French Diacritics and Marks of Accent Posted by: letmecomplete.com April 28, 2019 Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps French Diacritics and Marks of Accent French Diacritics and Marks of Accent There are numerous French Words used in English and spoken across the world, hence it would be very helpful to know about French Diacritics and Marks of Accent. Think about three words written over here: Compétition/Competition Télévision/Television Coïncidence/Coincidence French and English Speaker both use the above words equally however there are some differences in there written format. English speaker generally ignore the Accent signs however french use it on mass level. French Language contains 5 basic Accent and these are strictly used in both oral and written. ç – the cedilla (la cédille) é – the acute accent (l'accent aigu) â/ê/î/ô/û – the circumflex (l'accent circonflexe) à/è/ì/ò/ù – the grave accent (l'accent grave) ë/ï/ü – the trema (l'accent tréma) Where and How to Use French Accent? ç – the cedilla (la cédille) - Cedilla is always used with letter 'C'. Letter 'C' itself sounds like 'K' however adding Cedilla changes it's sound as 'S' as pronounced in word 'Sea'. é – the acute accent (l'accent aigu) - Acute only used with 'e' and enhances its pronunciation as 'ay' as marché (Mar-shay - Market) â/ê/î/ô/û – the circumflex (l'accent circonflexe) - Little Pointed hat, circumflex does not change pronunciation however it's mandate to use these in written french language. Though this accent is majorly responsible to change meaning of the words where these are used. circumflex are used with a, e, i, o and u. à/è/ì/ò/ù – the grave accent (l'accent grave) - Grave accent can be applied on any vowel however it only affects when it sits with letter 'e' and enhanced it pronunciation as 'ehh'. ë/ï/ü – the trema (l'accent tréma) - Two dots over a latter is called trema. It comes with two vowels and the route cause of applying this accent is to pronounced both vowels separately. Like coïncidence (ko-insi-dense). List of French words with Accent or Diacritics déstruction—destruction détail—detail littérateur materiel naïve voilà vis-à-vis—with regard to à la carte – Itemized menu with separate price bezique – Type of Game boîte – Nightclub chèque cinema Crédit—credit Demonstration Detail Detective Édification Education French Diacritics and Marks of Accent Comments Vibhor Tyagi21 May 2019 at 09:59I have read several times it is very useful for someone like me.........Great job BroReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment
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