Letters with accents

Some people have asked me for help on adding accents to letters.

Remember that lots of words need accented letters .

You can use these accent shortcuts if you have a full sized keboard (i.e. with a separate number pad)

You need to press the ALT key, then the number shortcut, e.g. ALT 133 = à, ALT 130 = é

FRENCH

GERMAN

SPANISH

à

133

ä

132

á

160

â

131

Ä

142

é

130

ç

135

ö

148

í

161

Ç

128

Ö

153

ñ

164

é

130

ü

129

Ñ

165

è

138

Ü

154

ó

162

ê

136

ß

225

ú

163

ë

137

¿

168

î

140

¡

173

ï

139

ô

147

ù

151

û

150

 

Of course, there are other ways of adding accents to letters.

If you use an ipad or android tablet you can download a keyboard with lots of language (and emoji ) options.

Modal Verbs

Year 8  have been looking at the present tense of these verbs.

They are modal verbs and are generally followed by an infinitive.

  • Vouloir = to want to
  • Pouvoir = to be able to (“can”)
  • Devoir = to have to (“must”)

We have used these basic translations, although devoir is a verb with various meanings – it can refer to debt (Elle me doit mille euros – she owes me 1000 euros), obligation (Vous devez attendre le bus – you must wait for the bus) or probability (Le bus doit arriver à 10h – the bus is supposed to arrive at 10 o’clock). Tone of voice and gestures when speaking, or other text when reading will give you clues to the meaning of the verb each time.

  • Je peux jouer au golf – I can play golf
  • Il veux jouer au golf – He wants to play golf
  • Vous devez jouer au golf – You have to play golf