1. Les Accents
le français 1

2. é: accent aigu only on “e” shows that you make a long “A” sound
examples:
bonne journée
enchanté
éléphant

3. accent grave: à, è, ù
on a, e, or u
examples:
zèbre
chèque où à

4. accent circonflexe: ^
on any vowel
examples:
forêt
île
hôtel

5. tréma: ..
shows that you separate the vowel sounds
examples
Haïti
Noël

6. cédille: ç français ça only goes on “C”
tells you to pronounce “c” like “s”
examples
français ça
note: you don’t need it between “c” and “i” or “c” and “e” because these vowels make the “c” soft
cent
cigne