1. ACCENTS IN FRENCH

2. WHAT ARE ACCENTS? * In French, accents are used with the vowels: a, e, i, o, u Most accents make the pronunciation different. There are 3 types of accents: 1. The acute accent (L’accent aigu) 2. The grave accent (L’accent grave) 3. The circonflex accent (L’accent circonflexe)

3. L’accent aigu (é) The acute accent is only used with the letter E. é It is pronounced ai, like in j’ai. E.g : école (school); écrire (to write) écouter (to listen),été (summer or been)

4. L’accent grave (è) The grave accent is used with A, E, U. When used with E → è, it is pronounced eh e. g : près, When used with A and U, the words mean different things. e. g: a (has): Il a les cheveux noirs à (to): je vais à la piscine

5. L’accent circonflexe (â) This is used with A, U, E and does not change the pronunciation of the vowel. e.g: pâtes (pasta) tête (head) août (august)

6. LA CEDILLE (ç) The cedilla is only used with the letter C, when followed by A, O and U. The ç is pronounced like an S. e,g : leçon (lesson); garçon (boy); ça (this); reçu (received);

7. L’apostrophe (’ ) The apostrophy is used to replace a vowel of a word which is followed by another word starting with a vowel or an H mute. e.g : la école → l’ école je ai → j’ ai de habitude → d’ habitude je ne ai pas → je n’ai pas

8. The trema (..) The trema (..) is used to indicate that 2 vowels needs to be pronounced separately. e.g : noël (Christmas), but sœur (sister) maїs (corn), but mais (but) Mme Mostefaї

9. French Alphabet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWNWo bUPAtM