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French · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "la montre" in French?
la MOHN-truh — a nasal vowel running straight into a fading "tr" cluster.
The phrase peaks on MONTRE, one full syllable plus a trailing cluster. Because the ending has no real vowel, the weight sits at the front of the noun.
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Ma montre est cassée.
My watch is broken.
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"Ma montre est cassée" uses the feminine past participle "cassée", agreeing with the noun in writing though the extra "e" is silent. "Montre est" runs together across the nasal and the vowel. The doubled "ss" in "cassée" keeps the middle consonant a hiss rather than a "z": ka-SAY.
Where English speakers slip
The nasal gets a real "n" before the "t", producing "MON-truh" as an English reader would say it. The "n" is silent as a consonant; the vowel simply hums and then the "tr" arrives. Learners also inflate the ending into a full second syllable. And note the noun shares its spelling with the verb "montrer" (to show) — same root, different word.