with changes Acute accent é Changes the Allé (accent aigu) sound to “ay” Été Répéter Armée Dieresis ë Makes a vowel Noël ï combination into Astéroïd 2 separate Égoïste syllables, i.e. Coïncidence makes you Maïs pronounce them separately. Grave accent à No effect on Voilà (accent grave) è pronunciation à ì où ò mère ù très (Technically speaking, it is placed over the letter “e” when the next syllable is mute.) Circumflex â No effect on Maître accent ê pronunciation. Île î Pâte ô (It was used to Hôte û show that in Old Sûr French/Latin the vowel was followed by an “s”. It can be helpful to know this as English words which share the same ancestry normally still
with changes Acute accent (accent aigu) é Changes the sound to “ay” Allé Été Répéter Armée Dieresis ë ï Makes a vowel combination into 2 separate syllables, i.e. makes you pronounce them separately. Noël Astéroïd Égoïste Coïncidence Maïs Grave accent (accent grave) à è ì ò ù No effect on pronunciation (Technically speaking, it is placed over the letter “e” when the next syllable is mute.) Voilà à où mère très Circumflex accent â ê î ô û No effect on pronunciation. (It was used to show that in Old French/Latin the vowel was followed by an “s”. It can be helpful to know this as English words which share the same ancestry normally still Maître Île Pâte Hôte Sûr