across with so many teachers teaching these phonetic things but it was seeming to me like they are just exaggerating, cuz no way this could be possible. it was like there is no certain formula to follow and help you get these. but, this channel really proved me wrong. I'm happy that I found this channel and it is a channel I would recommend to anyone who is serous in learning French. Have watched three of your videos already, and it looks like I have to go through all of your videos. thanks for these great videos, Keep up good work.
Well, I can't even explain how happy I was reading your comment. RUclips and social media can make you feel lonely. You don't always receive students' feedback. Reading your kind words reassure me that what I'm doing matters. Thanks a million for that.
Brilliant - step by step explanation and demonstration. I so struggle with nasal vowels!
Thanks a lot! If you practice regularly, you'll manage to nail these vowels in no time 💞
Excellent way in teaching without caring how you funny you sounded. Thanks a lot! I will practice those nasal sounds. 💚💚🧡🧡💛💛
You’re very welcome 💞
this was the best video of this topic that I ever found 🥰 thanks a lot 💖
Thank you so much 😍🥰🥰😍
An excellent explanation. Merci. Merci. Merci.
Thanks a lot Rosie 😍♥️
The most helpful video I found on french nasal sounds, thank you❤
Thank you so much Karolína 🥰♥♥
Love your channel this is helpful, merci beaucoup
Thanks a lot Nanasari ♥
I really appreciate your instructions!! It is very clear to follow and I think it is the best video about these sounds on RUclips.
Thanks a lot Kevin! I really appreciate your kind comment ✨🫶
It really helped! Thank you. And please make more videos!
Thanks a lot! I have many pronunciation videos, you can find them all in this playlist: ruclips.net/video/Ihh8xoLXrrU/видео.html
But if there is a sound or letter I haven't covered and you would like me to, simply let me know 😉🫶
Merci for this useful information
Je vous en prie Tatiana! 🇫🇷
You're welcome Tatiana! 🇬🇧
You are amazing .. you’ve helped me .. thank you soooo much 🌷
You're very welcome Rahaf 🫶
This was really helpful! It's one thing to be taught what the french words are but another to be taught how to actually say them :) Merci beaucoup
You are very welcome Ali! I understand how frustrating it can be to learn a language, and not being able to pronounce the words ❤️
Fantastic video 👏 This is so useful. Thank you very much, your videos are helping me immensely. I am very slow with my learning and I think I need to tune my ears in with more 'slow French'.
Thank you Chrissie! Learning a language is not a sprint, it's a marathon. 🫶
I love every detail of the video: the practice together, the graphics, the clear guidelines!
Probably the best video I personally have seen so far explaining the nasals in French!
Congrats 👏 Keep up!
OMG thank you so much for such a nice comment. You cannot imagine how over the moon I am just by reading your comment
My native language doesn't have nasal vowels, so seeing videos with people just making gibberish sounds didn't help.
You though explained it step by step, together with practice and good edit.
Nice 👍
Thanks again
Thank you!!!! This is the best video for anyone wanting to improve their pronunciation 🦋
Thanks a lot for your kind comment 😍😍😍
you are a very patient and excellent teacher!😘😘😘
Thanks a million for your kind comment 😍😍😍
Splendide vidéo et exceptionnelle explication 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🤗🤗🤗🤗👏👏👏
Merci beaucoup Wesley! Quels sont les sons que tu as du mal à prononcer en français?
No matter how many I watch your videos I never get bored😊
Thanks a lot 😻😻😻
Thank You very much, that was really helpfull ando undestandable
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🫶
So very helpful!!! 👏🏻 I’ve really been struggling with these. Thank you so much!
Since you’re helping us out, I also wanted to help you out on something. It is regarding the English pronunciation of the word nasal.
In English, most of the time (although not always), in a word when only ONE consonant follows a vowel AND that one consonant followed by another vowel, the first vowel remains a long vowel.
(There are usually TWO or more consonants between vowels for the first vowel to become a short vowel.)
When you pronounce the word “nasal,” that first “a” is long vowel, not short.
So the word is pronounced: “ˈneɪ.zəl”
(Not: “ˈnæz.əl”)
Hope that helps. 😊
You're very welcome Katy. Thanks a lot for taking the time to write this explanation 💕
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie you’re most welcome! Thank you for your help.
@@katyw.6526 My pleasure 🫶✨
Very thankful. Merci! ❤
Je vous en prie Faith 🫶
Bonjour Lexie! Merci infiniment pour votre aide. C’est génial!!! 👏🙂🌷
Je vous en prie 🫶✨
I recently started learning French and its not been easy. Thanks for these videos.
You're very welcome Naza. What have you found the most challenging about learning French so far? ✨🫶
thank you so much for this helpful video :) feel like i'm sounding much better
You're very welcome! I'm glad the video helped you improve 😊
Thank you... I'll keep practicing
You're very welcome Abby. Are there any other French sounds you're struggle with?
Best teacher👩🏫
Thanks a lot 😍
FANTASTIC ❤❤❤
Thank you 😻😻😻
Merci. C'est très utile !
Je vous en prie ❤️
Learning French on my 38th day of learning and it felt nice to understand what you commented lol
Thank you much mam. I just watched yours post on Instagram so i am here to watch this amazing video
Thank you so much for watching it. Did you find the video useful?
Thanks for watching! Would you like me to do more pronunciation videos? What sounds do you struggle to pronounce in French?
Yes mam, we will be so thankful to you☺️
Is there any sound in particular you struggle with?
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie there are some pronunciation in french that I don't understand, like Meilleur etc. It's pronounced very different than what's It's written.
Funny that you're saying that, I am preparing a video on IL / ILL (when it's pronounced like L and when it's pronounced like Y) 😊@@maazmohammed9269
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie OK thanks :)
Out of all the good channels for pronunciation, this is absolutely the best. What a shame I finally found this channel!
Thank you so much 😍
What is your biggest difficulty in French when it comes to pronunciation?
thank you for this! I'm starting to learn the nasal vowels and no matter how much I try the nasal ON sound always sounds so weird and heavy when I pronounce it! After watching the video, my pronunciation is improving slowly but surely :))
You're very welcome. The nasal ON is the heaviest. I'm glad this video helped you improve your nasal vowel pronunciation 🫶
Thanks for the explanation Lexie. I've recently started learning French and was struggling with identifying nasal sounds and the correct way to pronounce them. I appreciate the video and the tips. There's still so much to learn though. And so many nuances. Like sometimes 's' is pronounced and sometimes not in the word 'plus'. It's gonna be fun! 🤪 But I'm up for the challenge.😎
You're welcome Dmitri! I did an updated version of this video: ruclips.net/video/fvsEqHEElMo/видео.html in which I go more in details about how to pronounce EN! There are indeed so much to learn when you start learning a new language, but I'm like you, I love the challenge!
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie Merci
Avec plaisir 🫶
I tried to imitate the sound just by listening to some audio, but I could hardly get it right, so I really appreciate this thorough tutorial, merci!
Je vous en prie! Tout le plaisir est pour moi 🫶
Très utile.
Merci beaucoup 🤩
I f love you, thank you so much for this
Thank you Sofia for your kind comment 😻😻😻
this is amazing, I felt I became a french !
Thanks a lot! I'm glad this video helped your pronunciation! I did an updated version of this video: ruclips.net/video/fvsEqHEElMo/видео.html in which I go more in details about how to pronounce EN, you should check it out :)
Superb video good explanation 👏 👍 keep it up Alexandra 😘
Thank you very much Fawad. Which sounds do you struggle with in French?
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie when G and C voiced differently sometimes G used as G and sometimes as Ga and same C I don't know when we use which sound?
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie you are welcome pretty woman 🙂
Thank you 🥰
I will prepare a video on that topic ;)
This is the Parisian dialect though. In South of France, in Quebec, Belgium, Switzerland, French speaking Africa, "In" and "un" are distinct. "in" is the nasalization of the French "i" and "un" is the nasalization of the French "e". Sometimes, like in Quebec, "in" is made with a very stretched mouth towards the sides (it's close to the US "ain't"). "Un" is closed like a "o" and the lips are pushed forward, basically like we say "e".
I teach French form France. In France, most people only use 3 nasal vowels. Only in the south west of France, they still use the 4 nasals. As I prefer to simplify learning, French is difficult enough, I chose to only teach three nasal vowels. I was thinking of making a video on the fourth nasal vowel though, would it be something you're interested in?
Thanks!
Thanks a lot Katy 😻💕
You are most welcomed! Thank you so much for your channel! 😊
@@katyw.6526 You're very welcome Katy! Are there any videos you'd like to see on my channel?
so helpfull, i started 3 weeks ago but i want to focus on pronounctiation
Thanks a lot Emma! I'm glad the video helped you! Have you checked my pronunciation playlist? ruclips.net/video/TpiD_Y4CYOg/видео.html
Thank you for this illustrative video.
In 9:32
It remains nasalized, but it transforms from a nasal vowel into a nasal consonant.
You're very welcome Omar 😊
I was talking about the vowel sound. The vowel sound is not nasalised anymore, it goes from a nasal vowel to an oral vowel but it is followed by a nasal consonant 😉
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie
Exactly
Thanks 😊
With pleasure 🫶
très bien gentil
Merci beaucoup 😍
Merci Madame
Je vous en prie 😊
Bonne journee
Merci Andrew! Bonne journée à vous aussi 🫶
Thank you! It's helpful. But it's really difficult to apply this in normal speaking for me!
Thank you! The more you train, the easier it'll get 😉😉😉
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So in and un are that similar? Interesting.
Depending! In France, IN and UN are pronounced exactly the same in one half of the country (north), and have different pronunciation in the other half (south). Even in the south of France, not everyone makes the difference between the two sounds. It's in the south west of France (Toulouse and the surrounding area that) you'll hear the differences the most. I've chosen to teach just three nasal vowels, because that's enough to make yourself understood in France. The language and pronunciation are difficult enough, so I try to make them as simple as possible! I am thinking of making a video on the differences in regional accents in France, would it be something you're interested in?
May I ask if you are pronouncing 'bon'+'jour' without nasal sound and 'bonjour' with nasal sound ? I had a difficulty to tell the difference.
BONJOUR is pronounced with a nasal sound. ON is a nasal vowel, the N is not pronounced. By training your ears to French sounds, you will eventually hear the difference.🫶✨
Hi, awesome video, is the vowel that we use to pronounce the third nasal sound the same as the letter 'e' with an aigu accent?
Thank you so much! No, é is pronounced [e], check out this video where I go over all the vowel sounds: ruclips.net/video/Ihh8xoLXrrU/видео.html
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie Thank you, I will check it out. So which vowel is used to pronounce the third nasal sound?
We use the [ɛ] sound, same as the E with grave accent (è) 😊
Not only are you a skilled teacher, but you are also a stunning woman.
Thank you Ihsan 🤩
So Portuguese have such sounds as well? Wow that shows that these 2 are related I guess
Portuguese has nasal sounds, but not the same ones :)
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie oh ok! These French sounds are still a bit challenging for me, they don’t exists in languages that I know
There are a bit challenging but with practice you'll get them ;)
We have five nasal vowels em Brazilian Portuguese and a lot of combinations with semi vowels which get nasalized too:
à = Pão, Sã, Canção, Cancã.
E~ = Então, Tem, Quem, Entender.
I~ = Capim, Sim, Tintim, Cupim.
Õ = Ontem, Corações, Põe, Bom.
U ~ = Um, Umbu, Uma, Atum, Fundo.
@@sanzio_onofre I thought French is hard
I am having difficulty with the ooooo sounds for example tu et tout
The letter U alone, I mean without any other vowel, is pronounced [y], you can check out this video to learn how to make the sound: ruclips.net/video/PA2lyR-mCEA/видео.html
The letters OU together make the sound [u]. It is very similar to the OO in the English word "boot".
It sounds like saying "ng" and just closing your throat. Is that right?
It is very similar Sarah! Simply because NG in English is a nasal sound. Therefore, the sound goes out of your mouth and nose. 👃
An, En = Õ (open)
On = Ū
In, Un = Ã (smiling lips)
I didn't understand... Are you comparing them to another language...? 😅
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie C'est les trois voyelles nasales que j'écoute dans l'accent français que vous parlez. Les voyelles nasales du français du Sud sont diferentes. Je sais que les voyelles nasales ont changés beaucoup dans le temps. An, En étaint prononcés comme Ã, In comme Ē et Õ comme Õ ouvert et non si fermé presque un U nasale. (Les voyelles nasales du français du Nord ne sont pas comme lesquelles de l'accent toulousain, canadien, etc.); On écoute Maman comme Mamõ et non Mamã comme étais prononcé.
Je n'enseigne que le français parlé en France. Il est vrai que dans certaines régions du sud de la France, on prononce UN ([œ̃]) et IN ([ɛ̃]) différemment. La langue française étant difficile, et mes apprenants étant débutants, j'ai choisi de simplifier et de n'en enseigner que trois. Je vous souhaite une bonne journée. 😊
Pour moi, il y a 4 nasales, pas 3 : comment dites-vous : un brin brun ? Certainement pas ein brein brein.
Tout dépend des régions. En France, la plupart des régions n'ont que 3 voyelles nasales. Ce n'est que dans certaines régions qu'il y a une différence entre UN et IN. Personnellement, je les prononce de la même manière. Comme je veux simplifier l'apprentissage du français, je n'enseigne pas les 4 voyelles nasales, mais seulement trois, car c'est suffisant pour se faire comprendre. 😉
Comment can va
Ça va bien, merci. Et vous ?
*comment ÇA va ? 😉
susah yah
Thank you! Did you find this video useful?
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie sorry in advance I didn’t use English in my last comment hehe anyways thank you for the video yeah ofc it’s helpful for me to learn French hehe thanks a lot! 😊
You're very welcome! I'm happy to know that my videos help you learn French 😊😊😊
Ce qui est bien avec notre accent franglais c'est qu'on comprend tout les mots anglais, alors que si écoute un américain on comprend rien mdr
Pour comprendre l’accent anglais ou américain, il faut améliorer sa compréhension orale 😉
😂How do French speakers shout with a nasal vowel? I can barely make sound with them.
With practice, time and patience, you will 🫶✨
Every English speaker knows how to do it without thinking. Close your mouth and say Ng! M! It sounds like a groan. It's so much harder to shout with the English diphthongs and triphtongs: royal, lower, power, hour, our, mayor, etc😅
@@alienspace1 True, English has nasal consonants!
UN !
In some regions of the south of France, IN and UN can have a different pronunciation 😉
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie Even Kraftwerk pronounce "UN" : ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxglWe1Du6-l-BPvfjU6Xl8pU-5USgUc4K?si=K_qxGsec0Yg0_E2l
UN INconnu : ruclips.net/video/yDxiWarxMnc/видео.htmlsi=WIz67EhXD3xFvTkL
UN & IN are different, only french dummies can't pronounce UN correctly.
Languages evolve and some sounds are lost in the process 😉
@@LearnFrenchwithLexie
Some french people can't pronouce "X", it's not evolution, it's lazyness.
Is it better to have a cold when practising French?
No it's not, you won't be able to say the nasal vowels 😉
When your nose cavity is stuffed the air can't pass through it. Think about it
@@alienspace1 Exactly 😉
What’s nasa son?? You mean nasal sound?? Please don’t sound French when you’re speaking English. I had to turn subtitles on to understand what you’re saying in English. If you speak French, then ok.
Don't worry, all my videos have subtitles 😉. Have a good day 🙃!