A2 French Vocabulary Lesson
3 Words for Colours
Les couleurs
2:03 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words
Transcript with English
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About this lesson
Learn three colour words in French: bleu, rouge and vert, with everyday examples and a common mistake for each.
How to practise
- Learn each word on its card: the word and what it means.
- 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.
- At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.
Les couleurs Colours
| Word | Meaning | Don't say |
|---|---|---|
| bleu | blue adjective, chemise bleue, pull bleu | Je veux une robe bleu. ✗ · Je veux une robe bleue. ✓ Colour adjectives agree with the noun: a feminine noun needs bleue. |
| rouge | red adjective, un feu rouge, du vin rouge | Il y a un rouge feu. ✗ · Il y a un feu rouge. ✓ In French, colours usually come after the noun, not before it. |
| vert | green adjective, une plante verte | J'ai une pomme vert. ✗ · J'ai une pomme verte. ✓ Vert adds an e for feminine nouns, and it sounds different: verte. |
Key words
| French | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| bleu | blue | |
| rouge | red | |
| vert | green |
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