Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 19 of 30: Giving and telling use lui (to him/her) and leur (to them): Je lui donne le livre. 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 19.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| je lui donne | I give (to) him or her | zhuh lwee DUN |
| je leur parle | I speak to them | zhuh luhr PAHRL |
| donner | to give | doh-NAY |
| je donne | I give | zhuh DUN |
| montrer | to show | moh(n)-TRAY |
| je montre | I show | zhuh MOH(n)TR |
| le cadeau | the present | luh kah-DOH |
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.
Giving and telling use lui (to him/her) and leur (to them): Je lui donne le livre. Je leur parle.
Donner (to give), montrer (to show), parler à — the verbs of handing things over take these.
lui is to him AND to her: je lui donne can be either. leur is to them, and it never takes an -s: je leur parle.
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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