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L’Alphabet et les Accents. Français 1. L’Alphabet. Les Accents. French uses accents and spelling marks that do not exist in English. These marks are part of the spelling and cannot be left out. In French there are four accents that may appear on vowels. l’accent aigu (é). Céline
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L’Alphabet et les Accents Français 1
Les Accents • French uses accents and spelling marks that do not exist in English. These marks are part of the spelling and cannot be left out. • In French there are four accents that may appear on vowels.
l’accentaigu (é) • Céline • Stéphanie • André • Frédéric • Mélanie • Véronique Some common French first names.
l’accent grave (è) • Michèle • Hélène • Thérèse • Inès Unlike Spanish words, French words can have more than one accent.
l’accentcirconflexe (ê) • un hôtel • un hôpital • un fantôme • drôle • août I must confess. I call this one a hat.
le tréma (ë) • Noëlle • Joëlle • Aïcha • Zaïna These are all girls names, common in different French-speaking countries.
la cédille (ç) • Français • Comment çava? • un garçon ç To form the cédille, make a 5, without the top on it.
Remember: • It is important to practice pronunciation. • Accents are part of the spelling of a word. • You can’t leave them out.