A1 · 56 words
Food and drink in French
Buying it, ordering it and saying it was good.
Practise this list
From these 56 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
More about this list
This is the list that pays for itself on the first morning, because everything in it is asked for out loud. The second entry, la baguette, is a word English has borrowed and narrowed to one meaning. In French it is first of all a thin stick: une baguette magique is a magic wand, les baguettes are chopsticks, la baguette du chef d'orchestre is the conductor's baton, and a drummer holds des baguettes too. The bread is called that because of its shape and nothing else. So a French sentence with baguette in it is not necessarily about lunch, and d'un coup de baguette means something happened as if by magic.
The words
Adjective (3)
Grammar for these: Adjective agreement · Where the adjective goes
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Noun (m) (27)
Grammar for these: Definite article: le, la, les · Indefinite article: un, une
le painthe breadNoun (m)A1
le beurrethe butterNoun (m)A1
le fromagethe cheeseNoun (m)A1
l’œufthe eggNoun (m)A1
le poissonthe fishNoun (m)A1
le pouletthe chickenNoun (m)A1
le légumethe vegetableNoun (m)A1
le fruitthe fruitNoun (m)A1
le rizthe riceNoun (m)A1
le selthe saltNoun (m)A1
le sucrethe sugarNoun (m)A1
le caféthe coffeeNoun (m)A1
le théthe teaNoun (m)A1
le laitthe milkNoun (m)A1
le justhe juiceNoun (m)A1
le vinthe wineNoun (m)A1
le petit déjeunerthe breakfastNoun (m)A1
le déjeunerthe lunchNoun (m)A1
le dînerthe dinnerNoun (m)A1
le restaurantthe restaurantNoun (m)A1
le verrethe glassNoun (m)A1
le couteauthe knifeNoun (m)A1
le gâteauthe cakeNoun (m)A1
le repasthe mealNoun (m)A2
le platthe dishNoun (m)A2
le chocolatthe chocolateNoun (m)A1
le citronthe lemonNoun (m)A1
Noun (f) (26)
Grammar for these: Definite article: le, la, les · Indefinite article: un, une
la baguettethe baguetteNoun (f)A1
la viandethe meatNoun (f)A1
la pommethe appleNoun (f)A1
la tomatethe tomatoNoun (f)A1
la pomme de terrethe potatoNoun (f)A1
les pâtesthe pastaNoun (f)A1
la soupethe soupNoun (f)A1
la saladethe saladNoun (f)A1
l’eauthe waterNoun (f)A1
la bièrethe beerNoun (f)A1
la cartethe menuNoun (f)A1
l’additionthe billNoun (f)A1
l’assiettethe plateNoun (f)A1
la fourchettethe forkNoun (f)A1
la cuillèrethe spoonNoun (f)A1
la faimthe hungerNoun (f)A1
la soifthe thirstNoun (f)A1
la tassethe cupNoun (f)A1
la terrethe soilNoun (f)A2
la bouteillethe bottleNoun (f)A1
la saucethe sauceNoun (f)A2
la pizzathe pizzaNoun (f)A1
la tartethe tart, pieNoun (f)A1
la crèmethe creamNoun (f)A2
la glacethe ice cream; the iceNoun (f)A1
la recettethe recipeNoun (f)A2
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