Family & People Flashcards
Learn the French words for family members, in-laws and the people around you, from la mère and le grand-père to la belle-sœur and le voisin. The deck flags the double meanings that catch English speakers out, like la femme (woman or wife) and la belle-mère (mother-in-law or stepmother).
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Learn the beau- and belle- prefix as one pattern: beau-père, belle-mère, beau-frère, belle-sœur. It covers both in-laws and step-relatives, and context tells you which.
Practise the plurals of compound family words: grand-père becomes grands-parents and petit-fils becomes petits-enfants. Both parts of the compound change.
Say le fils aloud until it feels natural. Its final s is pronounced (feess), unlike most final consonants in French, and it sounds nothing like la fille.
Write a short paragraph about your own family (j'ai deux sœurs, mon oncle s'appelle...) and turn each sentence into a card. Personal sentences stick better than word lists.
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