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L'accent aigu |
é: (ay) as in café and étudaint
Only found with "e" |
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L'accent grave |
è: (short e) as in pet, mère (mare)
With other vowels distinguishes between two identical sounding words. ou (or) v. où (where) both sound the same la (the) v. là (there) il a (he has) v. à la gare (at the train station) |
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L'accent circonflexe |
ê: No change in pronunciation. Showthat early in the language, an "s" followed the vowel.
l'hôpital, coûter, forêt (hospital, cost, forest) |
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Le tréma |
ë: vowel should be pronounced separately Noel v. Noël Claire v. Haïti |
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La cédille |
ça: only on "c" be for a, o, u to show it should be pronounced like "s". Not used with i or e.
c before i or e is always pronounced like s. ça garçon, reçu v. calme, comment cuit |
