Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 20 of 30: The unit's mixed page: Je le prends (the shop line from Module 3, now you know why). 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 20.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| je l'ai vu hier | I saw it yesterday | zhuh lay vew YEHR |
| tu la connais? | do you know her? | tew lah koh-NEH |
| connaître | to know (someone) | koh-NEHTR |
| je connais | I know (someone) | zhuh koh-NEH |
| je les aime | I like them | zhuh lay ZEM |
| je te vois | I see you | zhuh tuh 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.
The unit's mixed page: Je le prends (the shop line from Module 3 — now you know why). Je l'ai vu hier. Tu la connais? Je leur donne les cadeaux.
In the passé composé the pronoun still goes first: je L'ai vu, I saw it.
In the passé composé the pronoun still goes first: je l'ai vu, never j'ai le vu. The helper does not come between them.
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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