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Even though there are no difficulties with the open and the closed e, we would like to have a look at the graphemes of the closed e, because here we have e,
é.
(The sound of the closed e is like the one in bed.)
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nez
(nose)
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| pied
(foot)
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| poignée
(fist)
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| messieurs
(gentlemen)
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Now the question is why there is sometimes an e and sometimes
é. And to our surprise, there is a system in this as you will see in the following.
1) If a word has an é in the beginning it is the sign to pronounce it as closed e.
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