Slide 1 : French symbols and punctuation marks Un point . = full stop, dot, period
Une virgule , = a comma,
Deux points : = colon
Un point-virgule ; = semi-colon
Une apostrophe ‘ = apostrophe
Un point d’exclamation ! = exclamation point
Un point d’interrogation ? = question mark
Des points de suspension ….. = ellipsis
Un trait d’union - = hyphen
Un tiret __ = dash
Un souligné _ = underscore
Symbole du degré ° = degree sign
Slide 2 : des guillemets « » = inverted commas " "
des parenthèses ( ) = parentheses
des crochets droits [ ] = brackets
des accolades { } = braces
des crochets < > = brackets
un et commercial & = ampersand
un astérisque * = asterisk
un dièse # = pound sign
signe du dollar $ = dollar sign
signe de la livre £ = pound sign
Slide 3 : signe de pourcentage %, = percent sign
signe plus + = plus sign
signe moins - = minus sign
signe égal = equal sign
signe inférieur < = less-than sign
signe supérieur > = greater-than sign
barre verticale = pipe
barre oblique / trait oblique = forward slash
barre anti-oblique, antislash = backslash
arobas @, a commercial = « at » sign
How to read an email and a website address ?
For an email address :
mon-oiseau_bleu@mon-FAI.fr = mon tiret oiseau souligné bleu arobas mon fournisseur accès internet point fr
Slide 4 : For a website :
www.myngle.com = 3 W (www) point myngle point com
Now, a quick info about « les lettres muettes » = SILENT LETTERS
In French, all letters are not pronounced because it is not a phonetic language like in Spanish.
For example, the final consonant in a word is almost always dropped off.
But the trick is that many exceptions exist.
Ex : letter b
plomb (no b) = lead
Exceptions where you need to pronounce the final b
Un nabab :
Un club de pétanque, de golf = petanque/golf club
Un toubib = a doctor
Un lob = (tennis) lob
Un baobab = ( African tree) = monkey bread tree
Slide 5 : With the letter C :
parc = park
truc = gizmo what-you-call-it
flic = (slang) = cop
Avec = with
But again a few exceptions
porc = pork
tabac = tobacco
banc = bench
estomac = belly
With the letter F :
Chef = manager, chef
Actif = active
Fief = fiefdom