XPress: French in 40 Hours

Animals

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Description

Animals (les animaux)

Image result for animals

Here's a short video describing some points about animals:

Please spend at least an hour learning the following words and their pronunciation:

English	Images	French	Listen & Repeat	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
the dog		le chien
the cat		le chat
the bird		l'oiseau
a spider		une araignée
the horse		le cheval
the cow		la vache
the mouse		la souris
the fish		le poisson
the pig		le cochon
a frog		une grenouille
a snake		un serpent
a bear		un ours
the octopus		la pieuvre
a monkey		un singe
a pet		un animal domestique

Play the vocabulary game!

Helpful verbs

aimer ("to like"), avoir ("to have"), avoir peur de ("to be afraid of"), dormir ("to sleep"), e.g.:

aimer

J'aime les singes = "I like monkeys"

Conjugate aimer

avoir

J'ai deux chats = "I have two cats"

Conjugate avoir

avoir peur de

J'ai peur des serpents = "I am afraid of snakes"

dormir

Mon chien dort = "My dog is sleeping"

Conjugate dormir

You can use the BonPatron Grammar Guide to test your knowledge on a wide variety of verbs and nouns.

Grammar Point: Elision

French doesn't usually allow two vowels in a row between words. Instead, replace the first one with an apostrophe, e.g.: le animal becomes l'animal. This is also true for many words that begin with silent "h", e.g.: l'hiver ("the winter"). You can find out more about elision here.