French Accents (Les accents)
Accents are symbols placed over the vowels either to change the meaning of a word or to change the pronunciation. It is very important that accents should be placed in proper positions because an incorrect or a slight miss in accent then can sound really weird. There are basically four accents for vowels and one accent for a consonant and they are as follows
1. Accent Aigu [/] : This accent is always found on ‘e’
Ex: clé, réaction, café
2. Accent Grave [] : This accent is found only on A E U
Ex : j’espère, très, mère, à, où
3. Accent Circonflexe [^] : This accent is always found on vowels A E I O U
Ex: être, hôtel, août, gâteau
4. Accent Trema [ ” ] : It is placed on the vowels I E U
Ex: noël, naïve, saül
5. Accent Cedille [ ç] : This accent found in underneath the lettre ‘C’
Ex: ça va, garçon, français, leçon
French accents are not usually written when they appear above a capital letter
1. Accent Aigu [/] : This accent is always found on ‘e’
Ex: clé, réaction, café
2. Accent Grave [] : This accent is found only on A E U
Ex : j’espère, très, mère, à, où
3. Accent Circonflexe [^] : This accent is always found on vowels A E I O U
Ex: être, hôtel, août, gâteau
4. Accent Trema [ ” ] : It is placed on the vowels I E U
Ex: noël, naïve, saül
5. Accent Cedille [ ç] : This accent found in underneath the lettre ‘C’
Ex: ça va, garçon, français, leçon
French accents are not usually written when they appear above a capital letter
