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Yéti-Li : Les lions ne mangent pas de croquettes — Story Time
food vocabulary · des becomes de · avoir faim
A lion who won’t eat kibble?! This read-aloud story is perfect for practising food vocabulary and the tricky French rule that turns des into de after a negative.
🎬 About this episode
A lion who won’t eat kibble?! This read-aloud story is perfect for practising food vocabulary and the tricky French rule that turns des into de after a negative.
🔊 Key phrases for this topic
Les lions ne mangent pas de croquettes.Lions don’t eat kibble.
Qu’est-ce qu’il mange ?What does he eat?
Il a faim.He’s hungry.
C’est délicieux !It’s delicious!
Encore, s’il te plaît !More, please! (informal)
🔑 The language point
- After a negative, des → de: il mange des croquettes → il ne mange pas de croquettes.
- Avoir faim — French is to HAVE hunger, never être faim.
- manger is a regular -er verb: je mange, tu manges, il mange — one pattern, hundreds of verbs.
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