
Un message pour Hélène
A message for Helene
- Reading time
- 4 min
- Total words
- 831
- Unique words
- 281
- Avg frequency
- #142
Story
Lucie Hélène . . Hélène . "J' ," Lucie. " , ."
Hélène . Lucie . , ' ' . Lucie . "".
" l' ," Lucie. ". ' . . , Hélène. J' sûre."
Hélène . . , . . "'- ' ?" -- .
" ' ," Lucie. " , , . , ' . . '- , ?"
Hélène . cette . , c' . , . , . "," -. " ' . , c' ."
"Hélène," Lucie. "-. , . , . l' . , '. J' sûre."
Hélène . C' . l' . . ' . "' ," - Lucie. "- ."
Lucie . Hélène . , , . . - cette , c' . - cette , .
, Hélène . . l'. l'. , , c' .
aux Lucie. " l' ." , c' . , . . , .
Hélène . . appelle. cette , . "Marc ? C' . Hélène. ' . ?"
Comprehension drill
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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.
De qui Lucie parle-t-elle, sans jamais dire son nom ?
Who is Lucie talking about, without ever saying his name?
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79-word session
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Words in this story
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | êtreto be |
| 4 | avoirto have |
| 18 | faireto do, to make |
| 20 | enin, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun) |
| 22 | çathat, it (informal demonstrative pronoun) |
| 24 | pourfor, in order to |
| 25 | toutall, every, quite, everything |
| 26 | pouvoirto be able to, can |
| 27 | direto say, to tell |
| 31 | vouloirto want |
| 32 | savoirto know (facts, how to) |
| 35 | elleshe, her, it (feminine) |
| 37 | bienwell, good, very |
| 40 | ythere, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun) |
| 42 | avecwith |
| 45 | voirto see |
| 47 | devoirto have to, must; duty |
| 48 | moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun) |
| 50 | suron, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre |
| 54 | commelike, as, such as, how |
| 56 | quelquesome, a few, a little |
| 60 | toiyou (stressed tonic second-person singular pronoun) |
| 62 | luihim, her, to him, to her (tonic and indirect object pronoun) |
| 65 | chosething |
| 70 | prendreto take |
| 71 | penserto think |
| 72 | parlerto speak, to talk |
| 78 | croireto believe, to think |
| 79 | aimerto love, to like |
| 81 | justejust, only, right, fair, correct |
| 84 | aussialso, too, as well, as (comparison) |
| 85 | mêmesame, even, self |
| 89 | maintenantnow |
| 90 | falloirto be necessary, must, to need |
| 95 | appelerto call, to phone |
| 96 | peulittle, few, not much |
| 97 | tempstime, weather |
| 101 | toujoursalways, still |
| 102 | encorestill, again, more, yet |
| 106 | regarderto look at, to watch |
| 110 | partirto leave, to go |
| 111 | laisserto leave, to let, to allow |
| 112 | peut-êtremaybe, perhaps |
| 113 | foistime, occasion |
| 114 | seulalone, only, single |
| 118 | arriverto arrive, to happen |
| 119 | jourday, daylight |
| 128 | vraitrue, real |
| 132 | connaîtreto know (a person or place), to be familiar with |
| 145 | malpain, evil, badly |