The French reading room
One sentence of «La Dernière Classe»
La leçon finie, on passa à l’écriture.
The lesson over, we went on to writing.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
For that day Monsieur Hamel had prepared brand-new copy slips for us, on which was written in a fine round hand: France, Alsace, France, Alsace.
They looked like little flags fluttering all around the classroom, hung from the rail of our desks.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| La | le | the (le, la, l’, les); him, her, it, them — as an object (art./pron.) |
| leçon | leçon | lesson (n., f.) |
| finie | finir | to finish, end (v.); c’est fini — it’s over |
| on | on | one, people, they, someone (pron.) |
| passa | passer | to pass, go by, cross (v.); en passant — in passing; se passer — to happen; passer à — to move on to; passer devant — to go past |
| à | à | to, at, in; with (prep.); c’est à… — it belongs to…; à boire — something to drink |
| écriture | écriture | writing, handwriting (n., f.) |
Read «La Dernière Classe» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.