On mange quoi ce soir ?

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Words

82

Sentences

17

Words per sentence

4.8

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

A1

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• Je ne sais pas · il n’y a pas de salade

  The negative goes round the verb: je ne sais pas, il n’y a pas de salade. Negation: ne … pas →

• du fromage · des tomates · pas de salade

  du fromage, des pâtes, des tomates — after a negative only de: pas de salade. Partitive article: du, de la →

• qu’est-ce qu’on mange · on mange quoi

  qu’est-ce que asks about a thing: qu’est-ce qu’on mange ? In casual speech you can drop it: on mange quoi ? Asking with est-ce que →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 18 of the 42 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• alors

  so, then

  A1

• avoir

  to have

  A1

• bon

  good

  A1

• d’accord

  all right

  A1

• facile

  easy

  A1

• faire

  to do, to make

  A1

• huit

  eight

  A1

• la faim

  the hunger

  A1

• la pomme

  the apple

  A1

• la salade

  the salad

  A1

• la tomate

  the tomato

  A1

• le fromage

  the cheese

  A1

• le soir

  the evening

  A1

• les pâtes

  the pasta

  A1

• l’heure

  the hour, the time

  A1

• manger

  to eat

  A1

• savoir

  to know (a fact), to know how to

  A1

• être

  to be

  A1

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