badass9

[queen moss]

Please be patient

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[radiant perch]

That’s the circumflex, used to mark a missing letter, usually S.

Think English forest and French forêt

[mortal dawn]

Thank you! The circumflex always replaces an S or is only used for special cases?
Also what about the difference between the two different accents sides like in déjà

[radiant perch]

English paste vs French pâte
English hospital vs French hôpital
English isle vs French île

[radiant perch]

In some cases it replaces two separate vowels who've merged

ermmmm

Old French aage becoming Modern French âge

Old French seür becoming Modern French sûr

Depending on what dialect you're aiming to learn, the sound may be different from a non-circumflex variant

[radiant perch]

For é, that's to mark how 'E' sounds like

The letter 'E' by itself can be pronounced as a schwa (about /əˈbaʊt/), an 'open' E (say but without the gliding bit /seɪ/), or a closed 'E' (send /sɛnd/). To mark which sound makes which sound, accents are added. Consult here for more:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/pronunciation/e/

As for à, that's just historical AFAIK

@mortal dawn https://www.lawlessfrench.com/pronunciation/accents/
Read that

[mortal dawn]

Woah! Makes more sense now. Thank you for the explanation

I see, this whole combinations makes this language beautiful to me. But also pretty challenging to learn. I’ll read the page you’ve sent me

Can I ask what was your approach when learning the language?

[radiant perch]

tons of material really

surrounded by the language

[radiant perch]

Yeah English took these words before they lost the S