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Let's learn vocabulary about animals and nature.
🔹 Farm animals (Animaux de la ferme) :
• cow — vache
• goat — chèvre
• sheep — mouton
• chicken — poulet
• horse — cheval
• donkey — âne
🔹 Wild animals (Animaux sauvages) :
• lion — lion
• elephant — éléphant
• giraffe — girafe
• monkey — singe
• snake — serpent
• crocodile — crocodile
• bird — oiseau
• fish — poisson
🔹 Nature vocabulary:
• tree — arbre
• river — fleuve / rivière
• ocean / sea — océan / mer
• mountain — montagne
• forest — forêt
• desert — désert
• flower — fleur
• sun — soleil
• rain — pluie
• wind — vent
🔹 Describing animals:
• A lion is big and dangerous. — Un lion est grand et dangereux.
• A monkey lives in the forest. — Un singe vit dans la forêt.
• Elephants are grey and very large. — Les éléphants sont gris et très grands.
📝 Exemples de phrases :
• Senegal has many animals: lions, elephants and crocodiles.
• The giraffe is tall and has a long neck.
• I like fish. They live in rivers and in the sea.
• The Sahara is a big desert in Africa.
• In Senegal, the baobab is a famous tree.
💡 Astuce — Pluriel des animaux :
• one lion → two lions
• one fish → two fish (fish ne change pas au pluriel !)
• one sheep → two sheep (sheep ne change pas au pluriel !)
Translate: Un éléphant est gros et gris. Il vit en Afrique.
Correction
An elephant is big and grey. It lives in Africa.
Name 3 wild animals found in Senegal in English.
Correction
Lion, crocodile, monkey. (Also acceptable: elephant, giraffe, snake)
What is the English word for 'forêt'?
Complete: The baobab is a famous ___ in Senegal.
Correction
Tree (The baobab is a famous tree in Senegal.)
Translate: J'aime les oiseaux. Ils sont petits et beaux.
Correction
I like birds. They are small and beautiful.