{"id":1152,"date":"2019-09-23T07:43:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T07:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ilini.com\/blog\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2021-03-08T13:55:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:55:53","slug":"how-to-pronounce-12-of-the-most-difficult-french-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilini.com\/blog\/learning-french\/how-to-pronounce-12-of-the-most-difficult-french-words\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pronounce 12 of the Most Difficult French Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some French words are pretty difficult to pronounce for English speakers. So we recently asked our Facebook community to tell us which French words they were struggling with:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook wp-block-embed-facebook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iliniFrench\/photos\/a.1722086571395922\/2406313592973213\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We received quite a few contributions and selected 12 of the most difficult French words to pronounce below. Unsurprisingly, French diphtongs and semivowels seem to be what learners of French have the most trouble with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These words happen to be quite funny to hear, and funny to pronounce. 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