Help - Accents

[Seapaddler]

Accented Characters

1. The cedilla (¸) is placed under the letter Ç to show that it is pronounced like the letter s and not the letter k.

François <object data="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" width="24" height="17" style="vertical-align: bottom;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
<param name="src" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="data" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="codebase" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="FlashVars" value="TheSound=http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/francois.mp3" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="loop" value="false" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<a href="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/francois.mp3">francois.mp3</a>
<embed src="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/francois.mp3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="24" height="17"></embed>
</object>

2. There are three accents used over French vowels.

• a. The acute accent (´) is placed over the letter e. This indicates it is pronounced like “ay” like say or day.

  André <object data="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" width="24" height="17" style="vertical-align: bottom;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
  <param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
  <param name="src" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="data" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="codebase" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="FlashVars" value="TheSound=http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/andre.mp3" />
  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="loop" value="false" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
  <a href="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/andremp3"></a>
  <embed src="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/andre.mp3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="24" height="17"></embed>
  </object>

• b. The grave accent (`) can be placed over a, e, u:

  Père <object data="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" width="24" height="17" style="vertical-align: bottom;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
  <param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
  <param name="src" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="data" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="codebase" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="FlashVars" value="TheSound=http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/pere.mp3" />
  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="loop" value="false" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
  <a href="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/pere.mp3"></a>
  <embed src="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/pere.mp3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="24" height="17"></embed>
  </object>

• c. The circumflex accent (ˆ) can be placed over a, e, i, o, u:

  Jérôme <object data="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" width="24" height="17" style="vertical-align: bottom;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
  <param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
  <param name="src" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="data" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="codebase" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="FlashVars" value="TheSound=http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/jerome.mp3" />
  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
  <param name="loop" value="false" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
  <a href="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/jerome.mp3"></a>
  <embed src="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/jerome.mp3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="24" height="17"></embed>
  </object>

These accents usually indicate the pronunciation of the vowel but in some cases they distinguish the word itself:

<table width="260" border=0><tr align="center"><td>ou = or</td><td>où = Where</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" colspan=2>Both sound the same <object data="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" width="24" height="17" style="vertical-align: bottom;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
<param name="src" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="data" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="codebase" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="FlashVars" value="TheSound=http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/ou.mp3" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="loop" value="false" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<a href="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/ou.mp3"></a>
<embed src="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/ou.mp3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="24" height="17"></embed>
</object><p></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">la = the</td>
<td align="center">là = There</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" colspan=2>Both sound the same <object data="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" width="24" height="17" style="vertical-align: bottom;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
<param name="src" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="data" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="codebase" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="FlashVars" value="TheSound=http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/la.mp3" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/flash/tiny_mp3_player.swf" />
<param name="loop" value="false" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<a href="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/la.mp3"></a>
<embed src="http://www.5sfb.net/alizee/posted/la.mp3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="24" height="17"></embed>
</object></td></tr>
</tr></table>

[aFrenchie]

You should have used Alizée instead of André to learn the "é" sound

[Seapaddler]

OOOOH good idea.