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The Baguette

La baguette

9:24 min video · 33 sentences · 6 key words

Transcript with English

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  1. Voici la baguette, le pain des Français.Here is the baguette, the bread of the French.
  2. Elle est longue, dorée et croustillante.It is long, golden and crunchy.
  3. Beaucoup de gens en achètent chaque jour.Many people buy one every day.
  4. Tu as déjà goûté une baguette ?Have you ever tasted a baguette?
  5. Le matin, on va à la boulangerie.In the morning, people go to the bakery.
  6. Hugo achète une baguette pour la famille.Hugo buys a baguette for the family.
  7. Il la porte sous le bras.He carries it under his arm.
  8. C’est une image très française.It is a very French image.
  9. La recette est simple.The recipe is simple.
  10. Il faut de la farine et de l’eau.You need flour and water.
  11. Il faut aussi du sel et de la levure.You also need salt and yeast.
  12. Le boulanger prépare la pâte très tôt.The baker prepares the dough very early.
  13. Il se lève vers quatre heures du matin.He gets up around four in the morning.
  14. Ensuite, le boulanger forme les baguettes.Then the baker cuts the dough.
  15. Il fait de petites lignes sur le pain.He makes small lines on the bread.
  16. Le pain cuit dans un four très chaud.The bread bakes in a very hot oven.
  17. Après vingt minutes, il est prêt.After twenty minutes, it is ready.
  18. La baguette est assez jeune.The baguette is fairly young.
  19. Elle est devenue très populaire au vingtième siècle.It became very popular in the twentieth century.
  20. Son nom veut dire « petit bâton ».Its name means “little stick.”
  21. Elle est plus longue que le pain rond.It is longer than round bread.
  22. Les Français mangent la baguette partout.The French eat the baguette everywhere.
  23. Au petit-déjeuner, on mange du pain avec du beurre.At breakfast, people eat bread with butter.
  24. Le midi, on fait un sandwich au jambon.At noon, people make a ham sandwich.
  25. Le soir, on la mange avec du fromage.In the evening, people eat it with cheese.
  26. Hugo a faim après l’école.Hugo is hungry after school.
  27. Il mange le bout de la baguette.He eats the end of the baguette.
  28. Ce petit morceau s’appelle le quignon.This little piece is called the heel.
  29. Les enfants l’aiment beaucoup.Children like it a lot.
  30. Aujourd’hui, la baguette est un trésor culturel.Today, the baguette is a cultural treasure.
  31. En 2022, l’UNESCO a protégé le savoir-faire des boulangers.In 2022, UNESCO protected the bakers' know-how.
  32. Les boulangers font toujours du pain frais.Bakers still make fresh bread.
  33. Et toi, tu vas goûter une baguette ?And you, are you going to taste a baguette?

About this lesson

This lesson teaches what a baguette is, its simple recipe, its history, and how French people eat and protect it today.

How to practise

  1. Read what you will learn on the first card, then follow the lesson section by section with English.
  2. Repeat every sentence out loud in the À toi · Your turn pause: you learn the facts and the words together.
  3. At the end, check the recap and answer the question in the YouTube comments.

La baguette

The Baguette

In this lesson

  • What a baguette is and how people buy it
  • The simple recipe and how a baker works
  • How French people eat it today and why UNESCO protects it

Key takeaways

  • A baguette is made with flour, water, salt and yeast.
  • Bakers get up very early to make fresh bread.
  • The baguette became very popular in the twentieth century.
  • In 2022, UNESCO protected the bakers' know-how.

Your turn: What kind of bread is typical in your country, and when do you eat it?

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
la baguettebaguette, long loaf
la boulangeriebakery
le boulangerbaker
la farineflour
la pâtedough
croustillantecrunchy

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