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Lesson Transcript

Do you know how to talk about health problems in French?
Welcome to Three Step French Practice by FrenchPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to talk about health problems.
Let's look at the main dialogue.
Two people are having a conversation.
Corentin, tu n'as pas l'air d'aller bien. Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ?
"Corentin, you don't look well. What's wrong?"
J'ai mal à la tête. J'ai aussi mal à l'estomac.
"I have a headache. I also have a stomachache."
In this conversation, this character
Says that he has a headache.
And that he has a stomachache, too.
In French, the definite article must match the gender—masculine or feminine— and number—singular or plural—of the body part.
For example, since tête is feminine singular, we say à la tête, and because estomac begins with a vowel, we use the form à l'estomac.
When à is followed by the definite article la or l', it stays the same. When it is followed by the definite article le or les, it contracts into au or aux.
These contractions are a regular part of French grammar and help the sentence flow smoothly and naturally.
Let's practice with more body part vocabulary in this lesson.

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