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French · Chapter 9 · Lesson 21 · Vocabulary

Song: Alouette

Play it, read along word by word, then answer the questions. Every word is at your level - the song page teaches the few that are new.

Play the song and read along - tap any word you don't know. Then answer the questions underneath and the lesson completes itself.

Alouette

The Lark

The choir opens every couplet with the refrain and sings each "Je te plumerai..." line twice - we print each line once; the words are the ones you will hear.

Lyrics

Refrain

Alouette, alouette,

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Couplet 1

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Couplet 2

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Couplet 3

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Couplet 4

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Couplet 5

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Couplet 6

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New words in this song

Comprehension drill

3 questions on what you just read. Get one wrong and the story will show you where it says otherwise.

Anonymous French-Canadian folk song, first attested in print in an 1879 Montreal student songbook. Transcribed from Chants de France (Boston, 1922), which credits both words and music as author unknown. Source text. Translation ours.

Open the full song page for the background to the song.

Lesson 21 of 24 in this chapter

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