Language/French/Pronunciation/Accents/pt

Conhecer os acentos franceses (les accent français) é essencial para a ortografia adequada em francês.

Os acentos em francês alteram a pronúncia eo significado da palavra.

Nesta lição, explicaremos como usar os acentos franceses.

5 sotaques

Há quatro acentos franceses para vogais e um para uma consoante, a letra "c".

A letra "é" não é pronunciada da mesma forma que a letra "è". Se você é capaz de ouvir a diferença, você também sabe como soletrar uma palavra.

Aqui está a tabela de sotaques franceses:

Writing	Name	Example	Pronunciation
é	Accent aigu (acute accent)	étudiant (student)
à, è, ù	Accent grave (grave accent)	où (where), après (after), J'habite à Paris (I live in Paris)
â, ê, î, ô,û	Accent circonflexe (accent circumflex)	forêt (forest), plâtre (plaster), île (island), tôt (early), août (August)
ë, ï,ü	Accent tréma (umlaut)	Noël (Christmas), naïve (naïve), aigüe (acute)
ç	Cedille (cedilla)	garçon (boy)

Accent aigu (acute accent)

The acute accent is very frequent and can only be used with the letter "e".

Here are some useful words using the "é":

• écrire (to write) : J'aime écrire des lettres = I like writing letters
• été (summer) : Cet été j'irai à la plage = This summer I will go to the beach
• école (school) : Son école n'est pas loin d'ici = His school is not far from here

L'accent grave (grave accent)

The grave accent is only used with vowels "a", "e", and "u" like in:

• Après (after) : Après vous, je vous en prie = After you, please
• Où (where) : Où habites tu ? = Where do you live?
• À (to) : Je suis allé à Paris = I have been to Paris

L'accent circonflexe (accent circumflex)

The accent circumflex appear over any vowel and means that an S used to be in the word after the vowel.

• Forêt (forest) : J'aime marcher dans la forêt = I like to walk in the forest
• Hôpital (hospital) : Je dois aller à l'hôpital = I must go to the hospital
• S'il vous plaît (please) : S'il vous plaît, pourriez-vous m'aider = Could you please help me?
• Embûche (pitfall) : Ce parcours est semé d'embûches = This route is filled with pitfalls.
• Dégâts (damage) : L'ouragan a fait d'énormes dégâts = The hurricane caused a lot of damage.

Le tréma (umlaut)

The umlaut appears only over the vowels "e", "i" and "u".

You have to pronounce each vowel separately when you see this accent.

Words using the accent tréma include:

• Noël (Christmas) : Je serai à Paris pour Noël = I will be in Paris for Christmas
• Naïve (naïve) : Elle a l'air naïve = She looks naïve.
• Capharnaüm (mess). C'est un vrai capharnaüm ici = It's a real mess here

La cédille (cedilla)

The cedilla is also only found under the letter "c".

It changes a hard C sound (like K) into a soft C sound (like S).

Examples:

• français (French): Apprendre le français = Learn French
• ça (this) : ça me semble difficile = It looks hard

Pronunciation

The videos below will help you identify sounds of accents on the E letter :

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