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When do I pronounce 'un' as 'eng', not 'ang'?
I was told that I should say 'eng' for 'un' in the sentence "Il va boire un café dans cinq minutes." So how many ways are there to pronounce 'un' and what are the conditions?
Nov 29, 2010 6:09 PM
Answers · 5
I'm tempted to say never but that's probably because I have no idea what you mean, lol.
"eng"? what sound is that supposed to make in french?
the "un" sound is exactly the same as the "ain" and "in" sounds.
UN is pronounced the same way as mAIN, pAIN, vIN, etc...
listen to the word "vin" here:
http://fr.forvo.com/word/vin/
"un" is pronounced the same way. (without the v of course). no exceptions that I know of.
November 29, 2010
People in south of France pronounce "un" a little bit differently from people in the north.
They will pronounce the letter "n" at the end of "un".
November 30, 2010
well, I'm a native speaker and I pronounce them the exact same way. haha. what difference do you see? I just said them out loud and there's none, lol.
November 29, 2010
I am not a native speaker of french, but to me it seems that 'vin' and 'un' are a little bit different, but they are quite similar in that they have that same nasal sound.
November 29, 2010
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