pronunciation ’ai’

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pronunciation ’ai’

[muted sleet]

Yeah

The prononciation depends on the region/accent

I personally prononce “j’ai” [jé] “fait” [fé] “est” [é]

Faire is quite different because you can’t prononce it “fér”

Unless you have a VERY VERY strong southern accent

You should wait for another French speaker that has a different accent so that you can compare

[tacit inlet]

Thank you so much!

So the safe choice/neutral is pronouncing a of these as è?

[muted sleet]

There is no “safe” choice

You will be understood anyway

[steady ridge]

not a native but afaik
j'ai uses /e/ in IPA (which is é)
and the ai in aimer, faire, and fait is /ɛ/ (which is è)

[tacit inlet]

Hi! Native speaker here. I tend to pronounce those verbs in both the è and é way. It just depends.

[tacit inlet]

Thanks guys!