Many people conceive French as a pleasant sound. This beautiful sound is created by 37 different phonemes (as sounds are called by linguists); among these sounds there are as the most difficult ones - the nasal sounds.
Example
un = a, one
en = in
on = passive subject
We will come to these later again. Listen carefully. Do you notice that they do not sound the same?
Example
un en on un en on un en on un en on un en on
Now you surely have noticed, didn't you?
Another problem is that many phonemes are not so far from each other. And here, we have one of the difficulties for English speakers - so many different sounds for vocals. If you know German - you have heard about "Umlauts", which will help you in French pronunciation.
Listen to the following vowels - do you hear a difference?
Example
sur (over), sourd (deaf)
bureau (office), bourreau (hangman)
There are more of these, and do not worry! - we will explain them all. The vowels as well as the voiced/unvoiced/clear/tubby e, difficult melody of sentences and many more things.
