Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 23 of 30: Trop means too (much): trop grand, trop petit, trop cher. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| trop | too (much) | troh |
| trop grand | too big | troh GRAH(n) |
| trop petit | too small | troh puh-TEE |
| la taille | the size | lah TAHY |
| quelle taille? | what size? | kel TAHY |
| ce | this (m) | suh |
| cette | this (f) | set |
| ce pantalon est trop grand | these pants are too big | suh pah(n)-tah-loh(n) eh troh GRAH(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.
Trop means too (much): trop grand, trop petit, trop cher. La taille is the size: Quelle taille? — Taille dix ans.
Ce pantalon est trop grand. Cette chemise est trop petite. Fit is agreement practice in disguise.
ce and cette are the same word in two genders: ce pantalon, cette chemise. Before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel it is cet: cet arbre.
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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