French Accent Homographs$ f% Y( {2 _0 _8 N
Think accents don't matter when writing in French? Think again!
5 E8 G, N* Y2 l You may not realize it, but French accents have a purpose. While some accents just signify that an S used to follow that vowel in Old French (e.g., étudiant used to be spelled estudiant), most French accents indicate the correct pronunciation of the letter they modify. In addition, there are dozens of French word pairs which are spelled (though not always pronounced) the same other than accents. To avoid confusion, you should always distinguish between these words by using the correct accents.*
% `$ I1 b; O! D* Y a - third person singular of avoir (to have)
$ L# j: y% C4 h3 Q* d7 n à - (preposition) to, at, in: I7 N- {1 E; I
acre - acre. ]' c+ R3 f6 z% M0 M+ Q( t O
acre - (adjective) acrid, pungent
8 w o3 v/ U L1 ? age - age
2 {8 w. L9 S. |5 j2 g/ T agé - (adjective) old
_6 O1 s4 c. u" b2 Y. ~ aie - first person singular subjunctive and second person singular imperative of avoir
9 p# t4 v* p$ t4 _# k0 T a?e - (interjection) ouch
8 T3 I- x3 K1 a# z3 x arriéré - (adjective) overdue, backward; (noun) backlog, arrears
9 F: P5 h0 _ x arrière - back, stern, rear, aft
# G/ V5 m) u, c$ z bronze - bronze object: C8 V2 X A1 ]
bronzé - past participle of bronzer (to tan, bronze)
- V2 Y& B; `3 L4 u& O- u) k" D ?a - (indefinite demonstrative pronoun) that, it
5 q- j) ` l7 Y+ B- n) S+ `3 h ?à et là - here and there
8 `1 O% V( R1 _0 l colle - glue
) h) h3 p+ ?! Q y# E3 c) N collé - past participle of coller (to glue)" y0 K2 Z. z* ~# [4 y2 M. j
congres - eels2 q; m- S* l% x. E/ y) I, B
congrès - conference, congress/ ~7 b& l* f) [; c$ @2 V
cote - quotation, quoted value, rating/ S5 _1 \+ q0 g7 j3 V/ Z* ?% r( b
coté - highly thought of / rated (past participle of c?ter)
$ ~9 {2 j5 D. P2 s7 Y) d8 V+ b c?te - rib, slope, coastline0 }7 V6 A* f; Y# K
c?té - side
7 H8 M5 H; Y5 z) \+ O2 k cure - cure, treatment
, h* X6 b$ h; l curé - priest; past participle of curer (to clean out)' z1 W) a x* ~3 e" T0 R9 Q! b
crêpe - crepe (thin pancake), crepe paper" h0 O* Y! U5 ^* z/ n+ {
crêpé - past participle of crêper (to backcomb, crimp)" p3 C3 ]6 l. e8 }
de - (preposition) of, from
- ?( Z0 H" L8 l6 U4 l* G dé - thimble, die9 n8 o; }* r5 e+ j l7 }7 z
des - (indefinite article, partitive article) some; contraction of de + les; P" x2 J' A7 m! u6 f
dès - (preposition) from' P3 L- k+ |9 R2 @9 T
différent - different
! p3 J+ w& @/ }0 O1 p! M0 r# P6 @8 z diffèrent - third person plural conjugation of différer (to differ)$ Z; t* k( ]; _& k" ]% |$ N+ R
du - contraction of de + le+ u! {& S9 G* x* y7 M6 v, I
d? - past participle of devoir (to have to) |
发表于 2012-8-16 14:41:58
