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Vocabulary
Objective: Catalogue the core contents of an apartment or individual room using accurate furniture and appliance nouns.
| French | English | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| un lit | a bed | masculine |
| une table | a table | feminine |
| une chaise | a chair | feminine |
| un canapé | a sofa | masculine |
| un fauteuil | an armchair | masculine |
| une armoire | a wardrobe | feminine |
| une commode | a chest of drawers | feminine |
| un bureau | a desk | masculine |
| une lampe | a lamp | feminine |
| un miroir | a mirror |
Lampe ends in -e, a common feminine ending, so it takes la. The gender of every noun must still be learned individually.
Canapé is masculine, so it takes un. The final -é does not signal feminine gender, and the article must match the noun.
Lit is masculine and takes un. Armoire is feminine and vowel-initial, so it takes une without elision of the indefinite article.
Canapé is masculine and takes le. The preposition dans marks the room.
Lampe is feminine and takes ma. The compound noun table de nuit means a bedside table.
Réfrigérateur is masculine and takes un. The shorter form frigo is more common in everyday speech.
Machine is feminine and takes la. The preposition à côté de contracts with the masculine four to produce du four.
5 exercises · about 8 minutes
| un tapis | a rug | masculine |
| un réfrigérateur | a refrigerator | masculine |
| un four | an oven | masculine |
| un micro-ondes | a microwave | masculine |
| une machine à laver | a washing machine | feminine |
| un lave-vaisselle | a dishwasher | masculine |
The definite article elides to l' before any vowel, so le armoire becomes l'armoire in standard French.
Machine is feminine, so it takes une. The compound noun keeps the gender of its head noun machine.
The preposition au-dessus de places the mirror above the chest of drawers. Commode is feminine and takes la.
Chaises is feminine plural, and the adjective anciennes agrees in both gender and number.
The color adjective rouge follows the noun tapis. The preposition sous places the rug under the sofa.