Module 2 of the free French course (CEFR A1, completed), lesson 9 of 30: Pourquoi asks why; parce que answers it: Pourquoi tu aimes le samedi? 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 9.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| pourquoi | why | poor-KWAH |
| parce que | because | PAHRS kuh |
| pourquoi pas? | why not? | poor-kwah PAH |
| parce que j'aime ça | because I like that | pahrs kuh zhehm SAH |
| la question | the question | lah kehs-TYOH(n) |
| la réponse | the answer | lah ray-POH(n)S |
| demander | to ask | duh-mah(n)-DAY |
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.
Pourquoi asks why; parce que answers it: Pourquoi tu aimes le samedi? — Parce que je joue au parc!
Parce que shrinks before a vowel: parce qu'il, parce qu'elle.
parce que shrinks to parce qu' before a vowel: parce qu'il, parce qu'elle. It is still two written words.
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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