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  • the last 3 sound the same.

  • @Emmwi Not "so many E" but e,é,è,ê :)

    It's a way to distinguish pronunciation between different words when you read them.

    Let me give you some examples of ambiguities in english. For example,try to explain why "lead" (metal) is not pronounced the same way than "lead" (verb) or live (verb) and live (noun) or "rebel" (noun) and "rebel" (verb), etc.

    Why is there so many ways to pronounce "a" in english?Obvious for native speakers but weird for the others!

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  • @thewargammer You have to know that if the three last accents sound the same , it 's because they MUST sound the same as there is NO difference as regarding the sound between : ë / ê / ;)

  • @mariananu

    Si le mec avait écrit ça :

    Message.

    Méchant.

    Après.

    Être.

    Noël.

    Il aurait fallu leur apprendre la prononciatinon "complète" de ces mots.

  • I'm French and the 3 last ARE the same. "é" and "è" are the most frequently used.

    "ê" comes from the Latin. For exemple : "forest" has become "forêt", the "^" symbolises "s".

    Same for "hospital" "hôpital". It doesn't really change the pronunciation here.

    And finally "ë" is used to pronouce the letter entirely. For exemple "Poire" [poar] would be "Poïre" [poir]

  • il etait peut etre necessaire d'y ajouter des exemples...pardon pour le manque des accents

  • The last three sound the same. And in southern France in many words we pronounce è like a é. Don't worry with the accents.

  • @mrios328 i speak french, and the last 3 realy sound the same!!!!

  • Je préfère la méthode que les religieuses utilisaient pour distinguer les lettres avec accents parce qu'elle ne laisse aucun doute à propos de quel accent est sur la lettre. La voici:

    "e" accent aigu (é)

    "e" accent grave (è)

    "e" accent circonflexe (ê)

    "e" tréma (ë)

    C'est clair, n'est-ce pas?

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