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Advice on how to pronounce properly ‘en un’, ‘en un an’, etc

The first liaison (en un) is optional and rare, the second one (un an) always done, no exception.

Un can be realized as either /ɛ̃/, /œ̃/ or other variants, depending on the region.

The most common pronunciation around me (Paris area) is :

En un an /ɑ̃ ɛ̃n‿ɑ̃/

but the alternative /ɑ̃n‿ɛ̃n‿ɑ̃/ is nevertheless valid.

Note also that the first liaison is expected, and even mandatory in fixed expressions, when the word following un starts with a consonant, so isn’t itself subject to a liaison, e.g.:

En un mot, merci ! /ɑ̃n‿ɛ̃ mo/

 

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