Module 2 of the free French course (CEFR A1, completed), lesson 10 of 30: Quel is the asking "which/what" and it agrees like an adjective: quel livre (m), quelle couleur (f). On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 10.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| quel | which (m) | kel |
| quelle | which (f) | kel |
| quel livre? | which book? | kel LEEVR |
| quelle couleur? | which color? | kel koo-LUHR |
| la couleur | the color | lah koo-LUHR |
| quelle heure est-il? | what time is it? | kel uhr eh-TEEL |
| quel jour sommes-nous? | what day is it? | kel zhoor sum-NOO |
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.
Quel is the asking "which/what" and it agrees like an adjective: quel livre (m), quelle couleur (f), quels amis, quelles chaises. All four forms SOUND the same: kel.
It powers the questions you use daily: Quel âge as-tu? Quelle heure est-il? Quel jour sommes-nous?
quel, quelle, quels and quelles all SOUND the same (kel). Only the noun tells you which one to write.
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.
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