How to pronounce 'GN' sound in French (Learn French With Alexa)

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[theosib]

I guess the <ni> in <onion> sounds kinda like <gn> in french, but really, <gn> is palatal. So instead of the tip of the tongue just behind the teeth as with <n>, the middle of the tongue is against the roof of the mouth. A Spanish speaker (and linguistics student) described it to me once, and she said that when pronouncing <ñ>, the tip of her tongue is actually against the back of her LOWER teeth.

[gloriaodumo]

This was so helpful!! Merci beaucoup Alexa!! I love, loove, loooove your channel❤

[alchemista]

Thank you very much. The pronunciation lessons are very helpful. I particularly liked the one titled AIN.

[lucasm]

Italian speakers- gn sound
Spanish speakers- ñ
Portuguese speakers- nh
English speakers- onion

[SimranjeetKaur-twdh]

loveeee it cant tell how much fun I am having after a long time in french

[victormorones]

heyy i just got the best idea a really good way to learn the alphabet in french is just like you did in kindergarten, in a song, a long with phrases. but these videos should be the foundation for t he song

[bedline]

Hi Alexa, I adore your videos! Just curious: Did I notice you saying arahni (spider) in greek language?

[jayfmoj]

Thanks for the lesson, Alexa! I do have one question. I hear a slight difference in the way you (and other French speakers I've heard) pronounce certain words with an "gn." For example, when you say "montagne, " it sounds more like mong-TANG-nee-ya rather than mong-TAN-nee -ya. In other words the second syllable seems to end with the consonant sound "NG" (as in "sing" in English) rather than in "N" (as in "sun" in English). Another example is from this sentence spoken by another French teacher: "Le terme 'Rastignac' designe quelqu'un de tellement ambitieux." When he said the verb "designe, " I heard it as de-ZING-nee-ya rather than de-ZIN-nee-ya. In contrast, you pronounced "mignon" as "mi-nee-yong" (rather than "miNG-nee-yong") and the other teacher pronounced "Rastignac" as "ras-ti-nee-yak" (not "ras-tiNG-nee-yak"). Am I just imagining this difference or am a hallucinating??? 🤣 J'ai besoin de vos lumieres ! (Sorry for the lack of accent marks.)

[summerkellers]

Yes!! I love these pronunciation videos!

[krishnakulkarni]

1:32-1:39 I was wondering from a long time what champignon meant.

[naisulaleila]

Merci beaucoup Alexa ❤️Dieu vous benisse

[gustavolinhares]

So it's like the nh in portuguese and the ñ in spanish (although in most brazilian accents the nh is weaker than the spanish ñ)
Thank you!

[johannapiller]

Although English is a foreign language for me too I greatly benefit from it

[mauriciovinhal]

Tu es la meilleure enseignante, je t’adore!!!

[jirizurek]

we have this sound in Czech republic too, it's wrote like this : ň, Ň

[brettk]

What about stagner? Is that an exception?

[juliansanchez]

This is so Much easy when you know spanish!

[amamia]

I just love you
I wish i could get you before but never too late thanks all and nearly i got my oral exam . Grosse bisses bon travaille . Tu es super. J'adore tu beacoup.

[oCherAmio]

Hi Alexa! Why is it that the definite article of magnifique in the sample sentence is le? I thought it would be la... I'm so sorry, I'm confused. Kindly enlighten me. I really learn a lot from your videos, by the way. This is by far the best French language tutorial there is. And I'm recommending them to my friends who are as eager as me to learn French. :)

[TAHJBecomeYourBestSelf]

Merci beaucoup, ce aide beaucoup.

Did I say this helped alot correctly in French?