Furniture
Meubles
- Describe the furniture in your house.
- Use the prepositions of place to indicate the location of furniture.
- The prepositions of place: "À", "Dans", "Sur", "Sous", etc...
Learn essential French furniture vocabulary and prepositions of place to describe the location of objects in a home. Practice with dialogues, example sentences, and verb conjugations to confidently talk about rooms and furniture positions.
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Reorder sentences
Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.
Exercise 2: Match a word
Instruction: Match the translations
Exercise 3: Cluster the words
Instruction: Classify these words according to whether they designate furniture or prepositions of place used to talk about their location in the house.
Meubles
Prépositions de lieu
Exercise 4: Translate and use in a sentence
Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.
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Le bureau
The desk
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Installer
To install
3
Le placard
The cupboard
4
La lampe
The lamp
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La table
The table
Exercice 5: Conversation exercise
Instruction:
- What furniture is in each of the rooms? (What furniture is in each of the rooms?)
- Describe one room of your apartment/house. (Describe one room of your apartment/house. )
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Les toilettes sont près du lavabo. The toilet is near the sink. |
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Le lit est dans le salon. The bed is in the livingroom. |
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La peinture est à côté de la fenêtre. The painting is next to the window. |
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Il y a un tapis sous le canapé. There is a carpet under the sofa. |
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Le miroir est suspendu au mur. The mirror is hanging on the wall. |
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L'armoire est entre le lit et le bureau. The wardrobe is between the bed and the desk. |
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La porte est derrière la chaise. The door is behind the chair. |
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Le canapé est devant la fenêtre. The sofa is in front of the window. |
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La lampe est sur la table dans le salon. The lamp is on the table in the living room. |
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Exercise 6: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 7: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. J'___ la porte du salon tous les jours.
(I ___ the living room door every day.)2. Tu ___ la fenêtre pour aérer la chambre.
(You ___ the window to air out the room.)3. Il ___ le placard qui est sous la table.
(He ___ the cupboard under the table.)4. Nous ___ la lampe près du canapé pour avoir plus de lumière.
(We ___ the lamp near the sofa to have more light.)Exercise 8: Discover the furniture in my living room
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Ouvrir - Open
présent
- j'ouvre
- tu ouvres
- il/elle ouvre
- nous ouvrons
- vous ouvrez
- ils/elles ouvrent
Trouver - Find
présent
- je trouve
- tu trouves
- il/elle trouve
- nous trouvons
- vous trouvez
- ils/elles trouvent
Être - Be
présent
- je suis
- tu es
- il/elle est
- nous sommes
- vous êtes
- ils/elles sont
Installer - Set up
présent
- j'installe
- tu installes
- il/elle installe
- nous installons
- vous installez
- ils/elles installent
Poser - Place
présent
- je pose
- tu poses
- il/elle pose
- nous posons
- vous posez
- ils/elles posent
Entretenir - Maintain
présent
- j'entretiens
- tu entretiens
- il/elle entretient
- nous entretenons
- vous entretenez
- ils/elles entretiennent
Exercise 9: Les prépositions de lieu: "À", "Dans", "Sur", "Sous", etc...
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: The prepositions of place: "À", "Dans", "Sur", "Sous", etc...
Show translation Show answersen, ici, sur, dans, à, sous, de
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Les prépositions de lieu: "À", "Dans", "Sur", "Sous", etc...
The prepositions of place: "À", "Dans", "Sur", "Sous", etc...
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Ouvrir to open Share Copied!
present
| French | English |
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| (je/j') j'ouvre | I open |
| tu ouvres | You open |
| il/elle/on ouvre | he/she/one opens |
| nous ouvrons | we open |
| vous ouvrez | You open |
| ils/elles ouvrent | They open |
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Furniture and Prepositions of Place in French
This lesson introduces you to vocabulary around furniture in a home setting and the prepositions of place used to describe where objects and furniture are located. You will learn words like l'armoire (wardrobe), la chaise (chair), la lampe (lamp), la table (table), le canapé (sofa), and le lit (bed).
Prepositions of Place
The lesson covers important French prepositions that specify location: à (at/by), dans (in), sur (on), sous (under), and entre (between). Using these prepositions, you can describe where furniture and items are situated within rooms, such as a lamp sur la table (on the table) or a chair sous la fenêtre (under the window).
Examples and Practice
You will find example sentences like: Le canapé est à côté de la porte (The sofa is next to the door) and practice organizing words by categories—furniture vs. prepositions. Dialogue cards help you describe rooms such as the living room, bedroom, and kitchen, using relevant vocabulary and prepositions. Additionally, simple verb conjugation exercises with verbs like ouvrir (to open) complement the vocabulary learning.
Differences and Useful Phrases
French prepositions for place often directly correspond to English but sometimes differ in use. For example, à côté de means "next to," similar to English, while entre means "between." Useful phrases include: La lampe est sur la table (The lamp is on the table), Le chat est sous la table (The cat is under the table), and Le placard est dans la cuisine (The closet is in the kitchen).
Summary
By studying this lesson, you will build foundational vocabulary related to household furniture and mastery of essential prepositions of place in French. This will enable you to describe rooms and object locations accurately and naturally, an important skill for everyday communication.
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