French Corrective Phonetics Guide

Mid-vowels (/e/, /ɛ/, /ø/, /œ/, /o/, /ɔ/)

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Exercises

Please answer the following:

How many mid-vowels are there?
Are mid-open vowels usually found in open syllables?
Is the word rose an exception to the "Loi de Position"?

Give the symbol for the following:

back, round, oral, mid-open []
front, unrounded, mid-closed, oral []

true or false:

The "Loi de position" states that mid-closed vowels are found before consonants .
French has four mid, rounded vowels .
The word coeur has a mid-open, front, oral, rounded vowel .
The word vu follows the "Loi de position" .

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