Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 16 of 30: The shops of a French street each sell one thing well: la boulangerie (bread). 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 16.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| la boulangerie | the bakery | lah boo-lah(n)-ZHREE |
| la pâtisserie | the pastry shop | lah pah-tee-SREE |
| le marché | the market | luh mahr-SHAY |
| le restaurant | the restaurant | luh ress-toh-RAH(n) |
| le supermarché | the supermarket | luh sew-pehr-mahr-SHAY |
| la banque | the bank | lah BAH(n)K |
| la poste | the post office | lah PUST |
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.
The shops of a French street each sell one thing well: la boulangerie (bread), la pâtisserie (pastry), le marché (the open market).
On va à la boulangerie? French towns still shop street by street, and the words carry the culture.
la pâtisserie sells pastries and la boulangerie sells bread. A French street keeps the two shops apart, and so does the vocabulary.
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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