Walk by the Lake – French Story & Translation & Video

Bonjour à tous !

Time for another video in easy French. This time I am taking you to the lake of Poulafret in my hometown of Paimpol, Brittany, where I often go to jog or just to enjoy a nice walk. It’s 5mn away from my house!

French Lake Vocabulary

1. la marée basse / haute – low/high tide
2. jusqu’ici – until here
3. plusieurs fois par semaine – several times a week
4. à disposition de – at the disposal of
5. je vous y emmènerai- I’ll take you there (note how I glide over the e of the “erai” future ending)
6. trouver ça étrange – to find it weird
7. comme ça – this way
8. le sol – the ground
9. recouvrir – to cover up
10. cet espace – this space
11. on est arrivés – we’re here
12. la base de loisirs – literally “leisure base” – meaning place to practice sports

1. les sports aquatiques et nautiques – water-based and nautical sports
2. la gym – exercises
3. arriver à – to manage to
4. un lac artificiel – artificial lake
5. retenir – to keep
6. une plage – a beach
7. un moulin – a mill
8. une écluse – a (water) lock
9. par ici – this way
10. un panneau – a sign
11. faire du jogging – to jog
12. faire des abdominaux – to do situps
13. faire des pompes – to do pushups
14. là-dessus – over there
15. une oie – goose
16. un canard – duck
17. un cygne – swan
18. être petit(e) – in the context of age, to be young
19. surtout – above all
20. formidable – great
21. un paysage – landscape, view
22. au gré – according to as in following the will of
23. j’espère que ça vous a plu – I hope you liked it

Poulafret Easy French Video

Now that you know the vocabulary, watch my easy French video and learn about the Poulafret artificial like in Paimpol, Brittany, France.

Pictures of Poulafret Lake