ACCENTS

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ACCENTS

• French 1

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Accent aigu - É

• Tells you to pronounce an e similar to the a in
  the English word date.
• Éléphant
• Sénégal
• The accent start down on the left and goes up on
  the right.

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Accent Grave over an E - È

• Tells you to pronounce an e like the e in the
  English word jet.
• Zèbra
• Zèle
• The accent starts up on the left and goes down on
  the right.

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Accent grave over an a or U À or Ù

• Doesnt change the sound of these letters. It
  does change their meaning.
• Ou or, Où where
• The accent starts up on the left and goes down on
  the right.

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Accent circonflexe Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û

• Appears over any vowel and it doesnt change the
  sound of the letter.
• Pâté
• Forêt
• Île
• Hôtel
• Flûte
• The accent looks like an upside down flattened
  V.

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cÉdilla - Ç

• Under a c tells you to pronounce the c like an s.
• Français
• Ça
• The accent looks like a 5 missing the top.

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TrÉma Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü

• Goes over the second vowel when there are two
  vowels beside each other and it tells you to
  pronounce each vowel separately.
• Noël
• Haïti
• The accent it two dots over the vowel.