Use French in Conversations About Mammals

Use any language frequently if you wish to develop facility with the language. By incorporating practice into your daily life, you can make the quickest progress. Learn some names of mammals, and you will find you have many occasions to use them.

Steps

  1. Look at the pictures and think about the following terms:

    • The tiger = le tigre
    • The buffalo = le buffle
    • The polar bear = l'ours polaire
    • The porcupine = le porc-épic
    • The beaver= le castor
    • The armadillo = le tatou
    • The squirrel = l’écureuil
    • The fawn = le faon
    • The fox = le renard
    • The skunk = la mouffette
  2. Print out this wikiHow.
  3. Cut out the pictures.
  4. Paste each picture on one side of a separate 3 X 5 index card.
  5. Cut out the word labels.
  6. Paste each word label on the reverse of the appropriate index card.
  7. Use the index cards to quiz yourself.
  8. Start right away to use your new words to discuss these animals in French, perhaps when you are reading a magazine article, or watching a wildlife show, or next time you go camping or hiking.

Tips

  • To get some conversation going, use the sentences below, substituting the appropriate animal name as needed:

  • For help with pronunciation consult the website listed below.

Warnings

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