pronunciation of ’y’

[nimble tendon]

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pronunciation of ’y’

[wet ibex]

it should be pronounced as /i/

also, don't forget that there will be a liaison because of « les »

[errant veldt]

d'accord, merci beaucoup

[wet ibex]

de rien

[wide violet]

That's not correct tho

emmène-les-y
/ɑ̃mɛn(ə)lez‿i/

[wet ibex]

oh, my bad

i didn't know

i used a website

[wide violet]

Which one if I may ask? It doesn't seem very good

I recommend looking words up on Wiktionnaire individually, they usually have the right pronunciation noted (although in that case the question was just for « y » but still)

[wet ibex]

https://www.openipa.org/transcription/french

[wet ibex]

noted 👍

thank you

[wide violet]

Hm okay I tried a few sentences and it's not so bad but it gets a few things wrong

[tired kettle]

"igrek" is how you pronounce the letter, not the word

for example when spelling a word

[quasi pebble]

for that reason canadians pronounce easy -> ez -> /izɛd/

while americans say /izi/

[nimble flume]

has anyone ever said that?

[near temple]

Hey @foggy mortar , please respond in threads. Also note that we can be pronounced a number of ways in English, do you type of response isn't optimal