![]() ![]() This way, you will accustom your vocal cords to saying a crisp, pure French ( é ) without any ( i ) piggybacking it. Say Cafebruary (café + February, removing the “fé”part) a few times, then say it again but stop at ( é ), don’t pronounce “bruary”. Pronounced the English way, these words fail to sound French the microsecond the ( i ) sound leaves our oral cavity. Nor is it, like some suggest, pronounced AY as in Tray or Parlay. Warning: don’t let acutely accentuated French loanwords fool you – (é) is NOT pronounced like in Café and Résumé in English. “é” is pronounced like the “e” in “ elementary” (not “ee” as in “ ebook” or “e” as in “hot el”).
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