The difference between

and
In the vocabulary that you have learned so far, you must have noticed the difference
between and . There are several ways of pronouncing the letter e, but the
accents make it easy to distinguish.
E with an accent aigu is called a closed e because your mouth is not very open when
you pronounce it.
t
crire
temprature
The sound is also found in the word et and in all the verbs ending in er and ez, as
donner and vous donnez.
On the other hand, the verb est or es is pronounced just like e accent grave: . When
you pronounce this sound, your mouth is more open.
lumire
lvre
prs

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