Les accents
Accents are diacritical marks and sometimes they are changing the pronunciation of letters.
Sometimes accents change the pronunciation of two words spelled the same.
A French word written without its accent is misspelled.
In French language the vowels a,e,i,o,u and consonant c have accents.
à- a accent grave à Paris - in Paris
â - hâte (f) haste
é - e accent aigue l'école - a school
è - e accent grave l'élève - a student
ê - accent circomflexe la forêt - a forest
ï - i tréma Loïc - Loyik (name)
ù - u accent grave où - where
ç - c cédille ça va - how are you - how is going
To learn more about the French accents visit: http://french.about.comn/od/pronunciation/a/accents.htm
Sometimes accents change the pronunciation of two words spelled the same.
A French word written without its accent is misspelled.
In French language the vowels a,e,i,o,u and consonant c have accents.
à- a accent grave à Paris - in Paris
â - hâte (f) haste
é - e accent aigue l'école - a school
è - e accent grave l'élève - a student
ê - accent circomflexe la forêt - a forest
ï - i tréma Loïc - Loyik (name)
ù - u accent grave où - where
ç - c cédille ça va - how are you - how is going
To learn more about the French accents visit: http://french.about.comn/od/pronunciation/a/accents.htm
Quiz
Sometimes the accents change the pronunciation of two words spelled the same?
a) True
b) False
(2 points)
Sometimes the accents change the pronunciation of two words spelled the same?
a) True
b) False
(2 points)