● Pure Vowels Vowels in French are pure vowels, i.e. they are not diphthongs as in American English. Americans pronounce a and e with an extra yuh sound at the end, and o and u with an extra wuh sound at the end. You must not do this in French! The distinction between long and short vowels exists in French, but a few American short vowels do not exist ([?] as in did and [?] as in put) so make sure to never pronounce these vowels when speaking French. Also notice that the [?] sound in catdoes not exist in French either. Vowels in Contrast Long Vowels [a] [i] [e] [o] [u] Words in Contrast [a] - [?] [e] - [?] [e] - [?] [o] - [?] rapporter des mains pré paume reporter demain près pomme Short Vowels [?] ---- [?] [?] ---- Similar English not - nut sheep wait - wet coat- caught moon On the other hand, French has three front rounded vowels that do not exist in English, which may take a while to get used to since English only has back rounded vowels. However, they are the rounded counterpart of vowels that do exist in English, so you simply need to round your lips when pronouncing these vowels. Vowels in Contrast Unrounded [i] [e] [?] Many English speakers tend to say [u] instead of [y] and [?] instead of [?] or [?]. Personally, I still find it very hard to hear the difference between [?] and [?] in fast speech, but I can distinguish them if they are isolated vowels. Words in Contrast [u] - [y] [?] - [?] [?] - [?] Here is a review of the vowels in French, with phonetic spellings for American English speakers (forget the diphthongs though!), sample sous ce je?ne su ceux jeune Rounded [y] [?] [?] words in French and the general spelling for these vowels in French orthography. Pure Vowels Phonetic IPA spelling [i] ee [y] ee rounded [e] ay [?] ay rounded [?] eh [?] eh rounded [a] ah [ɑ] ah longer [u] oo [o] oh [?] aw [?] uh [ɑ] is disappearing in modern French, being replaced by [a]. Vowels that do not exist in English are marked in blue. Sample words vie, midi, lit, riz rue, jus, tissu, usine blé, nez, cahier, pied jeu, yeux, queue, bleu lait, aile, balai, reine s?ur, ?uf, fleur, beurre chat, ami, papa, salade bas, ane, grace, chateau loup, cou, caillou, outil eau, dos, escargot, h?tel sol, pomme, cloche, horloge fenêtre, genou, cheval, cerise General spellings i, y u é, et, final er andez eu e, è, ê,ai, ei, ais ?u, eu a, à, a a, a ou o, ? o e 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/ef86c2b76beae009581b6bd97f1922791788be2a.html