Pronunciation French Initial IN

Prononciation du IN au début du mot Part of All Levels | French Pronunciation In this lesson, we’ll go over the letters IN at the beginning of a word. We’ll focus on 5 groups of French words starting with IN. Are they pronounced /i/ or /in/? * /i/ or [i] is similar to English ‘ee’ in bee – Paris in French * /in/ or [ɛ̃] is similar to English ‘an’ in language – vin in French Ask For the PDF in the Comment Box Below ⬇ in + voyelle = /i/ * inaction – inaction * inadapté.e – unsuitable * inanimé.e – inanimate * inestimable – invaluable * inopiné.e – unexpected in + consonne = /in/ * incliner – to tilt * inclus.e – included * indulgence – indulgence * infuser – to infuse * invulnérable – invulnerable  inh + voyelle = /i/ * inhabilité – incapacity * inhabitable – uninhabitable * inhabituel.le – unusual * inhibition – inhibition * inhumain.e – inhuman inn + voyelle = /i/ * inné.e – innate * innocemment – innocently * innocent.e – innocent * innommable – unspeakable * innover – to innovate Exercice – Practice Décidez si le mot a un son /i/ comme dans Paris ou un son /in/ comme dans vin. Tuyau : il n’y a que 5 mots en /in/. Entourez le bon son. Decide if the word has an /i/ sound like in bee or an /in/ sound like in language. Tip: There are only 5 words sounding in /in/. Circle the proper sound. * inaction – /i/ or /in/ * inadapté.e – /i/ or /in/ * inanimé.e – /i/ or /in/ * incliner – /i/ or /in/ * inclus.e – /i/ or /in/ * indulgence – /i/ or /in/ * inestimable – /i/ or /in/ * infuser – /i/ or /in/ * inhabilité – /i/ or /in/ * inhabitable – /i/ or /in/ * inhabituel.le – /i/ or /in/ * inhibition – /i/ or /in/ * inhumain.e – /i/ or /in/ * inné.e – /i/ or /in/ * innocemment – /i/ or /in/ * innocent.e – /i/ or /in/ * innommable – /i/ or /in/ * innover – /i/ or /in/ * inopiné.e – /i/ or /in/ * invulnérable – /i/ or /in/ Réponses – Answers * inaction – /i/ * inadapté.e – /i/ * inanimé.e – /i/ * incliner – /in/ * inclus.e – /in/ * indulgence – /in/ * inestimable – /i/ * infuser – /in/ * inhabilité – /i/ * inhabitable – /i/ * inhabituel.le – /i/ * inhibition – /i/ * inhumain.e – /i/ * inné.e – /i/ * innocemment – /i/ * innocent.e – /i/ * innommable – /i/ * innover – /i/ * inopiné.e – /i/ * invulnérable – /in/   BECOME A MEMBER   . Today’s French . List . Mot du Jour . List . Le Blogue .