There are quite a few differences in pronunciation between French and English, and French has many nasal sounds.
This section does not try to give you a total outline of French pronunciation but mainly covers sounds in the names or words you will read in the book.
One major difference occurs when the very last letter in a word is a consonant. It is not pronounced. For example, Denis is pronounced in French as duh-nee. No s on the end. One major exception to this is the letter c so Joan’s family name d’Arc is pronounced dark. The word for Duke, duc is pronounced dook. The oo sound is not exactly like oo in English. Hold your lips as though you are about to say oo and say ee instead. Now try saying duc.
s c d’Arc darkduc dook. oo oo oo ee duc.The letter j is pronounced the same as s in th
