Module 2 of the free French course (CEFR A1, completed), lesson 23 of 30: Water, milk, juice: l'eau, le lait, le jus. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 23.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| l'eaufeminine — the article elides to l' | the water | loh |
| le lait | the milk | luh LEH |
| le jus | the juice | luh ZHEW |
| le jus de pomme | the apple juice | luh zhew duh POHM |
| le café | the coffee | luh kah-FAY |
| le thé | the tea | luh TAY |
| le chocolat chaud | the hot chocolate | luh shoh-koh-lah SHOH |
| la boisson | the drink | lah bwah-SOH(n) |
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.
Water, milk, juice: l'eau, le lait, le jus. The grown-up pair: le café, le thé. The treat: le chocolat chaud.
J'ai soif — I am thirsty (you HAVE thirst, like age). Je voudrais de l'eau, s'il vous plaît.
Thirst uses avoir: j'ai soif, I have thirst — exactly like age and hunger. Never je suis soif.
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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