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What is the purpose of the cédille?

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The cedilla is used to change the "k" sound into an "s" sound! Hope this helped
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Bonjour !

The cedilla is used to change the "K" sound into an "S" sound.

It is necessary when you need to keep an S sound in front of a hard vowel: a, o, u.

Exemple :

- ça

- garçon

- gerçure

- glaçon

The consonant C naturally sounds S in front of a soft vowel: e, i, y

Exemple :

- merci

- ce

- celui

- cependant

- commerce

- citoyen

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