is the n in bon pronounced?
@candle The n only serves to make the vowel nasal.
The French nasal vowels are: "on", "an", "un"/"in" (the last two are supposed to be different from each other, but the nuance is increasingly lost in most regions)
@Louvelune and in bonne is the pronounciation different?
@candle Yes, that's why the n is doubled: to mark this is a separate sound, not the nasal vowel ensemble. #grammarlogic #grammarmagic ^^
@Louvelune @candle that's not totally correct: you actually pronounce the "n" separately of the "o" when it is followed by a vowel or an "n", like in "bonne" or "sonate".
Otherwise, the "on" is pronounced [ɔ̃] ("bonbon", "mastodon"…).
@Deuchnord @candle Right, I forgot that another vowel also separates them: because 2 vowels can't be in the same syllable (unless we mercilessly crushed them together, like 'oi' or the poor, wounded 'œ' chimera... :< ) - so the n+following vowel form a distinct vowel, and it's not compounded into a nasal with the first vowel.
@Deuchnord @candle Yes, that's what I was saying in the original toot? :D
@Louvelune @candle oh, yes, sorry ^^'
@Louvelune @candle in fact, just two "n" suffice to restore the [on] pronunciation, like in "Bonn" (the German city) ^^