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!

1 – 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

Une Semaine À Paimpol Bilingual Audiobook

Spend a week in the beautiful harbour town of Paimpol on the North Coast of France.

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More Details & Audio Samples

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

2 – 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.

3 – Pictures of Poulafret Lake