I’ve had some requests for pronunciation help related to the words in the everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know entries about écœurant, pogner and niaiser.
ÉCŒURANT
In the middle of écœurant is the word cœur. Cœur rhymes with peur. The ant ending of écœurant is the same as the nasalised vowel sound in the word quand. So écœurant is pronounced “ékeuran.”
POGNER
The letters gn in pogner sound like the gn in gagner. It’s the same sound as the Spanish ñ, like in the word mañana. So pogner sounds like “ponnyé.”
NIAISER
This verb is pronounced “nyèzé.” The related adjective niaiseux is pronounced “nyèzeu.”
