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In this lesson, you will learn how to avoid common mistakes when pronouncing vowels in Haitian Creole.
To start off, be sure to know the difference between an, en, on and in. As a beginner, you might mistakenly misuse one for the other.
In this lesson, you will learn how to avoid common mistakes when pronouncing vowels in Haitian Creole.
To start off, be sure to know the difference between an, en, on and in. As a beginner, you might mistakenly misuse one for the other.
an
an sounds like /un/ in skunk
an does not sound like /an/ in pan
en
en sounds like /en/ in sent
en does not sound like /en/ in enter
on
on sounds like /on/ in won't
on does not sound like /on/ in onto
in
in sounds like /een/ in seen
in does not sound like /in/ in inside
The sounds ay and im are quite different from their English counterparts. For example, the sound ay is not pronounced the same way in Creole as it does in English.
Therefore, be sure to understand the difference between how both of these vowels sounds are pronounced in English and Creole
ay
ay sounds like /eye/ in eyeball
ay does not sound like /ay/ in day
im
im sounds like /eem/ in seem
im does not sound like /im/ in dim
The main thing you need to remember about the following is that the extra letter "n" at the end creates a lingering sound.
*The sound onn hardly exists in English. One of the closest matching sounds to it is /on/ in won.
ann
ann sounds like un in fun
enn
enn sounds like en in enter
onn
onn sounds like on in won*