Mixed Nasal Vowels

In the following list of words, there are more than one nasal vowel, or more than one oral vowel + nasal consonant combination, or some of both.  Listen carefully and look for the spelling clues.  Remember: if you pronounce a nasal vowel, you do not pronounce a nasal consonant after it; if you pronounce a nasal consonant, the preceding vowel is not nasalized.

<a href="../audio/abandonner.mp3">play</a> abandonner <a href="../audio/abominable.mp3">play</a> abominable <a href="../audio/amazone.mp3">play</a> amazone
<a href="../audio/americanisme.mp3">play</a> américanisme <a href="../audio/anachronisme.mp3">play</a> anachronisme <a href="../audio/anglosaxon.mp3">play</a> anglo-saxon
<a href="../audio/anglophone.mp3">play</a> anglophone <a href="../audio/animaux.mp3">play</a> animaux <a href="../audio/annonce.mp3">play</a> annonce
<a href="../audio/antagonisme.mp3">play</a> antagonisme <a href="../audio/antenne.mp3">play</a> antenne <a href="../audio/anticommunisme.mp3">play</a> anticommunisme
<a href="../audio/anticonformisme.mp3">play</a> anticonformisme <a href="../audio/attention.mp3">play</a> attention <a href="../audio/barometre.mp3">play</a> baromètre
<a href="../audio/cinema.mp3">play</a> cinéma <a href="../audio/circonstance.mp3">play</a> circonstance <a href="../audio/commencement.mp3">play</a> commencement
<a href="../audio/commission.mp3">play</a> commission <a href="../audio/communaute.mp3">play</a> communauté <a href="../audio/communicable.mp3">play</a> communicable
<a href="../audio/communisme.mp3">play</a> communisme <a href="../audio/comprehensible.mp3">play</a> compréhensible <a href="../audio/comprehensive.mp3">play</a> compréhensive
<a href="../audio/condition.mp3">play</a> condition <a href="../audio/confection.mp3">play</a> confection <a href="../audio/conference.mp3">play</a> conférence
<a href="../audio/consequence.mp3">play</a> conséquence <a href="../audio/consumerisme.mp3">play</a> consumérisme <a href="../audio/content.mp3">play</a> content
<a href="../audio/convention.mp3">play</a> convention <a href="../audio/correspondant.mp3">play</a> correspondant <a href="../audio/criminel.mp3">play</a> criminel
<a href="../audio/demande.mp3">play</a> demande <a href="../audio/domaine.mp3">play</a> domaine <a href="../audio/dynamisme.mp3">play</a> dynamisme
<a href="../audio/economique.mp3">play</a> économique <a href="../audio/embleme.mp3">play</a> emblème <a href="../audio/emotionnel.mp3">play</a> émotionnel
<a href="../audio/ensemble.mp3">play</a> ensemble <a href="../audio/feminisme.mp3">play</a> féminisme <a href="../audio/financier.mp3">play</a> financier
<a href="../audio/fonction.mp3">play</a> fonction <a href="../audio/fonctionnel.mp3">play</a> fonctionnel <a href="../audio/fontaine.mp3">play</a> fontaine
<a href="../audio/francophone.mp3">play</a> francophone <a href="../audio/grand-parents.mp3">play</a> grands-parents <a href="../audio/humanisme.mp3">play</a> humanisme
<a href="../audio/inimaginable.mp3">play</a> imaginable <a href="../audio/imagination.mp3">play</a> imagination <a href="../audio/imagine.mp3">play</a> imagine
<a href="../audio/immigrant.mp3">play</a> immigrant <a href="../audio/impenetrable.mp3">play</a> impénétrable <a href="../audio/impressionnisme.mp3">play</a> impressionnisme
<a href="../audio/inalienable.mp3">play</a> inaliénable <a href="../audio/incomparable.mp3">play</a> incomparable <a href="../audio/incompatible.mp3">play</a> incompatible
<a href="../audio/incomprehensible.mp3">play</a> incompréhensible <a href="../audio/inconsolable.mp3">play</a> inconsolable <a href="../audio/inconvenient.mp3">play</a> inconvénient
<a href="../audio/inflammable.mp3">play</a> inflammable <a href="../audio/inimitable.mp3">play</a> inimitable <a href="../audio/inscription.mp3">play</a> inscription
<a href="../audio/insensible.mp3">play</a> insensible <a href="../audio/installation.mp3">play</a> installation <a href="../audio/intangible.mp3">play</a> intangible
<a href="../audio/intention.mp3">play</a> intention <a href="../audio/interchangeable.mp3">play</a> interchangeable <a href="../audio/interminable.mp3">play</a> interminable
<a href="../audio/invincible.mp3">play</a> invincible <a href="../audio/lamentable.mp3">play</a> lamentable <a href="../audio/manifestation.mp3">play</a> manifestation
<a href="../audio/mannequin.mp3">play</a> mannequin <a href="../audio/mediterraneenne.mp3">play</a> méditerranéenne <a href="../audio/mention.mp3">play</a> mention
<a href="../audio/minimalisme.mp3">play</a> minimalisme <a href="../audio/moment.mp3">play</a> moment <a href="../audio/permanent.mp3">play</a> permanent
<a href="../audio/promenade.mp3">play</a> promenade <a href="../audio/prononciation.mp3">play</a> prononciation <a href="../audio/representation.mp3">play</a> représentation
<a href="../audio/reunion.mp3">play</a> réunion <a href="../audio/roman.mp3">play</a> roman <a href="../audio/sensationnalisme.mp3">play</a> sensationnalisme
<a href="../audio/sentiment.mp3">play</a> sentiment <a href="../audio/trombone.mp3">play</a> trombone  
Introduction | Syllable Length | C'est passionnant! | Huffing & Puffing |
How Many Syllables? | Dipthongs | Say aaaaaah! | Know How to Whistle? | Grrrrrrr! |
Front Rounded Vowels | e-caduc | Nasal Vowels
Arizona State University Dept. of Languages and Literatures