French A1.13 Listening Practice: Give A Noun Its Partner
French A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for give a noun its partner.
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Level
A1.13
Audio
1m 21s
Transcript
21 segments
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What you'll understand
Use the right article when you name familiar people and things.
Use le, la, un, and une with a small noun set in a short spoken response and one changed version.
New pattern
le, la, un, and une with a small noun set
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Je veux le café et une baguette.
I want the coffee and a baguette.
A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Use the right article when you name familiar people and things.
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1. Hélène · Teacher
C'est la porte. Imagine standing on an old street in Lyon. Alain, look at this ordinary building entrance.
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2. Alain · Native Speaker 1
C'est la porte.
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3. Hélène · Teacher
Some Lyon passages called traboules go through buildings and courtyards. Certain ones allow public passage; a private door is not an open invitation.
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4. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Oui, c'est normal ici.
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5. Hélène · Teacher
C'est la porte, et c'est le café.
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6. Alain · Native Speaker 1
La porte. Le café. C'est simple.
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7. Hélène · Teacher
In our imagined walk, the guidebook identifies this as a designated public passage leading toward a café. I would not try every private door.
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8. Alain · Native Speaker 1
J'ai un livre ici.
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9. Hélène · Teacher
Tu as le livre ?
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10. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Oui, j'ai le livre.
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11. Hélène · Teacher
An ordinary-looking door, another street beyond it. That is a useful surprise for a walk.
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12. Hélène · Teacher
J'ai une idée maintenant !
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13. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Moi, je veux voir.
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14. Hélène · Teacher
Je veux passer par la porte.
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15. Hélène · Teacher
Let us test our noun partners. Say: I want the coffee and a baguette.
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16. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je veux le café et une baguette.
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17. Hélène · Teacher
Now we can choose the café stop instead of standing here talking about the door.
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18. Hélène · Teacher
Now change it. Ask your friend: Do you have a book?
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19. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Tu as un livre ?
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20. Hélène · Teacher
The guidebook helps us choose the public passage to the café.
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21. Hélène · Teacher
Oui, j'ai le livre ici !
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