A1 French False Friends
Phrase, Pain: 2 French False Friends
phrase · pain
1:02 min video · 3 sentences · 4 key words
Transcript with English
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About this lesson
Two French false friends, la phrase (sentence) and le pain (bread), are learned through short example sentences and the real French words for the English look-alikes.
How to practise
- Guess what each word means before the answer shows: it does NOT mean what it looks like.
- Repeat the example out loud in the Your turn pause, then learn the word that really means the English one.
- Take the which-one-fits check at the end, and comment another false friend you know.
Key words
| French | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| la phrase | sentence | |
| l'expression | phrase | |
| le pain | bread | |
| la douleur | pain |
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