Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 17 of 30: The bigger landmarks: la gare (station), la bibliothèque (library), la piscine (pool), le musée (museum), l'hôpital. 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 17.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| la gare | the train station | lah GAHR |
| la bibliothèque | the library | lah bee-blee-oh-TEK |
| la piscine | the swimming pool | lah pee-SEEN |
| le musée | the museum | luh mew-ZAY |
| l'hôpitalmasculine — the article elides to l' | the hospital | loh-pee-TAHL |
| la pharmacie | the pharmacy | lah fahr-mah-SEE |
| le pont | the bridge | luh POH(n) |
| la place | the town square | lah PLAHS |
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 bigger landmarks: la gare (station), la bibliothèque (library), la piscine (pool), le musée (museum), l'hôpital.
Il y a une piscine dans ma ville, mais il n'y a pas de musée — describe your real town, both ways.
l'hôpital is masculine (un hôpital) though the l' hides it, and its plural is les hôpitaux, not hôpitals.
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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