Accents

Question 1

é accent aigu (acute accent)

Answer 1

makes the uh sound of an e become more like ay

Question 2

è accent grave (grave accent)

Answer 2

makes the uh sound of an e become more like eh

Question 3

ï tréma (diaeresis)

Answer 3

when used over the second of two vowels, pronounce each vowel separately; in otherwords, do not make a diphthong. E.g., Haïti is pronounced Aheetee

Question 4

ô accent circonflexe

Answer 4

does not change the sound of the vowel. When you see this accent used, it means there is a letter missing (usually an s or f) that used to be in the word in French hundreds of years ago

Question 5

ç cedilla

Answer 5

this accent softens the k sound of the letter c to the softer s sound