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Accented Capitals

There's a bit of debate with regard to accents on capital letters. Most everyone agrees that accents are required on lower case letters, but some French speakers claim that they are unneccessary or even incorrect on capital letters. Is this true? The answer depends in part on who you ask.

accents • spelling

Linguistics

Accents régionaux et discrimination linguistique

Like every language, French is spoken in a variety of different ways across the country (and around the world). Learn about the discrimination speakers of "non standard" French may face in this video with interactive subtitles.

C1 - Advanced French

Linguistics

Acute Accent: é

In French, E is the only letter that can be modified with l'accent aigu, the acute accent. With the accent, it may be called either e accent aigu or simply é, pronounced [e]. As indicated by the latter, the acute accent changes the vowel's pronunciation to [e].

accents • spelling

Fun with French

Alsatian Accent

Put your French listening comprehension and sense of humor to the test with this faux news report poking fun at Alsace and the Alsatian accent.

C1 - Advanced French

Linguistics

Birth of French Language

Learn about the birth of the French language in this bilingual article. (part 1 of 5)

B1 - Intermediate French

Fun with French

Breton Accent

Put your French listening comprehension and sense of humor to the test with this faux news report poking fun at Brittany and the Breton accent.

B2 - Upper-Intermediate French

Linguistics

Cajun French

Learn about - and listen to - le cadien, aka Cajun French: a variety of French spoken in Louisiana. This Monde francophone video from Lawless French Immersion includes interactive subtitles.

C1 - Advanced French

Linguistics

Circumflex: â, ê, î, ô, û

The circumflex, aka "little hat," is the only French accent that may be found on each of the five vowels. In any given word, the circumflex may serve one or more purposes.

spelling

Linguistics

Défense de la langue française (DLF)

The goal of DLF is to provide information in and about French to French speakers, in France and around the world.

Linguistics

Development of the French Language

French is a Romance language, but it has a number of characteristics that set it apart from the other members of its linguistic family. Here is an extremely simplified synopsis of its development.

franglais

Expressions

Expressions with français

You know that "French" in French is français, but did you know this word also used in many idiomatic expressions? Learn to speak broken French, plain French, perfect French, and more with this list of expressions with français.

Linguistics

Facts about French

Learn some interesting facts about the French language in this bilingual article.

B1 - Intermediate French

Linguistics

Fautes de français qui deviennent des règles

Some language mistakes are so widespread that they eventually become rules. Learn about some of these while working on your advanced French listening comprehension in this fascinating radio show with transcript and translation.

C1 - Advanced French

Linguistics

Français au Canada

Dans quelles provinces canadiennes parle-t-on le français ? La question en elle-même peut être source de confusion.

B1 - Intermediate French

Linguistics

Français canadien

The French spoken in Québec can be very different than what you hear in France. Check out this animated video for an explanation of the Québécois accent ... in the Québécois accent.

C1 - Advanced French

abbreviations		accents
adjectives		adverbs
agreement		articles
conjunctions		demonstratives
exclamations		faux amis
fillers		formalities
franglais		French in English
gender		indefinition
informalities		lesson plans
negation		nouns
plurals		politeness
possession		prefixes
prepositions		pronouns
proverbs		questions
spelling		suffixes
synonyms		travel French
verbs		word order