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What is the difference between the sounds? == [...] huit, nuage, lui, muet [ w ] oui, Louis, jouer, oiseau, moi, loin, moins, weekend==

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[ w ] in the following words: "oui, Louis, jouer, oiseau, moi, loin, moins, weekend" is pronounced as English [w]. I guess this sound doesnt present any difficulty. Now the in "huit" or "lui" is, as Mika said, is very close to <ü> ([y] in IPA) in German, or the usual vocalic value of in French (as in "lune", etc.). Lips are rounded as for [w], but the tongue is more or less in the same position as when pronouncing the vowels or . If u try to pronounce the vowels and in a sequence, you might produce this intermediary sound. Actually, many speakers pronounce "nuage" or "muet" as [nu-aj] and [mu-e] with having its regular vocalic sound, i.e. not as a semi-vowel. (and in some varieties of French, as in some parts of Belgium, this semi-vowel is replaced by [w]).
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in the first list of words the sound it's like the ü in german in a lot of languages (spanish , italian ) they have not this sound ... in the 2nd list the sounds it's like the u in german , italian , spanish in all the words the sounds ü or u is not differenciate with the voyel after so the sounds ü/u are count as a semi-voyel in all this words ... I hope it can help you so they have special symbol in IPA to make the phonetic sound differents with the simply voyel who is the same sound ....
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I suggest you to use www.larousse.fr so con can listen them and watch the phonetic symbols.
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I don't get your question? I don't mind helping you with french, it is one of my native language ^^

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