Some French words with "ou" in them include: rouge (red), soupe (soup), jouer (to play), and aujourd'hui (today).
Yes, the word "soup" has a short vowel sound. The "ou" in "soup" makes the /ʊ/ sound, which is a short vowel sound.
Ou te ita tele i supo
No. The OU in the word "soup" has a long O vowel sound as in joule and group.
No. The OU pair in "you" has the long OO (long U) vowel sound. This OU pair has the same sound in joule, group, soup, and ghoul. It just happens to have a consonant Y sound that is heard in (long yoo) words such as cue, cute, feud, fuel, mew, and pupil.
The Y is a consonant and the OU has the long OO (long U) sound, as in joule, soup, and coupe.
Uncouth Croup Group Troupe
The OU in shout has the OU/OW vowel sound, as in the rhyming words out, clout, snout, and rout. Words with the sound include words that rhyme with: OU words - cloud, foul, sound, count, thou OW words - how, cowl, clown, crowd
troop, droop
Some words that have the same "ou" sound as "would" include: should, could, good, hood, stood.
The GH is silent in several spellings: I words (long I) : high, sigh, light, night AI words (long A) : straight EI words (long A) : weigh, eight, neighbor AU and OU words (AW) : bought, fought, caught, daughter, naughty OU words (OW) : bough, plough OU words (long O): dough, though
Some words with 'ui' pronounced like 'ou' in 'you' are: fruit, juice, cruise, and cuirass.