Les Accents - French Accents

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Accent aigu on the letter e.

Accent aigu on the letter e.

é

What does an accent aigu tell you?

Tells you to pronounce an <<e>> similar to the <<a>> in the English word <<date>>. (exemple: répétez!)

Accent grave on the letters <<e, a, u>>.

è, à, ù

What does an accent grave tell you on the letter <<e>>?

Tells you to pronounce an <<e>> like the <<e>> in the English word <<jet>>. (exemple: très)

What does an accent grave tell you on the letter <<a>> or <<u>>?

Tells you an <<a>> or a <<u>> is pronounced the same, but it changes the meaning of the word. (à, où)

Accent circonflexe on all 5 vowels.

â, ê, î, ô, û

What does an accent circonflexe tell you?

Tells you not to change the pronunciation - often means there used to be an S in the word in old French. (hôtel)

Cédille on a c.

ç

What does a cédille tell you?

Tells you to pronounce the <<c>> like an <<s>> (français)

Tréma on <<e, i, o, u>>

ë, ï, ö, ü

What does a tréma tell you?

Tells you to pronounce two vowels that are next to each other separately. (Noël, naïve)

What accent mark is in this word: français?

cédille

What accent mark is in this word: très?

accent grave

What accent mark is in this word: naïve?

tréma

What 2 accents are in this word: tétû (=stubborn)?

accent aigu, accent circonflexe

What 2 accents are in this word: élève?

accent aigu, accent grave

Les accents français et les signes orthographiques: POURQUOI (=why) ils sont importants?

Because they are part of spelling=l'orthographe. They can change the meaning=La signification/le sens. They can change the pronunciation=la prononciation.

accent aigu

Goes up. The most used accent and is only placed on the letter e. Sounds like <<a>> in <<date>>.

accent grave

Goes down. Can be placed on the letters <<a, e, u>>.

une cédille

It looks like a squiggle or number 5 under the letter 'c' and is ONLY used on the letter c (ç.).

preferer

préférer

experience

expérience

bibliotheque

bibliothèque

marche

marché

elephant

éléphant

chateau

château

frere

frère

derniere

derrière

garcon

garçon

tete

tête

medecin

médecin