French Vowels and Consonants
A vowel is basically sound that is vibrated through the vocal folds and some using nasal without using your lips or tongue. There are basically 6 vowels divided into 3 sets of vowels those are hard vowels, soft vowels and nasal vowels.
Hard Vowels
Vowels | Pronunciation |
A | aa |
O | o |
U | eu |
Soft Vowels
Vowels | Pronunciation |
E | e |
I | ee |
Nasal Vowels
Vowels which are followed by alphabets M or N will sound or should sound nasal. The pronunciation is difficult from the normal pronunciation.
Other Vowels
Y (eegrek) = is known as semi vowel(voyelle)
H (aash) = is known as mute (h mute)which means silent.
Accents
You might be confused with some of the vowel pronunciations online however the sound depends on the individuals accent and nothing else.
Consonants: [Les Consonants]
Always remember in French, you have to open your mouth to complete the whole word which is basically opposite to english
Alphabets | Pronunciation |
B | bay |
C | say |
D | day |
E | e |
F | ef |
G | zhey |
H | aash |
J | zhee |
K | kah |
L | el |
M | em |
N | en |
P | pay |
Q | koo |
R | er |
S | es |
T | tay |
V | way |
W | doobl-way |
X | eeks |
Y | eegrek |
Z | zede |