Module 2 of the free French course (CEFR A1, completed), lesson 27 of 30: Furniture words put your prepositions to work: Le chat est sur le canapé. 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 27.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| le canapé | the sofa | luh kah-nah-PAY |
| la lampe | the lamp | lah LAH(n)P |
| le tapis | the rug | luh tah-PEE |
| l'armoirefeminine — the article elides to l' | the wardrobe | lahr-MWAHR |
| le miroir | the mirror | luh mee-RWAHR |
| la télévision | the television | lah tay-lay-vee-ZYOH(n) |
| la cuisinière | the stove | lah kwee-zee-NYEHR |
| le frigo | the fridge | luh free-GOH |
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.
Furniture words put your prepositions to work: Le chat est sur le canapé. Le ballon est sous le lit.
L'armoire is feminine — one of the l'-words whose gender you learn WITH the word.
l'armoire is feminine (une armoire) — a gender you learn with the word, because the l' hides it.
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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