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A2 French Vocabulary Lesson

3 Words for the Kitchen

La cuisine

2:08 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words

Transcript with English

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  1. Le lait est dans le frigo.The milk is in the fridge.
  2. Tu as ouvert le frigo ?Did you open the fridge?
  3. Il n’y a rien dans le frigo.There is nothing in the fridge.
  4. Hugo prépare des œufs dans la poêle.Hugo makes eggs in the frying pan.
  5. La poêle est trop chaude.The frying pan is too hot.
  6. Où est la poêle, s’il te plaît ?Where is the frying pan, please?
  7. Le gâteau est dans le four.The cake is in the oven.
  8. Léa n’a pas éteint le four.Léa did not turn off the oven.
  9. Il faut ouvrir le four maintenant.We must open the oven now.

About this lesson

Learn three useful kitchen words in French: the fridge, the frying pan and the oven. Each comes with short sentences to repeat and a common learner mistake.

How to practise

  1. Learn each word on its card: the word and what it means.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the À toi · Your turn pause, then check the Don't say card: how not to use the word.
  3. At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.

La cuisine The kitchen

WordMeaningDon't say
le frigothe fridge masculine noun, ouvrir le frigoLa frigo est vide. ✗ · Le frigo est vide. ✓ Frigo is masculine, like réfrigérateur, the word it is short for.
la poêlethe frying pan feminine noun, une poêle à frireJe cuisine avec le poêle. ✗ · Je cuisine avec la poêle. ✓ Le poêle is a stove for heating; la poêle is for frying.
le fourthe oven masculine noun, allumer le fourJe mets le four. ✗ · J'allume le four. ✓ Allumer le four is the standard way to say you turn on the oven; avoid translating "turn on" word for word.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
le frigothe fridge
la poêlethe frying pan
le fourthe oven

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