NASAL VOWELS

Nasal Vowels:


Essential to any French caricature, nasal vowels are vowels pronounced through both the mouth and nose. Knowing when to nasalise in French is quite easy; actually doing it is harder. Any time m or n come after a vowel but not before one, you have a nasal vowel.

LETTER
SOUND
WORD
Other Spellings
an
Ah -> anN
tante
am, en, em
in
ee -> aN
singe
im, un, um, yn, ym, ain, aim, ein, eim
on
oh -> ohN
son
om

  • an - like French a, but nasalised
  • in - like French è, but nasalised
  • on - like French ô, but nasalised

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