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3 min
Total words
600
Unique words
223
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Story

Léa . Aujourd'hui, Mamie. Mamie vieille, . . , Léa . , Mamie.

Léa is six years old. Today, she is going to Mamie's house. Mamie is old, but she cooks very well. The whole family loves eating at her place. This evening, Léa wants to learn. She wants to make something good, like Mamie.

", Mamie !" Léa. " , ."

"Hello, Mamie!" says Léa. "I want to cook with you this evening."

Mamie heureuse. " !" -. " . , ."

Mamie is very glad. "Yes!" she says. "We are going to make something good for the whole family. But first, clean hands."

Léa l'. L' . ' . " !" Léa. Mamie . ' .

Léa puts her hands in the water. The water is cold. A little water falls on the floor. "Oh!" says Léa. Mamie looks and says nothing. It is nothing.

Mamie Léa . "," -. " , , ." Léa . C' . C' . c' .

Mamie shows Léa how to do it. "Look," she says. "You put everything together, like this, with your hands." Léa puts everything together with her little hands. It is a bit warm. It is a bit messy too. But it is very good.

" !" Léa. "," Mamie. " ."

"That smells good!" says Léa. "Yes," says Mamie. "It smells very good."

Léa . . l' ! Léa Mamie. Mamie Léa. heureuses. C' .

Léa does everything with her hands. Something falls on the floor. There is water everywhere! Léa looks at Mamie. Mamie looks at Léa. They are so happy. It is a lovely moment.

, Mamie . ", ," -. Léa . . "C' ?" --. Mamie Léa . "," -. " bonnes ."

Then, Mamie puts everything on the heat. "Now, we wait a little," she says. Léa waits. She is hungry. "Is it nearly ready?" she asks. Mamie looks at Léa with love. "Soon," she says. "Good things take time."

, c' ! . . "C' !" Léa. " ?"

At last, it is ready! The whole family comes to the table. Everyone eats. "This is very good!" says Léa's father. "Who made this?"

"C' !" Léa. "J' Mamie !"

"It's me!" says Léa. "I cooked with Mamie!"

Léa heureuse. , . , ' . , , Mamie.

Léa is very happy. She has made something good, for her whole family. This evening, she is not only a little girl. This evening, she cooks, like Mamie.

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95 words
#Word
1êtreto be
2deof, from
3jeI
4avoirto have
5pasnot (in ne...pas negation)
6àto, at, in
7lethe (masculine singular)
9lathe (feminine singular)
12una, an (masculine)
14ilhe, it (masculine)
15cethis, that, it (demonstrative)
16nenot (first part of negation)
17lesthe (plural)
18faireto do, to make
19allerto go
21onone, we, people (informal)
22çathat, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)
23unea, an (feminine)
24pourfor, in order to
25toutall, every, quite, everything
27direto say, to tell
29quiwho, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative)
30maisbut
31vouloirto want
33dansin, inside
34nouswe, us
35elleshe, her, it (feminine)
37bienwell, good, very
38siif; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)
39dusome, any (masculine); of the
40ythere, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)
42avecwith
48moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)
49ouiyes
50suron, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre
54commelike, as, such as, how
55venirto come
56quelquesome, a few, a little
57bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection)
60toiyou (stressed tonic second-person singular pronoun)
65chosething
67riennothing, not anything
70prendreto take
76commenthow; what (when mishearing or asking for clarification)
77parby, through, per, via
79aimerto love, to like
82trèsvery
84aussialso, too, as well, as (comparison)
87sahis, her, its (feminine singular)
89maintenantnow