2.1 Front Rounded Vowels Intro and /y/

[@ДмитроКудрицький]

Love it. Your approach goes opposite than other channels. Usually others start to learn unique French vowels from i, e but you start from back rounded vowels like u, a. Finally I hope I've figured that out.

[@bobthabuilda1525]

This is a godsend. Thank you!

[@tyroned.gra-vrazlya8749]

I can either just use the y sound or just the u sound, my mouth can`t alternate between them

[@anhdungtran5025]

oh my gosh,this is so hard. i can't make these sounds

[@郭松-y2g]

y is easy for Chinese cause we have that sound

[@东南西北222]

It's really helpful, Thanks!

[@boolechan6215]

no /ə/ or /œ̃/? I'm so confused 😢tell me, plz

[@maggies4878]

excellent for pronunciation! Thanks !!

[@rianvonsaxon2239]

University of Michigan: is "arrrondies" a typo in this video?

[@heleneneu2748]

In the heading at 1:05 "Voyelles antérieures arrondies"? No, that is not a typo. "Antérieures" (=front) and "arrondies" (rounded) are adjectives describing "voyelles" (=vowels). In French, adjectives "agree" with the noun they describe, that is, the feminine form of an adjective is used with a feminine noun and a plural marker is used to describe a plural noun. So, here, because "voyelles" is a feminine noun in the plural, both adjectives add an "e" (feminine marker) and "s" (plural marker). I hope that this addresses your question.

[@xwtek3505]

​@@heleneneu2748The video doesn't say arrondies, it says arrrondies

[@heleneneu2748]

Yes, you are right! I hadn’t noticed that when I responded to rianvonsaxon2239 6 years ago. It should have been “arrondies” with 2 “r”s and not three. There are, unfortunately, a few other typos in this series of videos. Maybe you’ll discover them, too. Don’t hesitate to let me know. Although I’m not able to change anything in the video or written text, at least I can add a note in the replies about this.

[@heleneneu2748]

I am so sorry, @rianvonsaxon2239, that I didn’t pay close enough attention to the spelling in your comment. Yes, there is a typo. It should be “arrondies” with only two “r”s, not three. See my reply below to someone else, who - like you - noticed the typo. I apologize for my initial reply to you, which was not at all what you were asking about.

[@Montrealcyclist]

merci pour les videos

[@buivansy3698]

Dear teacher, I just saw this video many many times and there's a question in my mind. That is do we move the tongue when we speak these sounds: /y/, /ø/, /œ/. Let's take an example: When we rounden my lips, and make the sound /ɛ/ to make the sound /œ/, the tongue will move from the back of the mouth to the front of the mouth, because with rounded lips, the tongue's in the front of the mouth, but with /ɛ/, the tongue's in the back of the mouth. I don't really know it's true or not. Please help me, and thank you so much.

[@heleneneu2748]

When you say /u/ (as in "sous"), /o/ (as in "seau"), or /ɔ/ (as in "sol"), the back of your tongue is pulled toward the back of your mouth. The vowels /i/ (as in "si"), /e/ (as in "ces"), and /ɛ/ (as in "cette") are all said with the tongue bunched up at the front of the mouth. So, when you keep your lips rounded, as if you are going to say /u/, /o/, or /ɔ/, but you try to say /i/, /e/, or /ɛ/, the only thing that moves is your tongue - it moves from the back of your mouth to the front and, as a result, you produce the vowels /y/ (as in "su"), /ø/ (as in "ceux"), or /œ/ (as in "seul"). I hope that this helps!

[@buivansy3698]

Hi Teacher, thank you very much for giving me the rules and keys to get it. I'm really sorry that I can reply to you until now, cause I have to take the semi-final examination in university. Again, sorry. I'm gonna learn French consonant, and I've just seen lots of chanels which teach me that. But can you help me which of those is the best way to follow, to learn. Thank you!

[@reghulekha1690]

David Smith po txcx

[@Theriodontia4945]

Why is /y/ so hard for me? I pronounce it funny, something like u or /u/ Edit: I think I got it now. It is like /u/ but closer to the front of the mouth, i.e the lips.

[@gordonfang0409]

as being a chinese native speaker, it's easier for me to pronounce /y/

[@diegowilsonhuamanrodriguez492]

HELP US ,THEN

[@crono303]

那是你的母語有那個元音

[@rainwave5]

waiiit is that Eliane Kurbegov?

[@knockhello2604]

What is this whole program goid for? French people talk like this?

[@crono303]

It's to teach you the sounds used in French so that you can pronounce words and distinguish different sounds in the language. So, yes, French people use these sounds every day when they talk.