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Animals
The word for 'animal' is very similar in English and French.
un animal - an animal
The same is true of several animal names:
un tigre - a tiger
un éléphant - an elephant
un serpent - a snake
une girafe - a giraffe
un lézard - a lizard
Then there are these animals - they all have double letters in them:
une abeille - a bee
une chenille - a caterpillar
un papillon - a butterfly
un poisson - a fish
Here are some more animals:
un ours - a bear
un oiseau - a bird
un cheval - a horse
Talking about more than one animal, bird or horse is a bit different. Look at the plural forms – they don’t end with s but aux:
des animaux - some animals
des oiseaux - some birds
des chevaux - some horses
