French· nasal vowel

How to pronounce the nasal 'an' sound in French

Open your mouth wide as for 'ah' and send the air through your nose. Written an, en, am, em — and no 'n' is ever pronounced after it.

Heard in enfant · dans · quand

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French words with nasal 'an' sound

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dansquandcommentvraimentmaintenanttempsencoresansavantgensprendreargentmamanmomententrependantchancegrandtantsens

In a sentence

  • Tu as de quoi payer ?

    seulement

  • Non, non, cela est impossible.

    important

  • Dans quel but ? sans aucun but.

    dans

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