Hi, everyone. Today is the first day of your seven day crash course.
I'm really happy that you choose to do it with us.
Talk in French, and I promise you you won't regret it.
But enough talking.
It's time for learning.
Today we are going to start with French pronunciation.
Please don't panic.
I know French pronunciation is famous for being difficult and scary, but I promise you
at the end of this first day, you will be able to pronounce French words like a pro,
like other Latin languages.
French has an alphabet composed of 26 letters, six vowels, and 20 consonants.
Today we are going to start this lesson with the six vowels A E I O U Y .
Don't worry, I won't ask you to repeat after me directly, at least not right now.
So here are two tips that you need to keep in mind.
Why do you pronounce these letters?
The first one is that most of the French vowels situate themselves further forward in
the mouth when the English vowels.
And the second one is that it's very important that you keep your tongue taut in
the mouth while you pronounce these letters.
As you may know already, the vowels are pronounced through the mouth so that there is
no obstruction of lips, tongue or throat.
I know it sounds super theoretical, I admit it.
But let me show you right now how it actually looks like when you pronounce the
letter and so that you can see what it means.
A A. E E I.I O.
O. U U
Y. Y Voila!
Now that you know how it looks like when you pronounce the letter, it's time for you to
repeat after me.A E.
I. O.
U. Y.
Great. You did a good job.
And now let's meet me in the part two of this lesson to learn how to pronounce the
consonants.