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BV! 1 CP accents
Herron, Bon voyage! 1, Chapitre préliminaire, les accents
| accent | description |
|---|---|
| l’accent aigu | appears only over the letter e |
| l’accent aigu | changes from cOUld to skAte |
| l’accent grave | appears over a, e, or u |
| l’accent circonflexe | used to look like this: ~ |
| l’accent circonflexe | appears over any of the vowels |
| la cédille | the only accent to appear under a letter |
| le tréma | appears over e, i, or u |
| le tréma | appears over the second of two vowels in a dipthong |
| le tréma | causes two vowel sounds side by side to be pronounced separately |
| l’accent grave | changes the entire meaning of a word |
| la cédille | is never applied to a c when the c appears in front of an e or i |
| la cédille | makes the letter c have a soft sound when the c appears in front of a, o, or u |
| la cédille | the only accent to be applied to a consonant instead of a vowel |
| l’accent circonflexe | used to be an s in Old French |
| l’accent grave | changes from cOUld to Excellent |