49 - Country Names in French (Part II)
Listen to this episode to learn the names of 30 countries in French. 🌎 More countries in parts I (episode 39).
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Links & Cheat Sheet
Lesson cheatsheet: Country Names in French (Part II) 📝
Lesson exercises: French Exercises Library 📚
Transcript
Intro: Welcome to the French Made Easy podcast, where I give you all the basics you need to speak French clearly and confidently. I'm your host, Mathilde, and I'm a French teacher, mumpreneur, and bread and cheese lover. Join me as I dive into all things French for beginners, and deliver to you bite-sized and easy-to-follow lessons every Tuesday. Let's get started, "on commence"!
Hi everyone! Bonjour à tous! Welcome back to the French Made Easy Podcast! This is episode number 49, numéro 49! Today you'll learn the name of 30 countries in French. This is actually part II of our lesson on country names in French! So if you haven't listened to part I, then go back to episode number 39. I'll put the link in the episode notes.
So before you start, as usual, download your lesson's cheat sheet, so you can hear the words and see how they are written at the same time. It's free. After the lesson, head over to the French Made Easy library, where you can download your lesson's exercises. And it's also free!
Ready? Prêts? On y va.
Again, in this episode, I want you to pay attention to the countries' definite articles. Countries have a gender in French. They can either be feminine, masculine or plural. So please pay attention when I say "le," "la," "les" and try to remember the gender.
Ok, on commence, donc répétez après moi:
🇧🇪 la Belgique (Belgium)
🇮🇱 Israël (Israel)
🇷🇴 la Roumanie (Romania)
🇹🇭 la Thaïlande (Thailand)
🇮🇷 l'Iran (Iran)
🇦🇷 l'Argentine (Argentina)
🇫🇮 la Finlande (Finland)
🇭🇺 la Hongrie (Hungary)
🇩🇰 le Danemark(Denmark)
🇸🇰 la Slovaquie (Slovakia)
🇱🇺 le Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
🇵🇪 le Pérou (Peru)
🇨🇱 le Chili (Chile)
🇦🇹 l'Autriche (Austria)
🇳🇬 le Nigéria (Nigeria)
🇬🇹 le Guatemala (Guatemala)
🇨🇷 le Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
🇨🇳 la Chine (China)
🇬🇷 la Grèce (Greece)
🇪🇨 l'Équateur (Ecuador)
🇰🇷 la Corée du Sud (South Korea)
🇷🇺 la Russie (Russia)
🇲🇦 le Maroc (Morocco)
🇺🇾 l'Uruguay (Uruguay)
🇻🇪 le Venezuela (Venezuela)
🇰🇪 le Kenya (Kenya)
🇱🇹 la Lituanie (Lithuania)
🇸🇦 l'Arabie Saoudite (Saudi Arabia)
🇪🇬 L'Égypte (Egypt)
🇷🇸 La Serbie (Serbia)
Et voilà! On a nos 30 pays, we've got our 30 countries! So that’s now the end of today’s episode. Don’t forget to download your lesson exercises to practice what you’ve learned today! I hope you enjoyed this episode and if you did, let me know in the comments or on my Instagram!
I'll talk to you next week.
Merci beaucoup et à bientôt!