Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 26 of 30: A real email, read twice: Salut Tom! 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 26.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| l'emailmasculine — the article elides to l' | the email | lee-MEL |
| la fête | the party | lah FET |
| chez moi | at my place | shay MWAH |
| chez toi | at your place | shay TWAH |
| apporter | to bring | ah-por-TAY |
| le jeu | the game | luh ZHUH |
| les jeuxplural | the games | lay ZHUH |
| réponds-moi vite | answer me quickly | ray-poh(n)-mwah VEET |
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.
A real email, read twice: Salut Tom! Samedi, c'est mon anniversaire. J'ai dix ans! Il y a une fête chez moi à trois heures. Il faut apporter tes jeux! Tu peux venir? Réponds-moi vite. Ton ami, Léo.
Chez moi — at my place: chez + a strong pronoun is how French says whose home.
chez takes a strong pronoun: chez moi, chez toi, chez lui — never chez je. It means at someone's place, with no word for 'place'.
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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