Bonjour Johannes ! In "aie", you have the phoneme "ai" which is pronounced [e] in French :) The word "ayons" is a bit trickier indeed: In French, when a "y" is used between two vowels, it's going to be *counted twice*: - first as a vowel, similar to an "i", after the "a", creating the sound "ai" [e] - then as a consonant before "ons", producing the sound [j] (ye) So "ayons" is pronounced [ejɔ̃] :) I hope that's helpful! À bientôt !