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Vocabulary
Objective: Describe a living space, naming rooms and identifying the major functional zones of a house or apartment.
| French | English | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| la cuisine | kitchen | feminine |
| le salon | living room | masculine |
| la salle à manger | dining room | feminine |
| la chambre | bedroom | feminine |
| la salle de bains | bathroom | feminine |
| les toilettes | toilet | feminine plural |
| le couloir | hallway | masculine |
| l'entrée | entrance hall | feminine |
| le bureau | study, office | masculine |
| le grenier |
Cuisine is feminine, so it takes the article la. The masculine le is incorrect for this noun.
Floor statements take the preposition à with the article le, which contracts to au, not the standalone dans le.
Maison is feminine and takes une. The preposition avec introduces an accompanying feature.
The floor statement uses au and the ordinal number troisième. French counts the ground floor as rez-de-chaussée.
The preposition à côté de places the kitchen next to the dining room. Both nouns are feminine.
Au bout de places the bedroom at the end of the hallway. The masculine couloir triggers the contraction du.
The existential il y a introduces the contents. Salle de bains takes the final -s even in the singular.
5 exercises · about 8 minutes
| masculine |
| la cave | cellar | feminine |
| le garage | garage | masculine |
Floors take the preposition à with the article, producing au premier étage rather than dans le premier étage.
The fixed expression is salle de bains with a final -s, even when referring to a single bathroom.
En face de places the living room across from the entrance. The feminine vowel-initial noun takes de l'.
Cave is feminine and grenier is masculine, so they take different articles in the same sentence.
Vit is the third-person singular of vivre. The adjective petit precedes the noun as a size adjective.