les accents français

Changes the sound of the letter É from "euh" to "ay," like in the word "café."

Found on the letters à, è & ù. Change the meaning of the word. For example "ou" means something different than "où." It changes the pronunciation of the letter E, but not A or U.

Found only on the letter C. Tells you to pronounce a soft c, sounding like "ssss," as in the words "français" and "garçon."

Found on the letters ë, ï, ö, ü. Tells you to pronounce the vowels separately, not as a blend, like in the words Noël and naïve.

Found on all 5 vowels: â, ê, î, ô, û. Tells you that a letter which was present in the original Latin root word evolved away and is gone in modern French. The missing letter is usually an S, like in the words hôpital and forêt.