In French the color follows the noun: le chat noir, the black cat. This lesson drills that word order with the nouns and colors you already own, and you get a first sighting — no drilling yet — of agreement: une porte verte quietly picks up an extra e.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| le chat noir | the black cat | luh shah NWAHR |
| le livre rouge | the red book | luh leevr ROOZH |
| un stylo bleu | a blue pen | uh(n) stee-loh BLUH |
| la porte verteverte — the adjective agrees with the feminine noun; drilled properly in Module 3 territory | the green door | lah port VEHRT |
| une table blancheblanc → blanche with a feminine noun | a white table | ewn tahbl BLAH(n)SH |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
Where English says "the red book", French says the book red: le livre rouge. Build ten of these from your word columns — noun with article, then color — and the order becomes reflex.
You may notice verte and blanche wearing extra letters next to feminine nouns. Notice it, copy it when you see it, and leave the full rule for later — the sequence is deliberate.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.
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