humptydumpty2853

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[dusty fossil]

"un" makes a nasal vowel sound. The two letters aren't pronounced separately and create a new sound. That said, you still have to pronounce /n/ to do the liaison.

[wary bramble]

I'm not sure what you mean by "even with liaison"
Liaison causes it to be pronounced in addition to the nasal

[gray jolt]

Oh whoops, I meant would ’u’ still be pronounced nasalized?

[wary bramble]

"un" is still a nasalized sound yes

[dusty fossil]

yes.
I believe adjectives that go before the noun for which you make the liaison with a nasal vowel sound are the only case where liaison removes the nasal vowel sound 🤔 (e.g. un bon ami, en plein air, le divin enfant)

[gray jolt]

Thanks

[carmine dock]

mon, ton, son, un and en (as a pronoun, a preposition and even a verbal prefix) are special in that regard, because they keep their nasalization even when the n reappears through liaison.

That doesn't happen with adjectives