Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 16 of 30: Stop repeating nouns: le, la and les stand in for them, and they sit BEFORE the verb. 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 16.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| je le vois | I see it (m) | zhuh luh VWAH |
| je la vois | I see it (f) | zhuh lah VWAH |
| je les vois | I see them | zhuh lay VWAH |
| voir | to see | vwahr |
| je vois | I see | zhuh VWAH |
| tu vois le bus? | do you see the bus? | tew vwah luh BEWS |
| oui, je le vois | yes, I see it | wee zhuh luh VWAH |
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.
Stop repeating nouns: le, la and les stand in for them, and they sit BEFORE the verb. Tu vois le bus? — Oui, je LE vois. Tu aimes la soupe? — Je LA mange tous les jours.
The pronoun matches the noun's gender — the article habit from Module 1 paying off again.
The pronoun goes BEFORE the verb: je le vois, never je vois le. English word order is the trap here.
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.
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.
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