Les touristes adorent le parc botanique de Genève, en Suisse. Au jardin, il y a des plantes africaines, des plantes des Amériques, des plantes d’Asie, et des plantes européennes. Les touristes prennent des photos des fleurs, des arbres, et des autres plantes. Le parc botanique est amusant!
Do you remember what cognates are? They are words that look similar and have similar meanings in two different languages. French and English share a huge number of cognates. In fact, this lesson has some cognates: orange, bleu, and couleur. Read and listen to the following paragraph in French. Then, answer the questions that follow.
What words did you recognize? Les touristes, le parc botanique… and that’s just the first sentence!