LearnModule 4 · Lesson 27 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2, completedUnit 6 · Reading and writing II

L'invitation — writing back

Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 27 of 30: The reply frame: greeting, yes or no, one detail, one question, sign-off. 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 27.

The words

French	English	Say it
l'invitationfeminine — the article elides to l'	the invitation	la(n)-vee-tah-SYOH(n)
je peux venir	I can come	zhuh puh vuh-NEER
j'apporte mon jeu	I am bringing my game	zhah-port moh(n) ZHUH
à samedi!	see you Saturday!	ah sahm-DEE
à demain!	see you tomorrow!	ah duh-MA(n)
comme cadeau	as a present	kum kah-DOH
ton ami	your friend (m)	toh(n) nah-MEE
ta copine	your friend (f, casual)	tah koh-PEEN

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.

Hear the words

Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.

La règle · The rule

The reply frame: greeting, yes or no, one detail, one question, sign-off. Salut Léo! Oui, je peux venir samedi! J'apporte mon nouveau jeu. Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais comme cadeau? À samedi! Tom.

Et aussi · And also

À samedi — see you Saturday. The à of "see you" works with any day or time.

Attention · Watch out

à samedi means see you Saturday: à plus a day or a time is the sign-off. salut opens AND closes a message between friends.

Do it now — on paper

Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'invitation.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 27 in Module 4 are the written half of this page.

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.

Keep these words

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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