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- Reading time
- 3 min
- Total words
- 600
- Unique words
- 223
- Avg frequency
- #161
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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Words in this story
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | êtreto be |
| 2 | deof, from |
| 3 | jeI |
| 4 | avoirto have |
| 5 | pasnot (in ne...pas negation) |
| 6 | àto, at, in |
| 7 | lethe (masculine singular) |
| 9 | lathe (feminine singular) |
| 12 | una, an (masculine) |
| 14 | ilhe, it (masculine) |
| 15 | cethis, that, it (demonstrative) |
| 16 | nenot (first part of negation) |
| 17 | lesthe (plural) |
| 18 | faireto do, to make |
| 19 | allerto go |
| 21 | onone, we, people (informal) |
| 22 | çathat, it (informal demonstrative pronoun) |
| 23 | unea, an (feminine) |
| 24 | pourfor, in order to |
| 25 | toutall, every, quite, everything |
| 27 | direto say, to tell |
| 29 | quiwho, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative) |
| 30 | maisbut |
| 31 | vouloirto want |
| 33 | dansin, inside |
| 34 | nouswe, us |
| 35 | elleshe, her, it (feminine) |
| 37 | bienwell, good, very |
| 38 | siif; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement) |
| 39 | dusome, any (masculine); of the |
| 40 | ythere, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun) |
| 42 | avecwith |
| 48 | moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun) |
| 49 | ouiyes |
| 50 | suron, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre |
| 54 | commelike, as, such as, how |
| 55 | venirto come |
| 56 | quelquesome, a few, a little |
| 57 | bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection) |
| 60 | toiyou (stressed tonic second-person singular pronoun) |
| 65 | chosething |
| 67 | riennothing, not anything |
| 70 | prendreto take |
| 76 | commenthow; what (when mishearing or asking for clarification) |
| 77 | parby, through, per, via |
| 79 | aimerto love, to like |
| 82 | trèsvery |
| 84 | aussialso, too, as well, as (comparison) |
| 87 | sahis, her, its (feminine singular) |
| 89 | maintenantnow |