Le nouveau voisin

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Words

64

Sentences

10

Words per sentence

6.4

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

A1

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• Je m’appelle

  Introducing yourself with a reflexive verb: je m’appelle. Reflexive verbs: se laver, s'appeler →

• votre nouveau voisin

  votre nouveau voisin (your new neighbour) — votre goes with the polite vous. Possessives: mon, ma, mes →

• Nous mangeons · Nous commençons

  The nous form ends in -ons. With manger and commencer the spelling changes so the sound stays the same: mangeons, commençons. Present tense: -er verbs →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 30 of the 50 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• avoir

  to have

  A1

• bientôt

  soon

  A1

• bienvenue

  welcome

  A1

• bonjour

  good morning, good afternoon

  A1

• chanter

  to sing

  A1

• commencer

  to begin

  A1

• deuxième

  second

  A1

• habiter

  to live (somewhere)

  A1

• huit

  eight

  A1

• le fruit

  the fruit

  A1

• le gâteau

  the cake

  A1

• le jus

  the juice

  A1

• le monde

  the world, people

  A1

• le soir

  the evening

  A1

• le voisin

  the neighbour

  A1

• l’ami

  the friend (male)

  A1

• l’appartement

  the flat

  A1

• l’heure

  the hour, the time

  A1

• l’étage

  the floor

  A1

• madame

  madam

  A1

• manger

  to eat

  A1

• nouveau

  new

  A1

• onze

  eleven

  A1

• rentrer

  to come home

  A1

• samedi

  Saturday

  A1

• s’appeler

  to be called

  A1

• tout

  all, everything

  A1

• un peu

  a little

  A1

• venir

  to come

  A1

• être

  to be

  A1

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Comprehension questions

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