Les accents et l’alphabet

1. Les accents et l’alphabet

2. Les consonnes • B - bé • C - cé • D - dé • F - effe • G - zhé • H - hache • J - zhi • K - ka • L - elle • M - emme • N - enne • P - pé • Q - ku • R - erre • S - esse • T - té • V - vé • W – double vé • X - iks • Y – igrèc • Z - zède

3. A - ah E - euh I - Ē O – oh (shorter than the exclamation) U – oo (hold fish lips and say a long E) When you see a vowel by itself without an accent mark, pronounce it like its name Les voyelles

4. QuelquesMots • le • la • il • elle • ne • va • table • plus • adresse • e-mail • nager • quelle • texto • adore

5. À noter • C and G have hard and soft sounds just like they do in English. • Before e & i it is a soft sound • Before a, o, & u, it is a hard sound… • … unless the C has a cédille under it (ç). • Although, just like in English, Q is always followed by a U in French, it is never pronounced [kwa]; • Both letters together function as a /k/ sound • Qui • Quand • Quel

6. À noter • The letter e, when it is located between two consonants and does not have an accent mark on it, is sometimes not pronounced – but not always • médecin • genou • céleri

7. There are 5 accents in the French language: • accent aigu • accent grave • accent circonflexe • tréma • cédille Les accents

8. ´ • Appears only over the letter e. • Makes the e sound like a long a. • bébé • médecin • tréma • enchanté Accent Aigu

9. ` • Appears over the vowels a, e, and u • Does not change how a or u is pronounced • Changes pronunciation of e (euh) to ε (eh) • à • là • où • préfère • zèbre Accent grave

10. ˆ • Appears over any vowel • Does not change the pronunciation • Usually means that the letter s used to appear after the vowel it’s over • hôtel • hôpital • île • Pâques Accent circonflexe

11. ¨ • Appears over the 2nd of two vowels next to each other when both of them need to be pronounced. • Noël • Haïti • maïs • naïve • canoë Le tréma

12. ç • Only appears under the letter c • Changes the sound from /k/ to /s/ • Will only go under a c if it’s before a, o, u • ça • leçon • français Le cédille

13. What have you learned? Qu’est-cequevousavezappris?

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