Sound drill: closed é versus open è
P45.pronunciation-drills.03 · Audience: guest, language-pro, it-ml · Prerequisites: Sound drill: the /ø/ and /œ/ vowels
Unité PO-05 · campagne 4 · parlé is not parlais.
Closed é (été) is tight; open è (mère) is wider. Mixing them muddies your verb endings — parlé and parlais land differently to a French ear. Record the model and check the two e's separately.
Say: J'ai parlé à ma mère cet été.
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