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The document discusses French accent marks, including their types and effects on pronunciation and meaning. It outlines pronunciation rules for consonants and specific letters in French, such as the silent 'H' and nasal vowels. Additionally, it encourages practice in communication within the classroom context.

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8) Lecture 10

The document discusses French accent marks, including their types and effects on pronunciation and meaning. It outlines pronunciation rules for consonants and specific letters in French, such as the silent 'H' and nasal vowels. Additionally, it encourages practice in communication within the classroom context.

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Lecture 10

(a) Les Accents Français


Accents are symbols placed above/over and below/under some certain
letters in French which change the pronunciation of letters and the meaning
of the word.

There are five accent marks you'll need to recognize in French.


With the exception of the cédille, only vowels take accent marks.

● l'accent aigu (the acute accent)—Ex: é


● l'accent grave (the grave accent)—Ex: è
● l'accent circonflexe (the circumflex)—Ex: ô
● l'accent tréma (the trema)—Ex: ï
● la cédille (the cedilla)—Ex: ç

● They help us understand how we should pronounce certain letter sounds


and where we should add additional emphasis! In some cases, they can
even change the meaning of a word.
● côte (coast) and côté (side).

Accent aigu Accent grave Accent trema


(é) (è,à,ù) circonflexe (ë,ï)
(â,ê,î,ô,û)
Étudiant,clé mère, là âge, hôtel, Noël,maïs
tête,flûte
Eg: école Règle Île Noël
Éléphant Où-voilà Gâteau Maïs

Les règles de la prononciation


1. The consonant at the end of the word:
Usually , in French , a consonant at the end of a word is not pronounced. Eg-
grand, petit, presenter etc. But in certain cases r,l,c,f,and,s are pronounced. eg-
jour, animal, avec, soif
2. H is always silent
H, in French is never pronounced eg- Habiter, homme
3. J is always pronounced as ‘s’ as in ‘pleasure’ eg- je, jardin, jean etc.
4. G is pronounced as ‘s’ in ‘pleasure’ before ‘e’ and ‘i’. eg-genre, gingembre etc.
; elsewhere ‘G’ is pronounced as ‘g’ in ‘game’. eg- gomme gâteau etc.
5. C is pronounced as ‘s’ before ‘e’ and ‘i’. eg- centre, cinéma etc.; elsewhere C
is pronounced as ‘k’ elsewhere. eg- capital, comment etc
6. Ch is always pronounced as ‘sh’ eg- champagne .
7. Nasal vowels
● nasal vowels are the subcategory of vowels:
● an,am,en,em are pronounced as ‘on’ as in ‘pond’. eg- tante, comment etc.
● on,om can be roughly pronounced as ‘on’. eg- Bonjour, pompier(pon-pie)
● in, im,ein,ain are pronounced as ‘an’ as in ‘tank’. eg- matin, pain etc.
● un,um are pronounced as ‘un’ in ‘uncle’ eg- lundi, parfum (par-fun)

(b) Communiquer en classe


Pratiquez bien!
Observez l’affiche! Qui parle: le professeur ou l'étudiante?

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