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ai like "i" in "fight", like "ay" in "hay" (at the end of a word) ail like "i" in "fight" ais like "ea" in "bread" (at the end of a word) au, eau like "ow" in "blow" an nasal; kind of like "ahng", but without the hard "g" at the end eu between "ew" in "dew" and "ur" in "burp"; written eu in transcriptions œ more or less like "eu", slighlty more "open" er (end of a word) like "e" in "deja vu" ez like "e" in "deja vu" en, em nasal; same as "an" in nasal; like "ang" in "Tang", but without the hard "g" at the end oi like "wa" in "walk" oin nasal; like "wang", but without the hard "g" at the end ou like "oo" in "food" on nasal; like "ong" in "long", but without the hard "g" at the end oui like "wee" in "week" ui like "wee" in "week", but with the tongue forward un nasal; like "ung" in "hung", but without the hard "g" at the end ch like "sh" in "bush" gn like "ny" in "canyon". This is particularly difficult (even for little French kids) when followed by oi, as in baignoire (beh-NYWAR) "bathtub" ill like "y" in "three years", with some exceptions (ville is veel) ll like "l" ph like "f" in "fun" tch like "ch" in "chew" (but kind of rare) th like "t" in "tin" tr "t" followed by a short gargle |