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Vocabulary
Objective: Name the main body parts and joints, describe physical states with avoir mal à, and use reflexive verbs to talk about body care.
| French | English | French | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| le cou | the neck | l'épaule | the shoulder |
| le bras | the arm | le coude | the elbow |
| la main | the hand | le doigt | the finger |
| le dos | the back | la poitrine | the chest |
| le ventre | the belly | la taille | the waist |
| la jambe | the leg | le genou | the knee |
| le pied |
The expression avoir mal à takes the contracted form au before a masculine noun, since à and le merge.
Tête is feminine, so it takes the article la. Learning each body noun with its article avoids this common gender error.
Tête is feminine, so the preposition à stays separate from the article la.
Ventre is masculine, so à and le contract to au.
The plural noun requires the contraction aux, formed from à and les.
The reflexive verb takes the definite article les rather than a possessive. The reflexive pronoun me already indicates the subject.
Cheveux is a plural noun and takes the article les. The reflexive verb se brosser is used for hair.
6 exercises · about 9 minutes
| l'orteil |
| the toe |
| la cheville | the ankle | le poignet | the wrist |
Pied is masculine, so the expression requires au, not à la. The noun's gender determines the contracted form.
Adjectives agree in number with the noun, so the plural yeux requires the plural ending -s on bleus.
Se casser takes a definite article before the body part. The passé composé places the reflexive pronoun before the auxiliary.
Se faire mal uses the preposition à before the noun, contracted to au with the masculine dos.
Both nouns are plural, so the adjectives verts and bruns take the plural -s.