LETTER	SOUND	AS IN	WORD	NOTES

e	e	let	cerveau	Also pronounced as 'a' in a few words, eg 'femme' and the ending '-emment'
e	uh	about	le	see below
e		come	chaise	usually silent - see bellow
ê	e	set	forêt	Generally, When ê comes in a syllable before a é sound, it changes to that sound
è	e	set	sèche
é	ay	say	blè

é - a single sound between English 'ee' and 'e'.

Note: Unaccented e is silent (a) when final (generally) and (b) in the second-last syllable after a single consonant. It is pronounced like 'a' in 'about' (a) in monosyllables (eg de, le), (b) in the second-last syllable after two or more consonant sounds, and (c) when final after two or more consonants.