• Grammar,  Lessons,  Vocabulary

    Using Colour Words

    In French the colour words come after the nouns that they describe. For example:une pomme rouge = a red apple (an apple, red) See if you can translate the following phrases: une tomate rougeun chien brunune banane jauneune carotte orangele…

  • Grammar,  Lessons,  Vocabulary

    Pronouns

    Instead of having a separate pronoun such as it to refer to things, French uses il (he, it) to replace masculine nouns and elle (she, it) to replace feminine nouns. The book is black. It is black.Le livre est noir.…

  • Grammar,  Lessons,  Vocabulary

    What colour is it?

    To ask what colour something is, use the phrase “De quelle couleur…?” What colour is the book?De quelle couleur est le livre? The book is red.Le livre est rouge. What colour is the cat?De quelle couleur est le chat? The…

  • Adjectives,  Lessons,  Vocabulary

    Les couleurs: Colours

    rouge = redbleu = bluejaune = yelloworange = orangeviolet = purplevert = greenbrun = brownnoir = blackblanc = white Try our French Colour Quiz!Take the quiz! Sponsored by Nallenart. For more information about L’Art de lire and other products, visit…