Kilo Lingo

French · Chapter 17

Demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux

5 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.

  1. Lesson 1 · Words 1401-1423

    Words 1401 to 1423

    373papierpapernoun
    1401carrièrecareernoun
    1404descendreto go down, to descend, to get offverb
    1405universitéuniversitynoun
    1411couragecouragenoun
    1412beautébeautynoun
    1415après-midiafternoonnoun
    1416excellentexcellentadjective
    1420parmiamongpreposition
    1423couplecouplenoun

  2. Lesson 2 · Words 1426-1443

    Words 1426 to 1443

    18actionaction, deednoun
    84joyeuxjoyful, merryadjective
    130bonheurhappinessnoun
    1426différencedifferencenoun
    1428courserace; errand; (les courses) the shoppingnoun
    1430dégagerto clear, to free, to give offverb
    1431millethousandnumeral
    1432accèsaccessnoun
    1433cibletargetnoun
    1443taxitaxinoun

  3. Lesson 3 · Grammar primer

    Demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux

    celui / celle / ceux / celles for 'the one(s)', completed by -ci / -la, by de + noun (celui de Marc), or by a relative clause (celui qui parle), plus the neuter ceci / cela / ca.

  4. Lesson 4 · Words 1444-1467

    Words 1444 to 1467

    149crisecrisisnoun
    287princeprincenoun
    1444restaurantrestaurantnoun
    1446pistetrack, runway, trail, dance floornoun
    1448puisquesince, as, seeing thatconjunction
    1453marrantfunnyadjective
    1458lorsat the time of, duringpreposition
    1462maladieillness, diseasenoun
    1464week-endweekendnoun
    1467alcoolalcoholnoun

  5. Lesson 5 · Words 1469-1496

    Words 1469 to 1496

    40entierwhole, entire, fulladjective
    84fermerto close, to shutverb
    247pleurerto cry, to weepverb
    261réglerto settle, to sort out, to payverb
    405remercierto thankverb
    1469filthread, wirenoun
    1473totalementtotally, completelyadverb
    1481îleislandnoun
    1484caméracameranoun
    1496imageimage, picturenoun

  6. Lesson 6 · Grammar primer

    Possessive pronouns: le mien, le tien

    le mien / la mienne / les miens through le leur for 'mine, yours, theirs'. The pronoun agrees with the thing owned, the circumflex on le notre / le votre, and c'est a moi vs c'est le mien.

  7. Lesson 7 · Words 1497-1500

    Words 1497 to 1500

    235rejoindreto join, to meet up withverb
    1497étagefloor, storeynoun
    1500amuserto amuseverb

  8. Lesson 8 · Read a story

    Story milestone: top 1500 words

    You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-1500 ceiling.