The O sound and EO the O sound.
We've already seen how the letter O is pronounced, but I haven't told you
everything. Not only can the O be pronounced high.
It can also be a little more open.
EO, but in addition, it can be written in several different ways.
Yes, yes, yes, I assure you.
Let's go see it all.
Small point of pronunciation.
I remind you that to pronounce the o sound, my lips are rounded and projected forward and
the back of the tongue goes up a little towards the palate.
How to write O.
O can be written O at the end of the word, but you have to be careful
with silent letters, as in Ego lot gros.
O can be written A U or A E U as in jump Beau.
With circumflex accents the little hat.
As in role.
O plus the Z sound, Z as in Rose O W as
in Show.
Now it's up to you.
As usual, try to pronounce the words that will appear on the screen first and I will
give you the correction right after.
Here we go.
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Well done.
Now, let's move on to the EO sound, this one is pronounced like au but my lips are a
little more open.
But how do you spell OE?
Can be written o o as in alcohol alcohol.
O plus the consonants pronounced other than ZZ.
Attention, not the silent consonants but the pronounced consonants.
As Or Pomme vol.
U in words ending in um as in minimum or forum.
Note that OE can also be pronounced or in most words from the
English language, such as cool, zoom and cookie.
Now it's your turn again.
As before, try to say the words that appear on the screen first and I will give you the
correction right after.
Let's go!
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And the last one.
And there you have it.
Now, if you want, we can move on to the nasal vowels.