Special Accents Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
â, ê, î, ô, û
A
can be on any voweel, usually indicates that an “s” used to follow that vowel
2
Q
Ç or ç
A
found ONLY in the letter “c”, changes a hard “c” (k sound) to a soft “c” ( s sound), never placed in front of an “e” or “i” since the “c” in front of those always sounds like “s”
3
Q
é
A
can only be used with an “e”, makes the “e” sound like the vowel sound in “say”
4
Q
à, è, ù
A
on an “a” and “u”, usually serves to distinguish between words that would be homographs, only changes the sound of the “e”
5
Q
ë, ï, ü
A
used above the second vowel in a group o two to show that the second should also be pronounced
6
Q
œ
A
no space between the “o” and the “e”, the “o” is not heard in pronunciation
7
Q
-
A
compoumd words
8
Q
’
A
omission of a letter (similar to English)
