法語中的同形異音詞滙縂（1）

法語中的accent就像中文中的音調一樣不能亂標！一個符號的錯誤，可能會引起大歧義。下麪我們來看看這些法語中的同形異音詞吧～

　　French Accent Homographs

　　Think accents don't matter when writing in French? Think again!

　　You may not realize it, but French accents have a purpose. While some accents just signify that an S used to follow that vowel in Old French (e.g., étudiant used to be spelled estudiant), most French accents indicate the correct pronunciation of the letter they modify. In addition, there are dozens of French word pairs which are spelled (though not always pronounced) the same other than accents. To avoid confusion, you should always distinguish between these words by using the correct accents.*

　　a - third person singular of avoir (to have)
　　à - (preposition) to, at, in

　　acre - acre
　　âcre - (adjective) acrid, pungent

　　âge - age
　　âgé - (adjective) old

　　aie - first person singular subjunctive and second person singular imperative of avoir
　　aïe - (interjection) ouch

　　arriéré - (adjective) overdue, backward; (noun) backlog, arrears
　　arrière - back, stern, rear, aft

　　bronze - bronze object
　　bronzé - past participle of bronzer (to tan, bronze)

　　ça - (indefinite demonstrative pronoun) that, it
　　çà et là - here and there

　　colle - glue
　　collé - past participle of coller (to glue)

　　congres - eels
　　congrès - conference, congress

　　cote - quotation, quoted value, rating
　　coté - highly thought of / rated (past participle of côter)
　　côte - rib, slope, coastline
　　côté - side

　　cure - cure, treatment
　　curé - priest; past participle of curer (to clean out)

　　crêpe - crepe (thin pancake), crepe paper
　　crêpé - past participle of crêper (to backcomb, crimp)

　　de - (preposition) of, from
　　dé - thimble, die

　　des - (indefinite article, partitive article) some; contraction of de les
　　dès - (preposition) from

　　différent - different
　　diffèrent - third person plural conjugation of différer (to differ)

　　du - contraction of de le
　　dû - past participle of devoir (to have to)