Yes! There is a rule explaining why and when you should use the accents on the E.
Well at least for the accent aigu é and accent grave è! As there is no specific rule for the accent circonflexe ê…. Sorry it is a french rule after all , so easy would not be french!!!!
The different accents on the E
– Accent aigu ‘é’
– Accent grave ‘è’
– Accent circonflexe ‘ê’
You can hear the pronounciation here
L’accent aigu – é
- When ‘e ’is at the beginning of a word
-Une échelle (a ladder), un éléphant (an elephant)
- When ‘e’ is between 2 consonants and the next ‘e’ is not a silent ‘e’
-Un mélange (a blend), préféré (prefered, adjectif MS), une génération (a generation)
- When ‘e is at the end of a word, even if it finishes with the plural ‘s’ or a silent ‘e’
-La liberté (the freedom), des canapés (sofas), un lycée (high school)
L’accent grave – è
- In front of ‘ere’ and ‘es’
– Une ère (an era), une patissière (a pastry chef F) des aloès (aloe veras P)
- When the word is singular and finishes by ‘s’
-Après (after), un décès (a death), très (very)
- When ‘e’ is following by a consonant + ‘l’ or ‘r’
– Une fièvre (a fever), un lièvre (a hare), un trèfle (a clover)
- When ‘e’ is followed by a syllable with a silent ‘e’
– Un problème (a problem), un évènement (an event)
No accent, but pronounced
- A word finishing by –d, -f, -r, -z,(pronounced ‘é’)
-Un pied (a foot), une clef (a key), chanter (to sing), un boulanger (a baker M), un nez (the noise), vous mangez (you eat)
- In front of ‘x’ (pronounced ‘é’)
-Flexible (flexible)
- In front of a double vowel ‘mm’, ‘tt’, ‘ll’, ‘nn’, ‘rr’ (pronounced ‘è’)
– Une étiquette (a label), belle (beautiful M), ancienne (old F), une femme (a woman), une pierre (a stone)
No accent, the silent ‘e’ not pronounced
A lot of words in French finish with a non pronounced ‘e’
– Une année (a year), la joie (the joy), la pluie (the rain), une étiquette (a label), j’achète (I buy), un problème (a problem), une patissière (a woman pastry baker).
Beware: The ‘e’ at the end does not mean the word is feminine.
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