--- title: Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · French description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» of the French course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the… # Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u The 16 questions of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» of the French course of Mova's primary school with their options, 97 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t1/) — Harry in Swansea moans, "That's tamping, I can't say bon." ("Tamping" means fuming.) What tip would help? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t2/) — Sophie argues, "bare people say Fraance like a dance move." ("Bare" means lots of.) How should France sound in French? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t3/) — Ruby in Dublin says the French r is "like gargling, sure I'll choke." Is she wrong? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t4/) — A cartoon cat says "Je m'appelle Jam" with a hard "j", as in "jam". What is wrong? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t5/) — Leo's mate in Toronto goes, "Bud, quatre is like a quarter." What is the truth? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t6/) — Freya in Bristol says, "Proper job, but where's the th in thé?" ("Proper job" means great.) What should she know? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t7/) — Aiden in Philly says chat is "chat, like texting, yinz know." ("Yinz" means you all.) What does the French word mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t8/) — Jack in Brisbane says "fill" for fille. "Yeah nah, it's 'fee'," says his mum. ("Yeah nah" means no.) Who is closer? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t9/) — Mia goes, "Howay, je is like Jeremy, innit." ("Howay" means come on.) What sound should she use? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t10/) — What would happen if you said le pain like the English word in a French bakery? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t11/) — ★★★ Lily writes down how she heard four words: "SHA", "zhuh", "KATR", "TAY". Which list of spellings matches them in order? — right ✓ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/t12/) — ★★★ In which group does every word have a nasal vowel? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pronunciation of the French word bon? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/e2/) — Identify the meaning, in the French language, of the noun pain. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the French consonant r. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/e4/) — It is given that the words deux and douze are frequently confused. Ascertain their respective numerical values. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [1. Silent letters: why French doesn't say everythin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/) - next →: [3. Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends/) - ↑ back to [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/)