French · Rung 11 of 26

A1 vocabulary

A1 vocabulary is the everyday kind, and a great deal of it is recognisable through the Latin half of English: table, animal, question, important. The danger is exactly there, which is why a whole rung is devoted to false friends. Two things are worth learning stuck to the word from the start: the gender, because it cannot be deduced (la voiture, le livre, la mer), and the verb's preposition, because French hands out à and de in its own way: téléphoner à quelqu'un, jouer au football, jouer du piano.

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A2 vocabulary, False friends

Exercises from this rung

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  1. maintenant

    • today
    • badly
    • never
    • now

    Why maintenant means “now”. It is an adverb, and never changes.

    easier
  2. aujourd'hui

    • today
    • badly
    • always
    • well

    Why aujourd'hui means “today”. It is an adverb, and never changes.

    in between
  3. s'il vous plaît

    • all right
    • maybe
    • please
    • goodbye

    Why s'il vous plaît means “please”. It is a fixed expression, learnt whole. With tu it is s'il te plaît. Literally “if it pleases you”.

    harder