les accents et les alphabets.pptx

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1. ( Leçon 1) Introduction to the french language . (Introduction à la langue française) 

2. The French Alphabet ( L’alphabet français ) 

3. Numbers 1-20 ( Les nombres de 1 à 20)

4. Accent Marks ( Les accents) Acute accent (L’accent aigu) Grave accent (L’accent grave ) Cedilla (la cédille) Circumflex (la circonflexe) Diaeresis (le tréma)

5. Acute accent ( L’accent aigu) “ Left hand accent” or “Left hand salute” é only Makes an “ ay” sound French.

6. Grave accent (L’accent grave)   “Right hand accent” or “Right hand salute” à, è, ù Does not change sound, but makes the word pronounceable

7. Cedilla (la cédille) Turns a “c” from a “ kuh ” to “ sss ” Ç.

8. Circumflex (la circonflexe) Does not change the sound, this is a vestige from Old French It only affects writing â, ê, î, ô, û.

9. Diaeresis ( le tréma) Used when two vowels are next to each other and are meant to be pronounced separately ë, ï 

10. Silent Letters ( Les lettres muettes)    In French, some letters are not pronounced, particularly at the end of words Final –e: The final –e is not usually pronounced Madam e, Phillip e Final –s: The final –s is not usually pronounced Loui s, Charle s, trè s Final consonants are not usually pronounced, the usual exceptions are: -c, -r, -f, -l, -k *Remember to be CaReFuL * which final consonants are pronounced Rober t, Alber t, Eric, Marc, Raoul H is never pronounced* L’ h ôtel , L’ h ôpital , L’ h omme * There is the h aspiré

11. Differences between English and French (Les différence entre l’anglais et le français) Spoken French differs from English * Valette , Jean-Paul, and Rebecca M. Valette . Contacts: Lange et culture françaises . New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001.

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