Tongue has a schwa vowel followed by a voiced consonant called
the velar nasal, which gives it a long syllable. The terms "long"
and "short" do not properly apply to English vowel sounds.
Tongue has a schwa vowel followed by a voiced consonant called
the velar nasal, which gives it a long syllable. The terms "long"
and "short" do not properly apply to English vowel sounds.
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quelle chanson? sounds like: kell shah[n]-SOH[N] (The [n] is
there to indicate a nasal vowel.)
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Un singe - a monkey ( the vowel sound is nasal - a bit like sang
with French 'j' at the end as in 'je')
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"point" is pronounced "pweh[n]".
The nasal vowel "eh[n]" is the typical in sound, as in fin, intelligent, bien.