#19 Stop saying "Je suis 20 ans"! 🛑 | The Biggest French Grammar Mistake (A1) #podcast #learning
Welcome to Leçon 19 of our Beginner French series! Today, we are learning a very important and personal topic: Age and B
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Hello everyone. Welcome to the 119 party, but first, subscribe, bye.
Ah, this is the big moment, the famous age rule in French. Yeah, that's exactly it. Today, we're doing an in-depth exploration of a truly fascinating document.
A pedagogical guide. Exactly. A guide for absolute beginners, level A1. And we're going to break down why the most innocent question at a birthday party systematically turns into a linguistic car crash for English speakers.
It's clear, an absolute brick wall, seriously. Just imagine the scene. A big table, a cake with candles. The atmosphere is super light, and then someone asks the person's age, and bam, disaster strikes. The
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| l'âge | nom (m.) | age | Quel âge as-tu ? |
| anniversaire | nom (m.) | birthday | Joyeux anniversaire ! |
| avoir | verbe | to have | J'ai 20 ans. |
| être | verbe | to be | Je suis content. |
| quel âge ? | expression | how old? | Quel âge as-tu ? |
| ans | nom (m.) | years (old) | Il a 10 ans. |
| un an | expression | one year | Elle a un an. |
| le guide | nom (m.) | the guide | C'est un guide pour débutants. |
| la règle | nom (f.) | the rule | C'est une règle importante. |
| la traduction | nom (f.) | translation | La traduction littérale est fausse. |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
Pour demander l'âge, on dit : Quel ___ as-tu ?
Comment dit-on son âge en français ?
Joyeux ___ Lucas !
Quel verbe utilise-t-on pour parler de l'âge en français ?
Elle ___ 30 ans.
Si quelqu'un a 1 an, comment le dit-on ?
En anglais, on dit 'I am 20 years old'. En français, on dit : J'___ 20 ans.
Le guide est pour quel niveau ?
La traduction mot pour mot est un ___ classique.
Que signifie 'Joyeux anniversaire' ?
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