How to pronounce "EU" sound in French (Learn French With Alexa)

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How to pronounce "EU"... *Britain has left the chat.*

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[@matiasguerra591]

AdiEU...

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Your lessons are really great. I have just one request: when you name a noun, would it be possible to include the definite article?

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I look forward to the day where I will be conversing in French with new friends on my French holiday.

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How did that go for you?

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@@DragonFanngg I gave up. Lol.

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@@lucasargandona4658 I only know a few words and I used them in Montreal on holiday.

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[@darceeyates9783]

Thank you so much. I've been trying to learn french for years and making some progress but the (eu) sounds are tough for an english speaker especially to know when each is used. But your video explains it soo well. It's is wonderful to have the sounds explained so clearly and with so many examples. I can't thank you enough.

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[@jinnykim6923]

Bonjour. Je suis coréenne et j'étudie le français depuis 2012. J'ai passé 6 mois en France mais je n'ai jamais prendre le cours de prononciation. alors j'ai des problèmes quand je prononce eu, v, g etc qui existent pas dans mon pays...je suis votre youtube channel pour améliorer ma prononciation. Ça marchera avec vois. :) Pas facile mais j'arriverai le niveau ce que j'ai voulu ! Merci bcp !

[@inv8890]

I cannot imagine learning French without you Alexa :*:*:*:* merci beaucoup :D:D Bisou-Bisou!!

[@pauldamse253]

I had a lot of fun in this lesson, trying to pronounce all the sounds was a mix of amusement and pride in my progress, subscribed!

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[@samuelwaller4924]

It is surprising how much of this I had already picked up without even realizing it! I didn't even know there were two different sounds « eu » can make, yet I use both of them already. Thanks for the video!

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This teacher is perfect, finally, after a long time, I understood how to pronounce French vocabulary through her easy teaching.🙏

[@classicaltutor2370]

Best explanation I have ever heard of the different ways to pronounce 'eu'. Loved the examples, too!

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Alexa, you are an awesome teacher!! Thank you for your wonderful videos, sharing your knowledge. They have helped my pronunciation tremendously!

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I gave up learning French language. Because of the pronunciation. Now I start again with your video. Thank you so much.

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[@edge6488]

Great! The French vowel sounds are so nice and beautiful. But at the same time are so difficult to distinguish them. However, thanks a lot, Alexa!! :D

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I enjoyed it

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[@holinlee3931]

Thanks, Alexa. Your explanation is not only very clear but interesting.

[@ninoninonino981]

for me, this sound was really hard to say, but only from this video i know how to say it YOU'RE AMAZING!!!! Thanks about all the helpful videos you make!!!

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

The difference between an open syllable and a closed syllable exists for all the vowels in French, but these two syllables are the same phoneme. That deserved clarification. Thank U for the lesson!

[@annecummingsguam]

Thank you Alexa. Excellent as always. Your teaching style is very helpful.

[@serenadu2111]

Thanks for this very clear explaining! I am confused for a very long time with this "eu" prononciation. Now finally understood ;-)

[@cirusa12]

OK just to confirm: 1) peu, bleu, veut are all pronounced with the closed "eu" (phoneticising in English, this sounds like a sharp "oo-r") 2) couleur, veuf, fleur are all pronounced with the open "eu" (phoneticising in English, this sounds like a long "uh-r") 3) "eu", the past participle of avoir, pronunciations (phoneticising in English, this sounds like a long "ooo") Is the correct? I especially wanted confirmation on the 3rd point. Thanks!

[@Mayahueli]

AMAZING! You're a wonderful teacher. Thanks for the numerous examples, they do make the whole thing much more comprehensible. Merci beaucoup :)

[@ayalsewb927]

...simply & clearly. So understandable! Thanks Alexa!!!

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Alexa, Your lessons are absolutely fantastic! I started following your channel recently to help my son learn French. You might be pleased to know that some of my son's online school teachers in Canada are using your channel to teach French to the Grade 4/5 kids. I have a question. In this video, why do you say, "J'ai peur, " for I'm scared as opposed to "Je suis peur ? " I thought J'ai meant, "I have." If you have a moment to respond, please let me know.

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Very smart, objective and effective way for teaching French, motivating too. Thank you

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Glad you liked it!!

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[@badalee__]

i had a problem about pronouncing ‘eu’ before i saw this video ! thank you for making these videos ! You have such a nice lecturing skill ! Merci beaucoup !!

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I love your French language lessons! I've subscribed!

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That's exactly what I was looking for.. thanks! Merci!

[@pragland]

Merci. Cette vidéo m'a beaucoup aidé. Surtout comme vous avez tellement doucement prononcé.

[@Pauline6247]

That was excellent Alexa. Very clear indeed. Thank you.

[@bluebird9104]

My textbook doesn't explain why 'eu' has multiple sounds so I was quite complicated until I watched this video and finally realized! Merci beaucoup Alexa!

[@jinyoungpark8438]

Hello I'm Jin from Korea and I've started learning French a week ago. This is the first video in vowels part and this is so hard for me... Anyway, thank your for the nice video! I really enjoy your videos :)

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I love Alexa! This is so incredibly helpful. Thank you.

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Thank you and you are an excellent teacher!!

[@englishnovels]

Its a great explanation!! Thank you so much ❤

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Really helpful and easy to follow.

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I love the way you teaching dear Alexa,you're just an amazing teacher 👨‍🏫:)

[@theosib]

You could compare this to in German or in some other germanic languages.

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Thank you, Alexa!! Best videos on French pronunciation on KZbin :)

[@the711devin4]

“English has so many silent letters, it’s so broken!” French: *Tenez mon “ent”*

[@lepetitespoir8851]

Alexa you clarified my confusion over these sounds. Thank you so much

[@ThaiNguyen-to5yv]

Super helpful video, I realized I've pronounced "eu" wrong the entire time. Merci beaucoup madame Alexa!

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[@sciencelearnremember]

Wow, I only learned this verb previously with one sound. Now it's much harder to create 3 sounds for the one word. To make it easier, the "eu" in open words like "fleure" sounds like the Ö in Turkish. FlEUre, Özel.

[@MatheusCarvalho-ji5uc]

I don't speak Turkish but I noticed the same similarity with ö. I speak some German and I think that sound is pretty close to eu in French

[@englishnovels]

Yeah the open "eu" is the same with turkish "ö" sound.

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You teach very good I past my french pronouncition test.mersi!❤️

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Very good explanations, and excellent demonstrations :)

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[@ljagerman1]

In my opinion there is an important omission in this lesson: The pronunciation of the (two-letter) word "eu," which is the (very useful) past participle of avoir. Eu is NOT pronounced like the start of the English word "earth" or the i in "first." Its sound does not arise in English (making it hard for Americans to say) but does in German, and of course it's like the u in French "tu." So, for example, eu rhymes tu and du, whereas peu and deux do not!

[@clasherstopa.b7449]

Louis Jagerman Merci!

[@kjaime7030]

Americans do have it in the words "put," "soot," and "look." "first," "fur," and "earth" are wrong as they are more open, just like "beurre" or "veuve" (for the same reason--a fricative consonant following the vowel sound in the same phoneme). You can quibble and say the American sound of "soot" is still wrong because we elongate even our "short" vowels more than the French do, since we do not keep our jaws and cheeks as taut as the French--their "relaxed" filler word when making a speech is "euh," while ours is "uh" so we're far more relaxed (lazy?) in general--but the vowel sound of "soot" or "foot" is still the starting point for an American to say "eu."

[@justanothergirl__]

You're thinking of the wrong vowel. The vowel in 'eu' is /y/ which is essentially 'i' but with rounded lips. This vowel is absent in most English dialects. The vowel in 'soot', 'put', et al. is /ʊ/ which is pronounced slightly more forward than /u/ and a bit more open and without rounded lips. The two vowels are quite different; /y/ ('eu') is pronounced in the same spot as /i/, so the front of the mouth, while /ʊ/ ('put') is pronounced slightly in front of /u/ but still towards the back of the mouth.

[@kjaime7030]

Ah, yes, I think I skipped over the first part of Louis' comment (since it doesn't make any sense, as she DOES cover the past participle of "avoir" in the lesson, starting at 6:15. I was thinking of the other "eu" sounds of the lesson, and only saying the "eu" of "feu" or "dieu" or "peut-etre," sound like the vowels of "put" or "soot" or "look" (only of course a bit more elongated, though not "open," like nearly all vowel sounds are in English in comparison to those of French, Italian, etc.). I understand that the "a eu" has an "eu" that sounds like "tu." I also know the reason for this is the same as why "avoir" conjugation is so weird compared to most "er" or "ir" verbs, which is that it is one of the most common verbs to be used, so its spelling and usage and pronounciation never changed over the centuries. Also, for the record, and I don't know if this is from my Southern Californian dialect or because I spent two years in Bordeaux and Geneva, but when I say "put," my tongue is definitely forward. I think what separates how a French person and an American say the English word "put" would not differ in tongue placement, exactly, but by the fact that the French in general have a more forward leaning JAW, with the cheeks more taut, while the American mouth is much more relaxed (compare the normal pause word in an American speech is "uh" and for a French person it is "euh." So if you looked at an x-ray, the French tongue might be further forward in the frame than the American's, but not more extended from its base--the entire mouth is. Again, I'm now talking about what most of this video is about, the "peu" and "feu" and "pleurer" "eu" sounds.

[@ChristinaRichardsonFitness]

THis is at time 6:30. It was addressed in the video. :D

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Watching from Brazil. Did you know that "eu" in Portuguese means I/Je? But in french it sounds completely different. It's nice to learn French with you 😄

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I think when pronounced with or without the endings, it will come naturally "peu" "peur" The two different sounds will come naturally

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[@STO_1601]

Hi Alexa, You should included the word "heureux" meaning happy. That one has both the open and close sounds of "EU". It's funny word the say too.

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It would be helpful to add the definite or indefinite articles to the nouns you use. Wouldn't it? I enjoy your lessons!

[@alancabra]

thank you because the 'eu' participle exception was driving me crazy!

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I'm having a difficulty pronouncing EU and OU, it sounds exactly the same!

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Thank you so much Alexa for a big help on ‘eu’

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hello! i would like to clarify if the word "neuf" both refers to the number 9 and the word new... also, what's the difference between using new & nouveau?

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