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A2 French False Friends

Actuellement, Cave: 2 French False Friends

actuellement · cave

1:05 min video · 3 sentences · 4 key words

Transcript with English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. Actuellement, je travaille dans un bureau.Currently, I work in an office.
  2. Hugo met le vin dans la cave.Hugo puts the wine in the cellar.
  3. Je suis actuellement en vacances à Nice.I am currently on holiday in Nice.

About this lesson

Learn that French actuellement means currently, not actually, and that une cave is a cellar, not a cave.

How to practise

  1. Guess what each word means before the answer shows: it does NOT mean what it looks like.
  2. Repeat the example out loud in the Your turn pause, then learn the word that really means the English one.
  3. Take the which-one-fits check at the end, and comment another false friend you know.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
actuellementcurrently, at the moment
en faitactually
la cavecellar
la grottecave

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