French Pronunciation: The Sounds of French (aka "How to learn lots of new vowels")

[@Sonnen_Licht]

I was wandering endlessly searching for a clear and precise lesson on French pronunciation and seriously your instruction is the best! And I wonder when the second video about Spelling Rules will come out. Did I miss something? I'm looking forward to it!

[@Ronpaulians]

Yes, I wish I had money to pay him. The other videos I watched were lousy and compared to this... I would tag them as awfully dissatisfying

[@detodeto7]

Definitely the best pronunciation lesson that I've ever had! I keep watching this to master French pronunciation. Thanks a lot!

[@itsteganyay]

I'm so glad I found this video, it's very informative! Thank you so much! I find all of the French "R" sounds extremely difficult to pronounce no matter how many times I have shadowed them, but I'm going to just focus on the voiced uvular fricative as you suggest. I think the alveolar trill is beyond my reach, but I have had some limited success with the uvular trill. Most of the time my "r" comes out like "h" though, it's very disheartening.

[@joychanning4128]

The video is totally professional! Glad I found it!

[@henrycrnkovich]

It's incredible all the information you have here. It's a bit daunting, to be honest. But I am going to try it. Thank you. I bought your book last week and it is fantastic.

[@FluentForeverApp]

Thank you for the compliment and good luck with the language learning. Bet you will do great!

[@kyleandjenna2408]

This is AMAZING! Exactly what I was looking for. I have a linguistics background and a few languages under my belt already. I was looking for something that would take into account my previous knowledge and experience. When other videos on the vowels sounds in French start with "There are 5 vowels sounds in French" I knew I was in trouble. Thank you X1,000!

[@katieharris1854]

Your videos are the most useful pronunciation guides I have found by far. Merci!

[@ramzy-6566]

practice makes perfect. great video.

[@FluentForeverApp]

Happy to help!

[@mjdeasis4672]

I cant even distinguish English vowels from themselves how cab I even learn French 😆

[@jccorman5848]

Brill, now can you follow me around so you can correct me all the time? :-) Congrats. Great video. One of the best phonetics video I've seen.

[@suzy17f]

'French is a little bit more varied from place to place than English' Really? Living in Britain I have to disagree, my vowel pronunciations are completely different to those of Gabe in this video!

[@angramainyu2026]

He specifically noted he was using american english pronunciation as a model for this video.

[@brittcamarillo7141]

Thank you for the fantastic and informative video! The linguistic explanations have aided my understanding of French pronunciation tremendously. Thank you again!

[@ramzy-6566]

Thank you.

[@FluentForeverApp]

You're welcome!

[@guanlinhuang6139]

Wow! It's complicated but it's the most accurate tutorial that i've seen!! I hope there's one for German

[@keshavrao212]

German is as easy as it is. It is pronounced as it is written.

[@keshavrao212]

But you pronounce somw combinations differently

[@buivansy3698]

Hi, teacher. Thank you so much for the greatest French Pronunciation I've seen. Your video has much important information, but it will be greater if I see your mouth movement, like from 6:36 to 7:45. Wait, I have an idea, can you make a video about tongue movement, mouth movement about all sounds in French, it will be clearer and easier to imitate. Again, thank you so much and have a nice day!

[@DavidJohnsson]

Are you going to make a similar video about German sound? That would be helpful!

[@stefanhansen5882]

Hi Gabriel. This is great! :) Will you tell where to find diagrams like those for other languages? Thanks!

[@Ronpaulians]

My dear teacher! I love ya my bro!

[@GHUANG-ot9qo]

4:47 /e/ 9:48 in un 12:07 r

[@cynikalX]

I've gone through hundreds of french learning videos on youtube, and this is among the very best, (cremé de la cremé lol), i hope the second (spelling rules) and any other parts are forthcoming, i'm on the edge of my seat to see them and see what more tidbits insights and gems i can acquire thanks to your in-depth analysis!!

[@yuanliangmeng9020]

Good job. I also found some speakers add a weak vowel after a consonant, if it the end of a syllable, but others do not.

[@jeremiahdonnay358]

If there’s a consonant at the end like s or t (usually double s or double t) that’s pronounced, you can say the e sound after it. But most ppl dont say it. It sounds poetic or something. They say the e a lot in songs. This probably occurs with other consonants but I cant think of them rn

[@hbowman108]

I was surprised learning French that there were only three nasal vowels because the CBC hockey announcers in English pronounce them differently in players' names. They are solidly distinct in Québec, but are not pronounced as given here. Québec also differentiates strongly between a and â.

[@michapurzynski8509]

a complete waste of time, that looks smart but wont get you any closer to your friench fluency. it's a nice theory but it's completely useless for anything practical

[@FluentForeverApp]

Hello there! We know that not everyone learns the same way and that something that works for someone may not work for another person. That being said, we have seen many people make the progress they desire with the help of resources like our videos. Thanks for your feedback!

[@superAweber]

There's some prerequisite knowledge I'm missing. I'll go watch other IPA videos to understand those symbols better

[@annaanna1981]

great job, i finally understood the vowels and 3 nasals thanks to u!

[@antonioneto9681]

Could you do a video like that showing those things in brazilian portuguese? Thank you.

[@buivansy3698]

Hi teacher, Can you make your video with your mouth movement when you speak French? Thank you so much.

[@nickyhomann9071]

WOW- this is SUPER helpful- thank you so much

[@Angellll336]

9:16 10:00

[@seungjinkim18]

Is the second part of the video you mentioned at the end of the video every going to be made? This one was so helpful. Thank you.

[@felipellrocha]

So, one more month without new videos? Crap. Well, hurry up man! I can't wait for new videos! Lol. You have no idea how helpful your videos were, especially since I am an ESL person. Keep up the good work! :D

[@RsWatchNEnjoy]

What are the graphs that you are using in this video?

[@RsWatchNEnjoy]

Vowel charts?

[@RsWatchNEnjoy]

Ok thanks. How would I find other ones of these?

[@Vitorruy1]

Jack Bonehill just google "(language) vowel chart"

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

I laughed

[@BentleyDrummle1]

That was a very interesting video. I found the anki tips useful as well. I had a look at your site. You are like the Gig Young character in Teacher’s Pet. Thanks again.

[@buyersremorse7106]

Absolutely excellent. Subbed you based on this vid only

[@captainsmurk]

This is very advanced and complicated. I just wanted to hear the words so I could repeat them.

[@TheBigDonkeyMarn]

Are you going to be releasing any more videos such as pronunciation of Russian vowels?

[@yogeshkothiya]

One of the best and technical English to French IPA video I have seen so far. Thanks for creating. I wish to have more details video where we can practice and master the French IPA (Mainly the difficult or confusing ones.)

[@FluentForeverApp]

We're glad to hear the video was helpful to you! 😊

[@ktrony]

damm, spanish is the easier language whatching this.

[@drunkviggo7263]

Damn

[@enter19]

These videos are amazing. Please keep up the good work. Spanish is my first language and I'm looking forward to your Spanish pronunciation video.

[@SaintLouisXA]

Do you know what languages those will be? I'm really interested to know.

[@dmanakell]

Thanks for making things much clearer

[@boul3tor]

Very interesting! I'll try this material on my wannabee fluent in French wife. Thanks!

[@宇宙葬薄藍]

Personal use 0:57 Started 7:15 e & ø 7:30 ɛ & œ

[@windl.k3850]

It's very useful, thank you.

[@felipellrocha]

Any updates on when the next video comes?

[@joshuanavarro8925]

Great video, very clear and concise! I wish I had something like this for German when I first began to learn.

[@shihabazadi2368]

All the love and appreciation for you, Mister. I am one of your followers

[@FluentForeverApp]

😍

[@inv8890]

arrondissement lol. That was hard :P

[@cpinter10]

love the video. any estimate on when the next one comes?

[@Chalkini]

Is this for France-french or Canadian-french or is there no difference for pronunciation?

[@Aditya-te7oo]

Alex .C It's France French.

[@simonsaimeesamat4965]

Your lesson sounds complicated to me

[@edgoulart8]

thanks for sharing... :)

[@kyabumi5804]

Oh, good luck with that book!

[@TheBigDonkeyMarn]

Great! Thanks for the awesome videos.

[@FabricioLucianoCastillo]

great video! really helpful

[@vatnidd]

Subbed!

[@pacifique1477]

Remarquable, merci!

[@i2Nath]

Thanks, this is excellent!

[@xktrvfs]

This is fantastic! Thank you. :)

[@melanadracolin2522]

very helpful,thank you!:)

[@ikeyeboahasante4080]

nice one

[@ikaten3478]

Superb.

[@lisowzki]

something i am looking for, exactlt! not to mention you are really really cute.: tu es beau!

[@jamessmith9747]

ummm...you don't actually *see* him...

[@musical_lolu4811]

6:36

[@jdbrown371]

It's meant to be Parisian "standard" (as if there is such a thing) French. Canadian French is very different. France has many versions of French with different pronunciation. Same with the Belgians. I can't speak with a Belgian accent but for reasons I can get into here, it's probably the best version of French. French is a little bit more varied from place to place than English but much less than Italian or German.

[@chaseduckett135]

please put the anki up i want to learn god dammit

[@ostraneniementepau]

Merci beaucoup monsieur! As a Spanish speaker learning English I'm already acquainted wit the IPA system and this has been just so helpful!

[@SreevatsaKota]

Your French tutorial too was quite impressive and has proved to be quite helpful. Thank you and God bless!

[@DushtuHulo]

I was wondering if there is any software that accurately provides the narrow IPA transcription for any sound - e.g. [pʰæk] for pack. It would be a great tool to learn a new language on one's own.

[@Vitorruy1]

not but they are good enough, in the case of aspirated sounds, almost all the stressed syllables contain them so putting them on a dictionary isn`t worth the effort. If you want a recommendation the longman dictionary software have the most accurate IPA for American English. be sure to download the LDOCE viewer because the dictionary`s in-build interface is terrible

[@musical_lolu4811]

Oh man, that would be too artificial as far as learning language is concerned. At best, learn the rules that apply at both the segmental and the suprasegmental levels, and (yes, a cliché) go out into the wild and immerse yourself, keeping an ear out for where native speakers observe these patterns. Auditory input is king; the IPA a supplement.

[@iagomfr]

By far the best explanation about the French pronunciation. Solved all my doubts!

[@FluentForeverApp]

We're glad you found this video helpful! 😄