Spell and [s]ound French Vowels Sound and Letter Chart with Examples

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Father Bat Fur Bed Eight** Author Song ** Sun ** Eye**

[ɑ] [a] [ø,œ,ə] [ɛ] [e] [o] Nasal [ɑ̃] [ɔ̃] Nasal [ɛ]̃ [œ̃] [a] + [j]
A flamme barrique traître saigner hausse quand [ɑ̃] train [ɛ]̃ bail
pâte à faisons [ə] maison au camping [ɑ̃] faim [ɛ]̃ taille
a, â à, a ai ai, aî ai, au am, an ain, aim ail, aille

Through** femme ce, que [ə] dès blé agneau lent [ɑ̃] plein [ɛ]̃ Boy **
[y] demander [ə] est aller beau emporter [ɑ̃] chien [ɛ]̃ best= [œ]+ [j]

eu je, le [ə] ballet chez emmener [ɑ̃] moyen [ɛ]̃ Play** fauteuil
E (J'ai eu) ceux [ø]* geai pied enfant [ɑ̃] examen [ɛ]̃ [ɛ] + [j] feuille
œ cœur [œ] rêve et pareil œil
jeune[œ] treize reveille
e, eu, eû, œu é, er, ez, ed, œil, euil,
eu e e, è, eai, ei, ê, et eau en, em ein, en eil, eille
et euille

Knee Beyond brin [ɛ]̃ Yonder

[i] [i] + [j] intelligent [ɛ]̃ [j]
inacceptable, immense fille important [ɛ]̃ million
I image, gentil imbibe [ɛ]̃ mission
ami, île
î, i ille, il in, im i

Fox Gooey Fool

[ɔ] [u] + [j] [u] rose maison [ɔ̃]
dormir One vous dôme bon [ɔ̃]
bonne [w] + [a] fenouil août trop venons [ɔ̃]
O robe loyer grenouille fou dos trompette [ɔ̃]
homme voir où mot
ou, où, ous, ô, o, op,
o oi, oy ouil, ouille oû os, ot on, om

Through** We** cueillir

[y] [ɥ] + [i] brun [œ̃] cercueil
U rhume celui lundi [œ̃]
sûr huit parfum [œ̃]
û, u ui um, un ueil, ueill/e

cyclisme It is an offence to photocopy, copy, reprint, distribute or recreate this chart. sympa [ɛ]̃ yeux Part 1 of 2
Y y Individuals may download Spell and Sound charts for personal use only. syndicat [ɛ]̃
y Copyright © 2013 Spell and Sound ISBN 978-0-9875594-0-1 ym, yn y * Non-English sound
The eigh sound in Eight is short; do not make the ee sound at the end. Produce nasal sounds by using your mouth and nose at the same time ** Represents closest English sound
Spell and [s]ound French Consonants Sound and Letter Chart with Examples
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C D F G
B C, ç C CH CH daddy flag G G GN
baby sit kite sheep kite [d] [f] good measure lasagne
[b] [s] [k] [ʃ] [k] dinde fleur [g] [ɜ] [ɲ]
bonbon cent caler chapeau chaos gant aubergine agneau
cinq copain L escargot gèle
cyclisme cuisine L / LL LS bague gymnase
ça sucre ball sit grand
[l] [s]
H J K ville fils N
no sound measure kite mille M / MM N / NN NI NG
hausse [ɜ] [k] million meet nine neat sing**
jambon kif-kif village [m] [n] [ni] [ŋ]
île madame bonne ornière smoking
P comment nous venir camping
P PH
puppy flag Qu / Q R S T
[p] [f] kite [R] S S SS SC T / TT TI
poupée pharmacie [k] venir buzz sit sit sit tent see**
psychologie téléphone banque rose [z] [s] [s] [s] [t] [sj]
pneu cinq farine Liaison sucre poisson science thé attention
scruter dessert trompette dictionnaire
W
V velvet water X Z
velvet [v] [w] tax example sit buzz buzz
[v] WC week-end [ks] [gz] [s] [z] [z]
violet wagon whiskey excentré exemplaire soixante dixieme zizanie Part 2 of 2
avion
R sound doesn't exist in English It is an offence to reprint, photocopy, distribute or recreate this chart.
Final consonants d, s, t, n, x are usually silent unless the last letter is 'e', then voice last consonant Individuals may download Spell and Sound charts for personal use only.
Watch out for final c, f, l, r. Sometimes they are pronounced but not always Copyright © 2013 Spell and Sound ISBN 978-0-9875594-0-1