📺 Video lesson · fairy-tale vocabulary · devenir · il était une fois
Un mouton devient roi ! Louis 1er — Story Time
🎬 About this episode
A sheep becomes king! A fairy-tale that’s perfect for the language of becoming and being — plus a royal helping of French storytelling vocabulary: le roi, le château, la couronne.
🔊 Key phrases for this topic
Le mouton devient roi.The sheep becomes king.
Il était une fois…Once upon a time…
Vive le roi !Long live the king!
Le roi habite dans un château.The king lives in a castle.
Tout le monde est content.Everyone is happy.
🔑 The language point
- Il était une fois — THE fairy-tale opener, imparfait of être.
- devenir (to become) conjugates like venir: il devient, il est devenu.
- Tout le monde = everyone — and it takes a SINGULAR verb: tout le monde est.
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