Lesson 3 : Accents in French : Learn with Safaa

Bonjour! Welcome to our channel Learn with Saffa. Apprenons le français. Let's learn French. Les accents. The accents. Are you ready? Let's start. Different types of accents can be found on some letters in French. Most of the time it will change the pronunciation. L'accent aigu. L'accent grave. L'accent circonflexe. Le tréma. La cédille. L'accent aigu. You find it on letter E. And it changes the sound of E. E. In E. Like in say. For example. Ecole. School. L'accent grave. You find it on letter E. Most of the time. And it changes the sound on E. E. In E. Like in bet. For example. Frère. Brother. L'accent circonflexe. You find it on letter E. And it changes the sound in E. Like in bet. For example. Etre. To be. You find it on A. A. It is used to change the sound. But it is less noticeable. As compared to when the accent is placed on E. For example. Une tâche. A task. Une tâche. A task. Different to. Une tâche. A stain. Now it helps more to distinguish two words with the same spelling. But different meaning. When the accent is placed on I. O. And U. It doesn't change the sound. Le tréma. You can find it on letters E. I. U. E. I. U. It indicates that the preceding vowel has to be pronounced separately. For example. Noël. Christmas. Maïs. Corn. Cafarnaume. Mass. La cédille. It is used only with the letter C to indicate the sound S. When it is followed by the letters A, O or U. For example. Les garçons. The boys. Congratulations! We have completed our lesson today. If you like this video, please share and subscribe for more videos. Au revoir. A bientôt. Goodbye. See you soon.