Watch Basic french alphabet pronunciation
French and English use the same alphabet , but the letters are pronounced differently:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
ahbaysaydayehheffjhayahsheejheekahhehllehmmehnnohhpaykooaihresstayoohvaydoo-bluh-vayeexee-grekzed |
- The unaccented French e is pronounced similarly to the e in the English word the, but slightly shorter and further back in the throat.
- The French letters g and j are pronounced with a soft jhay sound similar to the s in Asia. The vowel sounds in the French letters are switched—g being jhay, and j being jhee