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Why Your French Emails Are Being Ignored — The 5 Accent Marks You Keep Missing. (Part 2)

Thu, 2 Jul 2026 Source: Michael Djan

You spent hours writing that French email.

The vocabulary was right. The sentences made sense. The tone was professional.

But you typed "ca" instead of "ça."

You wrote "ou" instead of "où."

You used "a" instead of "à."

And just like that — your Francophone client, employer, or partner read it and lost confidence in you before the conversation even began.

This is happening to Ghanaian professionals every single day. Not because their French is bad — but because nobody ever taught them the five accent marks that hold the entire

French language together.

In this video, I break down:

✅ What the 5 French accent marks are and exactly what each one does

✅ Why missing them in professional writing signals carelessness to Francophone readers

Source: Michael Djan