1 Accents
1 Accents
1 Accents
L’accent aigu
L’accent grave
L’accent circonflexe
cédille
tréma
1. L’accent aigu:
Sur é
it changes the letter’s pronunciation to ay
Example
médecin – doctor
marché -market
Été- summer
2.L’accent grave:
Sur à, è, ù
It alters pronunciation when over the letter e. grave
accents are always pronounced ehh, like the e in the
English word set.
On the A and U, it usually serves to distinguish between the
meaning e.g., ou (or) vs où (where).
Examples:
a- has à-- to/at Ou- or où- where
très –very Deuxième- second
3. Le circonflexe:
Sur: â, ê, î, ô, û
The circonflexe looks like a little pointed hat over vowels.
It doesn’t change pronunciation, but it must be included in
written French.
forêt –forest
hôtel -hotel
août - august
4. La cédille:
Sous: Ç ...
In French, the cedilla is a little tail under the letter c:
ç. It’s used to give the c an s sound instead of a hard k
sound—for example:
is found only on the letter C. It changes a hard C sound
(like K) into a soft C sound (like S), e.g., garçon. The
cedilla is never placed in front of E or I, because C
always sounds like an S in front of these vowels
garçon - boy
français - French language
5. Le tréma:
Sur ë, ï, ü
The tréma looks like two dots above a letter. It’s usually
placed above the second of two consecutive vowels when
both vowels are to be pronounced separately.
Noël - Christmas
naïve, Jamaïque Saül.
Les Accents (recap)
1.Accent Aigu [ é]
The Accent Aigu points to the right and upward.It appears only above the
letter e and it changes the letter’s pronounciation to –ay ,
Ex : café ,désolé , Bon Appétit
4.Cédille [ç]
The cédille is a coma placed under c before a , o , or u which
gives it the sound of s instead of a hard k .
Ex :français , ça va , leçon
5. Le Tréma : [ ä , ë , ï , ö , ü ]
The Tréma looks like two dots above a letter.It is placed over a
vowel which helps us to pronounce it seperately from the vowel
just before it.
Ex: Noël , coïncidence
6.L’apostrophe [ ’ ]
7.Le trait d’union [ - ]
Source
http://hermanayhermano.blogspot.com/2015/09/les-
accents-francais-french-accents.html