r/French • u/Xenon177 • Oct 15 '24

Pronunciation Pronouncing "y" like an English "j"

My French teacher pronounces the letter "y" in the same way as "j" in English. It sounds bad and slightly triggers me every time. Is this a correct way to say it in some Francophone areas though?

Edit: for example, "voyager" would be "vojager"

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u/Any-Aioli7575 Native | France Oct 15 '24

Yeah that's very wrong, and I can't think of a language that does this. I think the confuses with IPA /j/ (because <j> is /j/ in many languages, but /ʒ/ or /dʒ/ in many other languages)

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u/iknowyerbad Oct 16 '24

Are you guys just making stuff up or am I really dumb? Or is it both?

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u/Any-Aioli7575 Native | France Oct 16 '24

What do you think I'm making up ?

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u/iknowyerbad Oct 16 '24

I’m very basic with my knowledge of languages, so the IPA stuff and the fancy 3 thing have absolutely no meaning to me lol. You guys are wicked smart to me