How do you read Joyeux anniversaire?

Answer 1

Are you asking how to pronounce the phrase joyeux anniversaire?

It sounds like this: "zhwah-yuh zah-nee-vehr-sehr"

- The French j always sounds like the s in measure or fusion.

- The last two syllables of anniversaire rhyme with the English words air and pear.

- The z-sound in between the two words is known in French as a liaison. Normally the x of joyeux is not pronounced, but because anniversaire begins with a vowel sound, the x is pronounced to form a link between the two words. This is always done for adjectives in front of nouns. Another example: petit ami and petite amie are pronounced the same because of the liaison in the masculine form.