How to Pronounce All of the Most Difficult Sounds in French (R, U, EU, L, LL, nasal sounds)

Summary

Roya, non locutrice maternelle française, partage ses conseils pour maîtriser la prononciation du français. Elle explique l'importance de la forme de la bouche, compare la prononciation anglaise et française, et donne des astuces pour les sons difficiles comme le 'u', les sons nasaux, le 'eu', le 'R' français, le 'L' et le 'll'. Elle suggère des exercices pour pratiquer, comme imiter un son de singe ou un buzzer, pour faciliter l'apprentissage. Roya encourage à apprendre des locuteurs natifs mais offre sa perspective pour aider à surmonter les défis de la prononciation.

Takeaways

• 🗣️ Roya n'est pas une locutrice native française, mais elle a une bonne prononciation et veut partager ses conseils pour aider à maîtriser la prononciation française.
• 👄 La forme de la bouche est cruciale pour la prononciation en français, contrairement à l'anglais qui est plus ouvert et souriant.
• 🐒 Le son de la lettre 'u' en français peut être appris en se rappelant le son d'un singe ('ouhou').
• 🎺 Les sons nasaux en français (comme 'in', 'an', 'on', 'un') peuvent être appris en imitant le son d'un buzzer lors d'un match de basket-ball.
• 🤔 Le son 'eu' en français est difficile mais peut être appris en imaginant être frappé dans l'estomac pour produire le son 'uh'.
• 🍞 Le son 'r' français est souvent difficile pour les non-locuteurs natifs, mais peut être appris en se concentrant sur le son 'g' comme dans 'Hawking'.
• 📚 La lettre 'l' en français se prononce avec la langue plus en arrière dans la bouche par rapport à l'anglais.
• 📚 La prononciation de la lettre 'll' en français peut varier, souvent se prononçant comme un 'y' après un 'i'.
• 🍁 Le mot 'écureuil' en français est un exemple de difficulté prononciation, utilisant plusieurs sons complexes.
• 👍 Roya encourage les apprenants à pratiquer et à demander des conseils supplémentaires si nécessaire, et elle aimerait créer plus de leçons de français basées sur les commentaires des apprenants.

Q & A

Quelle est la première chose que Roya recommande de pratiquer pour améliorer la prononciation française ?

Roya recommande de commencer par la forme de la bouche pendant qu'on parle, car cela forme la base de toute prononciation.

Pourquoi Roya pense-t-elle que la bouche est si importante pour la prononciation ?

Elle pense que si on utilise une forme de bouche différente, cela peut affecter la façon dont le son se produit.

Quelle est la différence de forme de bouche entre le langage anglais et le langage français selon Roya ?

L'anglais est un langage très souriant et avec une bouche très ouverte, tandis que le français a plus de sons fermés et les lèvres presque pincées.

Comment Roya suggère-t-elle de pratiquer la prononciation de l'U en français ?

Elle suggère de penser à l'U comme au son que fait un singe (ouuh) et de combiner cela avec le son 'eu' pour avoir une bouche plus fermée.

Quels sont les sons nasaux que Roya aborde dans sa leçon de prononciation ?

Elle aborde les sons nasaux 'in', 'an', 'on' et 'un', en se concentrant sur le son 'in' comme étant le plus facile à apprendre.

Quel conseil donne Roya pour apprendre à prononcer le son 'in' français ?

Elle suggère d'imiter le son d'une sirène de basket-ball qui marque la fin du temps de jeu, ce qui est proche du son 'in' en français.

Quelle est la méthode que Roya utilise pour apprendre à prononcer le son 'eu' en français ?

Elle utilise l'imagerie de quelqu'un qui reçoit un coup dans l'estomac pour produire le son 'uh', en utilisant le diaphragme et en fermant légèrement les voies aériennes.

Quel est le son le plus difficile à prononcer en français selon Roya ?

Selon Roya, le son le plus difficile à prononcer en français est le 'R' français.

Comment Roya a-t-elle appris à prononcer le 'R' français ?

Elle a appris à prononcer le 'R' français en se concentrant sur le son 'haw', comme si elle était en train de faire un personnage de Hawking, en se plaçant à la base de la gorge.

Quelle est la différence de prononciation entre le 'L' anglais et le 'L' français selon Roya ?

Le 'L' anglais est prononcée avec la langue très proche des dents, tandis que le 'L' français est plus à l'arrière de la bouche, avec la langue vers le milieu du palais.

Quelle est la règle générale que Roya donne pour la prononciation de la 'Double L' en français ?

Elle suggère que si la 'Double L' vient après un 'i', on devrait la prononcer comme un son 'y', comme dans 'idée'.

Quel mot difficile Roya utilise-t-elle pour mettre en pratique les sons appris dans sa leçon ?

Elle utilise le mot 'écureuil' qui utilise plusieurs des sons difficiles comme le 'R', l' 'U', le 'uh' et le son 'y' de la 'Double L'.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introduction à la maîtrise de la prononciation française

Roya, non locutrice natale de français mais avec une bonne prononciation, présente ses conseils pour apprendre à prononcer les sons difficiles du français. Elle insiste sur l'importance de la forme de la bouche et compare les différences entre l'anglais et le français en termes d'ouverture bucco-labiale. Elle donne des exemples de son application en anglais et en français pour illustrer les différences.

05:02

📚 Considérations sur les sons nasaux et la prononciation du 'U' français

Le guide se concentre sur les sons nasaux (comme 'in', 'an', 'on' et 'un') et sur la difficulté de prononcer le 'U' en français, suggérant de l'associer au son d'un singe pour obtenir une bouche close et un son plus précis. Roya propose également des exercices pour pratiquer ces sons, comme imiter un bruit de buzzer ou un son de coup de poing dans le diaphragme pour le 'eu'.

10:03

🤔 Apprentissage du 'R' français et des sons 'L' et 'LL'

Roya aborde la prononciation du 'R' français, suggérant de l'apprendre en imitant un son de 'HawKing' pour atteindre la profondeur de gorge nécessaire. Elle traite également du son de la lettre 'L', qui est plus à l'arrière de la bouche en français qu'en anglais, et explique la complexité de la prononciation de la 'Double L', qui peut être un 'l' ou un 'y' selon le contexte. Elle donne des exemples de mots pour illustrer ces sons et comment les combiner pour prononcer des mots difficiles comme 'écureuil'.

Keywords

💡Prononciation

La prononciation fait référence à la manière dont les sons sont articulés dans une langue. Dans la vidéo, il s'agit du cœur du guide pour maîtriser la prononciation du français, en abordant les sons et lettres difficiles à prononcer. Par exemple, l'auteur mentionne la différence de prononciation entre le français et l'anglais, et comment adapter la forme de la bouche pour une meilleure prononciation en français.

💡Guide

Un guide est un ensemble d'instructions ou de conseils destinés à aider quelqu'un à accomplir une tâche spécifique. Dans ce cas, le guide fournit des astuces pour prononcer correctement le français, démontrant l'importance d'une approche structurée pour apprendre une langue étrangère, comme le souligne l'auteur en partageant ses propres expériences et techniques.

💡Lettre U

Dans le français, la lettre 'u' pose souvent des difficultés pour les locuteurs non natifs. L'auteur explique comment prononcer cette lettre en se rappelant le son que fait un singe ('ouah ouah') et en adoptant une position de la bouche fermée et avancée, ce qui est une différence notable par rapport à la prononciation en anglais.

💡Nasalisation

La nasalisation est une caractéristique de certaines voyelles en français qui se prononcent avec une résonance nasale. Le guide se concentre sur le son 'an', qui est similaire à imiter le bruit d'un gong ou d'un buzzer, montrant comment cette technique peut aider à maîtriser les sons nasaux, qui sont essentiels pour une prononciation authentique en français.

💡Consonne R

La prononciation de la 'R' française est souvent considérée comme l'un des plus grands défis pour les apprenants. L'auteur suggère de l'apprendre en se concentrant sur le son 'g' de 'Hawking', qui est plus profond dans la gorge, pour aider à produire le son guttural caractéristique de la 'R' française.

💡Consonne L

Bien que moins discutée, la prononciation de la 'L' en français mérite attention. Contrairement à l'anglais, où la langue est proche des dents, la 'L' française est prononcée avec la langue plus en arrière dans la bouche. L'auteur illustre cela avec des mots comme 'librairie', où la 'L' doit sonner plus française en déplaçant la langue vers le haut du palais.

💡Double L

La 'Double L' en français peut être source de confusion car elle se prononce parfois comme un 'Y'. L'auteur conseille de penser à la 'Double L' comme un 'Y' après une voyelle 'i', comme dans le mot 'ville', ce qui aide à mémoriser et à prononcer correctement cette lettre complexe.

💡Forme de la bouche

La forme de la bouche est cruciale pour la prononciation. L'auteur insiste sur la différence entre les langues 'ouvertes' comme l'anglais et les langues 'fermées' comme le français, où les lèvres sont presque pincées. Adapter la forme de la bouche pendant la prononciation en français est un point clé du guide pour améliorer la prononciation.

💡Voyelle

Les voyelles sont des sons fondamentaux dans toute langue, y compris le français. Bien que la plupart des voyelles en français soient similaires à celles de l'anglais, l'auteur se concentre sur la voyelle 'u' et montre comment la prononcer correctement, en utilisant des analogies telles que le son d'un singe pour faciliter l'apprentissage.

💡Consonne

Les consonnes jouent un rôle important dans la prononciation et la différenciation des mots. Le guide se penche sur plusieurs consonnes difficiles, comme la 'R' et la 'L', et fournit des techniques pour les prononcer correctement, montrant à quel point la maîtrise des consonnes est essentielle pour une prononciation en français naturelle.

💡Apprentissage des langues

L'apprentissage des langues est le thème central de la vidéo. L'auteur, bien qu'ayant une bonne prononciation française sans être une locutrice native, partage des conseils basés sur son expérience personnelle d'apprentissage, soulignant l'importance de l'apprentissage conscient et de la pratique répétée pour maîtriser une langue étrangère.

Highlights

Roya introduces herself and her guide to mastering French pronunciation.

Roya is not a native French speaker but has good pronunciation, which has been confirmed by native speakers.

Learning from non-native speakers can provide a different perspective on language learning.

The importance of mouth shape in French pronunciation is emphasized.

English is described as a 'Smiley' language with an open mouth, contrasting with French.

Roya demonstrates the difference in mouth shape between English and French.

The letter 'U' in French is identified as a difficult sound to pronounce.

A method for pronouncing 'U' in French is suggested, involving a 'monkey sound'.

Practicing the number 'eight' in French helps with the 'U' sound.

Nasal sounds in French are discussed, with a focus on the sound 'in'.

Imitating a buzzer noise helps in learning the nasal 'in' sound.

The sound 'uh' spelled 'EU' is part of difficult French words.

A method for pronouncing 'uh' involves imagining being punched in the stomach.

The French 'R' is a famously difficult sound to master.

Roya suggests thinking of 'Hawking augi' to pronounce the French 'R'.

The French 'L' is further back in the mouth compared to the English 'L'.

The Double 'L' in French can make an 'l' or a 'y' sound, depending on its position.

The word 'écureuil' (squirrel) is an example of a difficult French word incorporating multiple challenging sounds.

Transcripts

hi everyone my name is Roya and this is

my guide to mastering French

pronunciation I'm putting together a

list of all of my favorite tips and

tricks to help you figure out how to

pronounce all of the most difficult

letters and sounds in French before I

jump into the pronunciation I want to

preface this by saying I am not a native

French speaker however I do have very

good French pronunciation I've been told

this by many French people so I'm

confident in my ability to help teach

you

pronunciation and while I do think it is

so critical to learn languages from

native speakers there can be an

advantage to learning from non-native

speakers for example a native speaker

didn't have to consciously learn the

language that they speak they learned it

as a baby or a toddler and they don't

necessarily know how they learned the

pronunciation that they did how they

learned the grammar or the words that

they did they just did and picked it up

naturally however people like myself

have gone through exactly what you're

going through I know what it's like to

struggle through certain pronunciations

because I had to figure that out myself

as well consciously and later in life so

I just want to say I completely advocate

for learning from native speakers as

well but I hope that I can provide a

different perspective as a non-native

speaker of French and with that here is

my guide to all of the most difficult

letters and sounds to pronounce in

French the first thing that I want to

start out with today is not a letter or

combination of letters at all it's

actually your mouth shape while you

speak so I think that this forms the

basis for all pronunciation and in fact

if you are trying to pronounce something

but you use a different mouth shape that

can affect how the sound comes out so

for example how this was explained to me

is that English is a very Smiley

language and a very open mouth language

so when I'm speaking English as you can

tell I'm just a smiley person in general

so I smile a lot while I talk I really

cannot even help it but the corners of

my mouth are a lot more wide and we also

tend to open our mouth a lot wider when

speaking English and compare that with

French which has a lot more closed

sounds and you have your lips almost

pursed out or puckered when you speak

when you're speaking French try to

consciously make your mouth into a

different shape while you're speaking

think of like an ooh sound or you know

pulling forward instead of up and out

and wide so English up out and wide and

French is more purse together or closed

sound and being able to consciously move

your mouth a bit while you're speaking

French in general is going to help your

pronunciation overall to give you an

example I'm going to introduce myself

and tell you my age in English and then

in French and I want you to pay

attention to how my mouth moves and

where my lips are hello my name is brya

and I am 29 years

old is

as you could tell in French my mouth was

a lot more closed my lips were pursed

and more forward whereas an English I

open my mouth wider and not just in the

upward Direction but also left to right

as well in more of a smiley shape so

that's something that I think is just

important to think about while you're

pronouncing and speaking French is the

more that you can try to keep your mouth

more Clos and forward the more that's

going to help your pronunciation overall

now to get into the letters so I'm going

to start with a couple of vowel sounds

and then in the latter half of this

video I'm going to focus on consonants

and because in this video I want to

focus on just the most difficult sounds

to learn I'm going to skip over most of

the vowels because their sounds exist

pretty similarly in English except for

one and that's where I'm going to start

and that is the letter U I think the

letter youu in French is one of the most

difficult sounds to pronounce so here is

the exact way that I learn to pronounce

the letter U so I want you to think

about what you learned as a kid for the

sound that a monkey makes know it sounds

silly but that

ooho that ooh that o ooh part that

sounds actually quite a lot like the

letter U in French it's not quite there

but what it makes you do is it makes you

have more of a closed mouth sound than

you normally would for the letter U in

English from there I also want you to

think about U like oh that's so gross ew

ew but now you want to have more of a

closed mouth forward lips like you would

do with that silly monkey sound so

instead of o or instead of e which is

more open now you can

go and now to put it into practice let's

practice with the number eight in French

which ISAT we are often taught in

English to think of this as wheat like

what you make flour from which isn't

that far off Bas it's not a terrible

pronunciation by any means but it's not

quite there either so I want you to

think of that monkey sound and mixed

with E and then you have and then eat at

the

end and slow it down if you need to

practice if you're at home I encourage

you to make the silly monkey sound um

when no one's watching for me it really

helped with pronunciation next up is

nasal sounds which I think are a lot

easier to learn than you might think

these are the sounds for i n a n o n and

u n I'm going to focus specifically on I

in because I think this is the easiest

sound to learn um this is the sound for

p like bread or F like the end and from

there once you master that sound you can

then move your mouth slightly to get

the and a and what I think is the

easiest way to learn these sounds is by

imitating ating a buzzer noise and a

basketball game so the seconds tick down

times's up and it

goes that's actually as silly as it

sounds very close to the nasal sounds

that you need to make in French as well

so instead of that's really open close

it a little bit more and just

think and then once you get that sound

down the you can move your mouth just a

little bit to get some of these other

sounds like like B

or like because they all have a very

similar placement of where you get that

sound next up is the sound uh which is

spelled EU and so this is part of some

of the most famously difficult words to

pronounce in the French language think

of

or that uses that sound twice so the way

that I learned how to pronounce this

sound is by imagining being punched in

the stomach so uh if you think about

somebody hitting you and the sound that

you would make it's uh uh uh that will

help you utilize your diaphrag and then

you also want to have your tongue placed

over your bottom teeth and kind of

closing your Airway so that'll look like

this or you have your tongue almost up

against your lips your mouth is going to

be pretty much closed and it'll

be uh uh uh uh so then once you practice

that uh sound and you can even place

your hands on your diaphragm to feel the

movement of your diaphragm if that's

helpful to you so you can make that

sound

so and you can say after that that you

are happy and now I'll move on to

probably the most famously difficult

letter to pronounce in French it's the

one that I get questions on all of the

time is how do you pronounce the French

R the French R appears all over over the

place so mastering it is really key to

having good French pronunciation it's

in and Mer which are some of the most

common words that you're going to use

when speaking French and in my case I

think I was probably forced to learn it

because it's in my name which in English

is Roya but in French is Roya and how I

was taught to pronounce the French R is

by thinking about Hawking augi so if you

are making an exaggerated like C Tune

character version of Hawking aloi you

are going to go in the back of your

throat and that is similar not quite the

same but it is similar to the French R

sound and it's going to help you master

the French R so that once you get that

then I want you to try to start

inserting it into French words but do it

in a really elongated and exaggerated

way this is not how you want to speak on

a daily basis this is not how French

people speak but it'll help you get used

to using that sound in the middle or in

the end of a word for example I want you

to start

saying was something that was actually

really a hard one for me to learn and it

took a lot of time so I would walk

around my house just

going and once you have that me then you

start shortening it little by little and

you go from me to

to and there you have it next up is the

letter L which is not often talked about

enough if you ask me but I think it's a

very easy switch to make that will also

help your French pronunciation so in

English the L Sound is very close to

your teeth so when I say l like Library

my tongue is basically in the middle of

my teeth or you might have it at the

back of your teeth but in essence the

tongue is very forward in your mouth so

the French L is actually further back in

your mouth than the English l so instead

of saying library or L you want to say l

l and put the top of your tongue towards

the middle of the roof of your mouth

instead of towards the front just to

give you an example of a word so you can

compare the L I want to talk about

library and library but Library does not

mean Library it means a bookstore so

it's a bit of a false friend so if you

noticed in the French Library my tongue

was not at the front of my mouth anymore

and that would make the difference

between saying

Li and LI or it could be the difference

in the sound

of

versus and the further back you put your

tongue the more of a French sounding L

it is and then last one on the list

today is the Double L and what I think

is tricky about the Double L in French

is that sometimes it makes an l sound or

an l sound but sometimes it makes more

of a y sound a y so to try to remember

how to pronounce the Double L for the

most part if it comes after an I think

of it as a y sound so think of it as an

i dou l instead of just the Double L

there are a few famous exceptions like V

but there are about you know one to two

dozen exceptions but for the most part

if you have i l l e that's going to make

a y sound and why I wanted to talk about

the Double L Sound is one because of

that inconsistency and then two because

some of the most famously difficult

words to pronounce in French have this

sound in it a common word like f which

means a leaf but is often used for a

sheet like a sheet of paper

in that has not only the Y sound but one

of the sounds from earlier

which is the uh sound and you need to

combine those together so I want you to

think about the sound that we did the uh

sound and how that goes into now A Y

sound so you just kind of close your

mouth from the uh sound to make

the so then from there you

have and to wrap this all up one of the

most famously difficult words in French

is squirrel or a

and this actually utilizes a lot of the

sounds that we just talked about today

because you have the r the u sound you

have uh and you also have the L sounding

like a y so if you put all of these

together and you slow it down you should

be able to after this video pronounce

the

infamous and there you have it those

were all of the letters and sounds I

think are the most difficult to learn in

French thank you so much for watching

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love to know in the comments what you

thought if this was helpful to you if

you think I missed any difficult letters

or if you have any other requests for

things that you're struggling with in

French I would be happy to put together

more mini French lessons just like this

one thanks everyone and have a great day