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The nasal vowels nobody warns you about
Four little sounds that live in your nose, not your mouth — and why on/an/in/un trip up every beginner.
Obligatory, optional, forbidden: a liaison cheat sheet
Not every silent consonant wakes up before a vowel. A quick map of when liaison is required, when it's a choice, and when it's banned.
Build Notes
1 postLiaison
3 postsObligatory, optional, forbidden: a liaison cheat sheet
Not every silent consonant wakes up before a vowel. A quick map of when liaison is required, when it's a choice, and when it's banned.
Why French swallows half its letters
A quick tour of silent letters, liaison, and enchaînement — the three things that make spoken French sound nothing like it's spelled.
Enchaînement: the link that isn't a liaison
When a consonant that's already pronounced simply slides onto the next word — no new sound, just smoother speech.
Pronunciation
4 postsThe nasal vowels nobody warns you about
Four little sounds that live in your nose, not your mouth — and why on/an/in/un trip up every beginner.
Why I built the pronunciation visualizer
My tutor used to draw little marks in my textbook — a link here, a slash there — to show me which sounds connect and which don't. I built this tool to give myself those marks for any text, on demand.
Why French swallows half its letters
A quick tour of silent letters, liaison, and enchaînement — the three things that make spoken French sound nothing like it's spelled.
Why your French « r » sounds wrong
It isn't the English r, and it isn't a gargle either. A gentler way to find the sound at the back of your throat.