Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 7 of 30: The future's time words: demain (tomorrow), ce soir (tonight), ce week-end, la semaine prochaine (next week). 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 7.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| ce soir | tonight | suh SWAHR |
| ce week-end | this weekend | suh wee-KEND |
| la semaine prochaine | next week | lah suh-mehn proh-SHEHN |
| prochain | next (m) | proh-SHA(n) |
| prochaine | next (f) | proh-SHEHN |
| demain, je vais nager | tomorrow I am going to swim | duh-ma(n) zhuh veh nah-ZHAY |
| nager | to swim | nah-ZHAY |
| visiter | to visit | vee-zee-TAY |
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 future's time words: demain (tomorrow), ce soir (tonight), ce week-end, la semaine prochaine (next week).
Demain, je vais jouer au parc. Ce soir, nous allons manger de la soupe. Plan your real tomorrow in three sentences.
prochain agrees and follows the noun: la semaine prochaine, le week-end prochain. demain (tomorrow) never changes.
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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