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Orthography - Coggle Diagram
Orthography
gender patterns
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Nouns ending in ‘aison’, ‘(s)sion’, ‘-tion’ or '-xion' = fem
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le parapluie, le parachute
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double consonants
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s is pronounced z when surrounded by 2 vowels = fusil, épisode
but if double s = casse, the sound is 's'
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In / Im : « in » et « im » are pronounced [ε] before a consonant;
impossible, infaillible, imprévisible, …
BUT, before a vowel or when the « n » or « m » are doubled they are pronounced [ime] and [ine] immobile, inévitable, inexistant, immatériel, …
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accents
grave / acute
open
espoir, ciel, presse, sèche
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circumflex
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pronunciation
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drôle, chômage, diplôme = closes
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cedilla
allows c = s sound before a, o, u
diaresis / tremor
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Sometimes used over an e to indicate that it is not pronounced, particularly with feminine forms of some adjectives ending in the masculine u
aiguë, ambiguë