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A2 French Grammar Lesson

Talking about your routine with reflexive verbs

Les verbes pronominaux

2:08 min video · 6 sentences · 2 key words

Transcript with English

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  1. Inès se réveille à cinq heures.Inès wakes up at five o'clock.
  2. Dans la cuisine, quelqu’un se cache.In the kitchen, someone is hiding.
  3. Elle se lève sans faire de bruit.She gets up without making any noise.
  4. Elle s’approche doucement de la porte.She slowly approaches the door.
  5. Karim se retourne avec un gâteau.Karim turns around with a cake.
  6. Ils s’embrassent : c’est son anniversaire !They kiss each other: it's her birthday!

About this lesson

Inès wakes up early and hears someone hiding in the kitchen. She sneaks closer and finds Karim with a birthday cake.

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
la cuisinethe kitchen
un gâteaua cake

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