The grave accent.
The grave accent can be found on the vowels a, u e .
For the vowel E remembers that it gives the sound ai.
And in what case is the grave accent on the letter?
A grave accent is placed on the vowel if at the end of the word it is followed by the
letter s without it being a plural form, as procès très près .
A grave accent is placed on the vowel E.
If in the following syllable, there is a silent E.
As in père élève mère cortège .
A grave accent is placed on the vowel E followed by two consonants.
If the second consonant that follows it is an r or an l, as in piètre or lièvre.
Small reminder.
Remember, we already said that you should not put an accent on the letter E if it is
followed by two consonants, but that it is still pronounced AI .
Like in mettre or verte.
Let's now look at the vowel a.
When should I put a grave accent on A?
The grave accent that the letter A can carry helps to distinguish between the different
grammatical categories.
The letter A is accented when it is the preposition a.
Example: "I am going to the house".
Or "It has nothing to do with".
Here, the accent distinguishes the difference between the preposition and the verb avoir,
conjugated in the third person singular.
Like for example, she is one year old has the verb to have conjugated in the third
person singular, or she goes to school with a preposition.
It is therefore very important to use it correctly so as not to change the meaning of
sentences or end up with completely incorrect sentences.
A grave accent is placed on the to of là to differentiate the article la and the adverb
of place là.
For example I am looking for the girl the article La or the girl is there, là adverb of
place. The letter A is also accented in some adverbs, such as déjà delà voilà.
In which case is the grave accent on the letter U?
A grave accent is placed on the vowel u only when it is the adverb indicating the place
where example.
Where are you going?
The grave accent on the u also helps to distinguish between two grammatical
categories, namely the adverb of place où (where) and the coordinating conjunction ou
(or). Example.
Where are you going?
Where adverb of place .
At the butcher's or the greengrocer's or coordinating conjunctions?
And that's this lesson on the grave accent and now over.