Module 5 of the free French course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 1 of 30: . 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 1.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| la famille | the family | lah fah-MEE |
| le père | the father | luh PEHR |
| la mère | the mother | lah MEHR |
| le frère | the brother | luh FREHR |
| la sœur | the sister | lah SUHR |
| les grands-parentsplural | the grandparents | lay grah(n)-pah-RAH(n) |
| voici | here is | vwah-SEE |
| voici ma famille | here is my family | vwah-see mah fah-MEE |
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.
Module 5 is the mastery lap: every lesson replays a piece of the band, faster and mixed, then the exam shapes take over.
First lap: the family, with possessives. Voici ma famille: mon père, ma mère, mes deux sœurs et mon petit frère.
voici means here is and introduces something: voici ma famille. It is not a verb, so it never changes: voici mon père, voici mes sœurs.
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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