*Ima do my best to explain all this but im not a linguist*
The R to me is further back in the throat and less forceful/harsh than my American English R. If you’re struggling with it my best advice is to try and say r and h at the same time, but honestly it’s kinda like whistling; no one can teach you, you just gotta keep tryin’ to figure it out.
I feel like the J is super easy? Like it’s the j in jacques, you can do it I promise.
French just has like five more vowel sounds than English that all just sound like fancy Us to me?
This is where my own personal accent is the worst honestly.
*puts on glasses* according to my research-
English: closest is bird in a Geordie accent (if you’re american, think the beatles, but like in italics)
English: like few in a scottish accent
Round your lips, Tongue is arched and high
If you know German, Schön, Hölle
-easy to pronounce but written different-
Ch in French = Sh in English
I in French = ee in English
-é (and er if it’s at the end of the word) = ay as in may
que- often replaces -ck, or -c like music vs musique, mock vs moque, etc.
I don’t know the best way to explain this, but unless the word ends in a vowel the end of the word will not be pronounced or will be pronounced much softer than in English.
If the word ends in -x, -ot, -at, -et the last consonant is silent
If it ends in -nt -on, -nan ummm probably others, it’s just slightly pronounced. Listen to a native speaker say it and then copy them as best you can.
Fils (son)- sounds like feece
The third person plural verb ending ‘-ent’ is not pronounced so, the only difference between il danse and ils dansent pronunciation is that you hit the final e of ils dansent a little harder.
French words that start with vowels hold hands with the last consonant from the word before
´C’est une pomme’ when spoken is gonna sound like ‘say tune pomme’ to English ears
‘Les animaux’ will sound like ‘lay zanimo’ to English ears.
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