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A1 French Grammar Lesson

Basics 2: The French Vowels

Les voyelles

4:25 min video · 18 sentences · 6 key words

Transcript with English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. Bonjour !Hello!
  2. Bonjour ! Tu ?Hello! You?
  3. Oui, tu !Yes, you!
  4. Où ?Where?
  5. Où, Hugo ?Where, Hugo?
  6. Ici. Merci !Here. Thank you!
  7. Tu. Tu. Tu.You. You. You.
  8. Tout. Tout.Everything. Everything.
  9. Non, tu !No, you!
  10. Dessus.On top.
  11. Dessous.Underneath.
  12. Oui, merci !Yes, thank you!
  13. Une rue.A street.
  14. Une roue.A wheel.
  15. Non, la rue !No, the street!
  16. L’été. Un père.The summer. A father.
  17. É, è, i, ou, u.E-acute, E-grave, i, ou, u (vowel sounds).
  18. Bonjour, merci !Hello, thank you!

About this lesson

Two friends meet in a Paris street and play a little sound game with French vowels, including the tricky u and ou.

How to practise

  1. Read how the pattern works on the first card, then listen to each example sentence.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the À toi · Your turn pause: the pattern should start to feel automatic.
  3. At the end, check the common mistake and say the practice sentence yourself.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
tuyou (one friend)
oùwhere
l'étésummer
un pèrea father
une ruea street
une rouea wheel

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