On a le temps
- Reading time
- 1 min
- Total words
- 248
- Unique words
- 126
- Avg frequency
- #47
Story
J'appelle . " ?" . ", ," . " ?" : " . ."
I phone Pierre. "Do you want to do something with me now?" I say. "Yes, I'd like that," Pierre says to me. "But what?" I say: "I don't know. We have time."
" ," . " ?" . J'. J'... . ? . - ?
"Then I'll come over," he says to me. "Can you wait a little?" I say yes. I wait. I wait... but Pierre does not come. Why? I do not know. Where is he?
l'appelle. " ! - ?" " !" . . : , .
I call him. "Pierre! Where are you?" "I am here!" Pierre says to me. I see him now. He has two little things for us: one for me, one for him.
" !" . "C' !" . . : , .
"Thank you!" I say. "It is very good!" We take our time. We talk about everything and nothing. I think: when there are two of us, everything is good.
Comprehension drill
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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.
Qu'est-ce que je veux faire avec Pierre ?
What do I want to do with Pierre?
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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) |
| 7 | lethe (masculine singular) |
| 11 | tuyou (informal singular) |
| 12 | una, an (masculine) |
| 13 | etand |
| 14 | ilhe, it (masculine) |
| 15 | cethis, that, it (demonstrative) |
| 16 | nenot (first part of negation) |
| 18 | faireto do, to make |
| 21 | onone, we, people (informal) |
| 23 | unea, an (feminine) |
| 24 | pourfor, in order to |
| 25 | toutall, every, quite, everything |
| 26 | pouvoirto be able to, can |
| 27 | direto say, to tell |
| 30 | maisbut |
| 31 | vouloirto want |
| 32 | savoirto know (facts, how to) |
| 34 | nouswe, us |
| 36 | meme, to me, myself (first-person singular object pronoun) |
| 37 | bienwell, good, very |
| 42 | avecwith |
| 45 | voirto see |
| 48 | moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun) |
| 49 | ouiyes |
| 52 | quoiwhat (interrogative and emphatic) |
| 55 | venirto come |
| 56 | quelquesome, a few, a little |
| 57 | bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection) |
| 58 | icihere |
| 62 | luihim, her, to him, to her (tonic and indirect object pronoun) |
| 64 | pourquoiwhy |
| 65 | chosething |
| 66 | oùwhere, in which (interrogative and relative adverb) |
| 67 | riennothing, not anything |
| 68 | quandwhen |
| 70 | prendreto take |
| 71 | penserto think |
| 72 | parlerto speak, to talk |
| 74 | alorsso, then, well (discourse marker); at that time |
| 80 | mercithank you, thanks |
| 82 | trèsvery |
| 89 | maintenantnow |
| 91 | attendreto wait, to expect |
| 92 | deuxtwo |
| 95 | appelerto call, to phone |