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I'm your host, Mathilde, and you're listening to 'Effortless French Pronunciation'. This is a special pronunciation series from the French Made Easy podcast, specifically designed for French beginners wanting to perfect their pronunciation.

Hello everyone, bonjour tout le monde! Today, we are learning the pronunciation of the French word ‘champagne’. And since we Christmas and New Year coming up very soon, I think this episode is perfectly timed! Now I think you probably all know what ‘champagne’ is, since it’s a word that’s also used in many different languages, but I want to give you the French pronunciation for it.

So I’ll give you the pronunciation of the word first, syllable by syllable, and then I’ll give you some sentences with that word to practice your pronunciation.

Let’s SEE the French pronunciation of champagne. I’ll break it down for you.

HOW TO PRONOUNCE CHAMPAGNE IN FRENCH

Champage: 2 syllables: [ʃɑ̃.paɲ]

‘ch’: pronounced [ʃ]

‘am’: pronounced [ɑ̃]

(Attention, it’s not pronounced [tʃɑ̃]!)

'p’: [p]

'a': [a]

'gne' : [ɲ], (pronounced like the letters ‘ni’ from the word onion)

Let’s combine combine these 2 syllables, we have [ʃɑ̃.paɲ].

Voilà! You've just pronounced 'Champagne' the French way!

Now, let's practice with some sentences with our word 'Champagne':

  1. On boit du champagne pour célébrer le Nouvel An. (We are drinking champagne to celebrate the New Year.
  2. Pour notre anniversaire, nous choisissons toujours une bonne bouteille de champagne. (For our anniversary, we always choose a good bottle of champagne.)
  3. Est-ce que tu peux acheter du champagne pour la soirée de samedi ? (Can you buy some champagne for Saturday's party?)

And there you have it, today's episode on how to pronounce 'Champagne' in French.

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Thank you for tuning into Effortless French Pronunciation, a series from the French Made Easy podcast. À bientôt, and remember, keep practicing! 🎉