Language
French
CEFR Level
A1
Theme
Faune et Nature
Linked course
French A1

Core words

Story

Bonne nuit, les reptiles du vivarium

  1. Camille et Julien, son papa, vont au Vivarium du Parc Vert.

    Camille and Julien, her dad, go to the Vivarium at Parc Vert.

  2. Le vivarium est calme et tiède ce soir.

    The terrarium is calm and warm tonight.

  3. Il y a une douce lumière sur les terrariums.

    There is a soft light on the terrariums.

  4. Camille chuchote qu'elle va dessiner les reptiles dans son petit carnet.

    Camille whispers that she's going to draw the reptiles in her little notebook.

  5. Près des vitres, Nora, la guide, sourit et dit bonsoir.

    By the windows, Nora, the guide, smiles and says good evening.

  6. Un lézard vert ouvre un œil, et Camille sourit aussi.

    A green lizard opens one eye, and Camille smiles too.

  7. Camille voit une araignée sur un panneau et se demande si c'est un reptile.

    Camille sees a spider on a sign and wonders if it's a reptile.

  8. Elle montre une grenouille dans un petit bac en verre et hésite encore.

    She shows a frog in a small glass tank and still hesitates.

  9. Puis, elle recule un peu devant un serpent qui glisse lentement.

    Then she steps back a little from a snake that slides slowly.

  10. Camille chuchote: Je crois que je me trompe.

    Camille whispers, 'I think I'm wrong.'

  11. Nora pointe un crocodile qui se repose dans l'eau tiède.

    Nora points at a crocodile resting in the warm water.

  12. Elle dit: Le crocodile est un reptile, le serpent aussi, et le lézard aussi.

    She says that the crocodile is a reptile, and so are the snake and the lizard.

  13. La grenouille n'en est pas un, et l'araignée non plus, et le tigre vit loin d'ici.

    The frog is not one of them, and the spider isn't either, and the tiger lives far from here.

  14. Camille rit, car maintenant tout est clair et tranquille.

    Camille laughs because now everything is clear and calm.

  15. Camille sort une feuille et dessine doucement le lézard près de la vitre.

    Camille takes out a sheet of paper and gently draws the lizard by the window.

  16. Julien tient le carnet et garde le silence près d'elle.

    Julien holds the notebook and stays quiet next to her.

  17. Ils murmurent bonne nuit aux animaux, et Nora baisse un peu la lumière.

    They whisper good night to the animals, and Nora turns the light down a little.

  18. Sur le banc du vivarium, Camille bâille et ferme les yeux, tout le monde est calme.

    On the vivarium bench, Camille yawns and closes her eyes; everyone is calm.

Topic examples

Le crocodile est grand.

English: The crocodile is big.

Le lézard est sur un arbre.

English: The lizard is on a tree.

L'araignée est dans l'arbre.

English: The spider is in tree.

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