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A1 French Vocabulary Lesson

3 Words for Feelings

Les sentiments

2:15 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words

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About this lesson

Learn three feeling words in French: content, fatigué and triste, with short example sentences to repeat and a common mistake for each.

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.

Les sentiments Feelings

WordMeaningDon't say
contenthappy, pleased adjective, être content(e) deJe suis content avec mon travail. ✗ · Je suis content de mon travail. ✓ French uses de after content, not avec like English with.
fatiguétired adjective, être fatigué(e)J'ai fatigué. ✗ · Je suis fatigué. ✓ Use être with fatigué, not avoir. Add an e for a woman.
tristesad adjective, same for he and sheElle est tristee. ✗ · Elle est triste. ✓ Triste already ends in e, so it does not change for a woman.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
contenthappy, pleased
fatiguétired
tristesad

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