Module 5 of the free French course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 7 of 30: The house with its positions: Dans le salon, il y a un canapé. 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 7.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| le salon | the living room | luh sah-LOH(n) |
| la cuisine | the kitchen | lah kwee-ZEEN |
| la chambre | the bedroom | lah SHAH(n)BR |
| le canapé | the sofa | luh kah-nah-PAY |
| dormir | to sleep | dor-MEER |
| je dors | I sleep | zhuh DOR |
| le chat dort sous la table | the cat sleeps under the table | luh shah dor soo lah TAHBL |
| à l'étage | upstairs | ah lay-TAHZH |
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 house with its positions: Dans le salon, il y a un canapé. Le chat dort sous la table de la cuisine. Ma chambre est à l'étage.
Dormir (to sleep): je dors, il dort — a small irregular worth having.
dormir is irregular: je dors, il dort — the m of the infinitive disappears in the singular. Never je dorme.
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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