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    This document discusses the five main French accents: 1. The acute accent (accent aigu) which is placed over é and changes its pronunciation to "ay". 2. The grave accent (accent grave) which is placed over à, è, ù and alters the pronunciation of e. 3. The circumflex accent (accent circonflexe) which is placed over letters like â and does not change pronunciation. 4. The cedilla (cédille) which is placed under c and changes its sound from "k" to "s". 5. The diaeresis (tréma) which is placed over two consecutive vowels to indicate they

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    This document discusses the five main French accents: 1. The acute accent (accent aigu) which is placed over é and changes its pronunciation to "ay". 2. The grave accent (accent grave) which is placed over à, è, ù and alters the pronunciation of e. 3. The circumflex accent (accent circonflexe) which is placed over letters like â and does not change pronunciation. 4. The cedilla (cédille) which is placed under c and changes its sound from "k" to "s". 5. The diaeresis (tréma) which is placed over two consecutive vowels to indicate they

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    This document discusses the five main French accents: 1. The acute accent (accent aigu) which is placed over é and changes its pronunciation to "ay". 2. The grave accent (accent grave) which is placed over à, è, ù and alters the pronunciation of e. 3. The circumflex accent (accent circonflexe) which is placed over letters like â and does not change pronunciation. 4. The cedilla (cédille) which is placed under c and changes its sound from "k" to "s". 5. The diaeresis (tréma) which is placed over two consecutive vowels to indicate they

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    Les accents

    The 5 French 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

    2.Accent Grave [è]


    The Accent Grave points to the left and upward.It can appear above any
    vowel,but it only alters the pronounciation when its placed above letter e.E’s
    with an accent grave are always pronounced ehh.
    Ex : après-midi , à demain , à plus tard , à demain
    3.Accent Circonflexe [ê]
    The circonflexe looks like a little pointed hat which can occur over
    anyvowel.This indicates the omission of s .

    Ex :forêt , bientôt , hôpital

    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

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