Jour 3 – Le Chat de Léo

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Le Chat de Léo (Léo’s Cat)

Léo a un chat. Le chat est noir et blanc. Il dort beaucoup et aime jouer avec une balle. Léo donne à manger à son chat tous les jours. Léo adore son chat.

English Translation:
Léo has a cat. The cat is black and white. It sleeps a lot and likes to play with a ball. Léo feeds his cat every day. Léo loves his cat.

Vocabulary Explanation:

  • Léo a un chat: “Léo has a cat.”
    • Léo: Proper noun, name of a person.
    • un chat: “a cat,” masculine noun. Plural form: des chats.
  • Le chat est noir et blanc: “The cat is black and white.”
    • Le chat: “the cat,” masculine noun.
    • noir et blanc: “black and white,” adjectives describing the cat. Adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
  • Il dort beaucoup: “It sleeps a lot.”
    • Il: “It,” pronoun referring to the cat.
    • dort: “sleeps,” third person singular form of “dormir” (to sleep).
    • beaucoup: “a lot,” adverb of quantity.
  • Il aime jouer avec une balle: “It likes to play with a ball.”
    • aime: “likes,” third person singular form of “aimer” (to like).
    • jouer: “to play,” infinitive verb.
    • une balle: “a ball,” feminine noun. Plural form: des balles.
  • Léo donne à manger à son chat tous les jours: “Léo feeds his cat every day.”
    • donne à manger: “feeds,” third person singular form of “donner” (to give).
    • son chat: “his cat,” masculine noun.
    • tous les jours: “every day,” expression indicating frequency.
  • Léo adore son chat: “Léo loves his cat.”
    • adore: “loves,” third person singular form of “adorer” (to love).

Grammar Explanation:

  • Léo a un chat:
    • “a” is the third person singular form of “avoir” (to have), meaning “has” (il a / elle a / je ai / tu as / nous avons / vous avez / ils/elles ont).
  • Le chat est noir et blanc:
    • “est” is the third person singular form of “être” (to be), meaning “is” (il est / elle est / je suis / tu es / nous sommes / vous êtes / ils/elles sont).
  • Il dort beaucoup:
    • “dort” is the third person singular form of “dormir” (to sleep), meaning “sleeps” (il dort / elle dort / je dors / tu dors / nous dormons / vous dormez / ils/elles dorment).
  • Il aime jouer avec une balle:
    • “aime” is the third person singular form of “aimer” (to like), meaning “likes” (il aime / elle aime / je aime / tu aimes / nous aimons / vous aimez / ils/elles aiment).
  • Léo donne à manger à son chat tous les jours:
    • “donne” is the third person singular form of “donner” (to give), meaning “gives” (il donne / elle donne / je donne / tu donnes / nous donnons / vous donnez / ils/elles donnent).
  • Léo adore son chat:
    • “adore” is the third person singular form of “adorer” (to love), meaning “loves” (il adore / elle adore / je adore / tu adores / nous adorons / vous adorez / ils/elles adorent).

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