Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 25 of 30: The happy ending: Je le prends (I will take it). 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 25.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| je le prends | I will take it (m) | zhuh luh PRAH(n) |
| je la prends | I will take it (f) | zhuh lah PRAH(n) |
| c'est combien? | how much is it? | seh koh(n)-BYA(n) |
| douze euros | twelve euros | dooz uh-ROH |
| acheter | to buy | ahsh-TAY |
| j'achète | I buy | zhah-SHET |
| payer | to pay | pay-YAY |
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 happy ending: Je le prends (I will take it). C'est combien? — Douze euros. Voilà. Merci, au revoir!
Je le prends / je la prends — the little le or la stands for the thing itself, matched to its gender. Object pronouns get their full lesson in Module 4.
je le prends / je la prends: the little le or la matches the thing's gender and goes BEFORE the verb, never after 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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