45. Deux extraits des œuvres de Voltaire. Idioms; Que with Subjunctive; Ne; Distinction between Subjunctive and Other Moods 46. Shakespeare jugé par Lamartine. Table of Sequence of Tenses FIRST BOOK IN FRENCH 1. Alphabet. REMARKS ON PRONUNCIATION The letters of the French alphabet, and their names, are: a (a), b (bé), c (cé), d (dé), e (é), f (effe), g (gé), h (ache), i (i), j (ji), k (ka), 1(elle), m (emme), n (enne), o (0), p(pé), q (ku), r(erre), s (esse), t (té), u (u), v (vé), w (double vé), x (iks), y (i grec), z (zède). 2. Accents. Ex.: é, è, à, ù, â, ê, ô, û. French accent-marks show quality of vowel merely; they do not denote stress. There are three accents: the acute ( ́), called aigu, found only over e (é); the grave (`), found over e (è), a, and u; the circumflex (^), called circonflex, over any vowel except y. 3. Apostrophe. 1', s', m', t'. Ex.: L'enfant, s'en, m'y, t'engager. The apostrophe indicates the omission of a final vowel, usually e, before another word beginning with a vowel. 4. Cedilla. Ex.: garçon. The cédille () is put under c preceding a, o, or u to indicate that c is soft and has the sound of s in the English word such. 5. Dieresis. Ex.: haïr. The tréma (") is placed over the latter of two consecutive vowels to indicate that the second vowel begins a new syllable, instead of forming a diphthong with the preceding vowel. I |