Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1é = closed [e] (café); è, ê = open [ɛ] (père, fête).
- 2Accents that change meaning: a / à, ou / où, la / là, sur / sûr.
- 3ç before a, o, u to keep the [s] sound: garçon, ça, reçu.
- 4The circumflex often marks a lost s: forêt (forest), hôpital (hospital).
Key vocabulary
| l’été | summer |
| la fête | party |
| le garçon | boy |
| où | where |
| là | there |