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中文Daily story · Le Chat noir · A1 · Chapter 1 of 20
Le chat à la porte The cat at the door
Before you read
Léa has just moved to Albi, a small town in the south of France, to study. It is her first morning in her new flat. Look at the title: someone is at the door.
Touch a word for its meaning; tap a sentence for its translation.
Je suis Léa. I'm Léa.
Je suis étudiante. I'm a student.
Le matin, je mange un croissant. In the morning I eat a croissant.
Je bois aussi un café. I drink a coffee too.
Devant la porte, il y a un chat. There's a cat in front of the door.
C'est un chat noir. It's a black cat.
« Bonjour. Qui es-tu ? » "Hello. Who are you?"
Le chat ne dit rien. The cat says nothing.
Le chat a un petit papier. The cat has a small piece of paper.
Sur le papier, il y a « trois ». On the paper it says "three".
« Trois ? Qu'est-ce que c'est ? » "Three? What is this?"
Et le chat s'en va. And the cat goes away.
The words glossed, the English for each sentence, the notes and the questions.
New words in this chapter
- étudiant un étudiant, une étudiante — student
- matin le matin — morning
- manger — to eat
- croissant le croissant — croissant
- boire — to drink
- café le café — coffee; a café
- devant — in front of
- porte la porte — door
- chat le chat — cat
- noir — black
- petit — small, little
- papier le papier — paper; a piece of paper
Grammar notes
Je suis étudiante — I'm a student
No article before a job or role after être: je suis étudiante, not je suis une étudiante. Étudiante is the feminine of étudiant, because Léa is a woman.
Devant la porte, il y a un chat — there's a cat in front of the door
Il y a means 'there is' or 'there are', for one thing or many, and it never changes: il y a un chat, il y a trois chats.
Le chat ne dit rien — the cat says nothing
ne … rien means 'nothing'. Ne goes before the verb and rien after it.
Questions
Read the story, then try these.
Summary (try reading it in French first)
On Léa's first morning a black cat sits at her door with a small piece of paper. On it is the number three. Then the cat walks away.
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