Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 27 of 30: Your first real French text, read it twice, aloud the second time. On this page: 6 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 27.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| les vacancesplural | the vacation | lay vah-KAH(n)S |
| en vacances | on vacation | ah(n) vah-KAH(n)S |
| la carte postale | the postcard | lah kahrt poss-TAHL |
| à bientôt | see you soon | ah bya(n)-TOH |
| la mer | the sea | lah MEHR |
| la plage | the beach | lah PLAHZH |
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.
Your first real French text — read it twice, aloud the second time, then answer the questions in the practice sets.
Salut Emma! Je suis en vacances à Nice avec ma famille. Il fait très beau et il y a du soleil. Hier, j'ai nagé et j'ai mangé une glace. Demain, nous allons visiter le marché. À bientôt! Léo
en vacances takes no article: je suis en vacances, never en les vacances. And à bientôt means see you soon, not goodbye.
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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