What effect does a trema have on pronunciation in a word like aigue?

What effect does a trema have on pronunciation in a word like aigue?

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Often we see 2 dots over the u in aigue, for example. Why?

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It's so that you pronounce the "u" sound at the end like [e-gu].

If it's spelled "aigue", it would be pronounced like [eg]

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