Les objets de la classe
Primary 2 · French
Les objets de la classe
Lesson 2 of 4
20 min
It is art time in P2. On every table there are new things: scissors, glue, a slate, coloured pencils…
In P1 you learned le cahier, le livre, le crayon, le stylo, la gomme, la règle, la trousse. Today you will name more things, and say whose they are.
The new words are in blue.
| French | English | Kinyarwanda |
|---|---|---|
| l'ardoise | the slate | |
| la feuille | the sheet of paper | urupapuro |
| les crayons de couleur | the coloured pencils | |
| les ciseaux | the scissors | umukasi |
| la colle | the glue | |
| le taille-crayon | the pencil sharpener | |
| la boîte | the box | agasanduku |
In Rwanda, many people call a pen un bic. Les ciseaux are always many: we say les ciseaux, with an s we do not hear.
La maîtresse : « Prenez vos ciseaux et votre colle, s'il vous plaît ! »
Byiringiro : « Oh non ! Mon crayon est cassé. »
Keza : « Tiens, voici mon taille-crayon. »
Byiringiro : « Merci, Keza ! »
Keza : « De rien ! »
La maîtresse : « Mugisha, ce sont tes ciseaux ? »
Mugisha : « Non, madame. Ce sont les ciseaux de Gatete. »
Prenez = take. cassé = broken. Tiens = here you are. De rien = you are welcome.
Remember « le frère de papa » in the unit « Ma famille »? It works the same way: the thing first, then de, then the person.
Tip
Thing first, then de, then the person
la colle de Keza = Keza's glue. Just like le frère de papa!
Say your answer out loud first, then tap Show answer to check.
You want to cut paper. What do you need?
Answer: les ciseaux
You want to stick a picture in your exercise book. What do you need?
Answer: la colle
Your pencil is broken. What do you need?
Answer: un taille-crayon
Say in French: It is Keza's glue.
Answer: « C'est la colle de Keza. »
A friend gives you her sharpener and you say « Merci ! ». What does she answer?
Answer: « De rien ! »
What you learned today
Sources and credits
The dialogue, the drawing, the word table and the exercises (Try it yourself and the practice questions) are written by Ganzaa.
This lesson adapts CC BY-SA material and is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quick check
Match the French to the English.
Tap one on the left, then its partner on the right.
