Our World
Continents and rivers
le monde - the world
un continent - a continent
l’Océanie - Australasia
l’Europe - Europe
l’Amérique du Sud - South America
l’Amérique du Nord - North America
l’Afrique - Africa
l’Antarctique - Antarctica
All of the continents are feminine. So if you describe them, you need to use a FEMININE ADJECTIVE:
L’Antarctique est froide. - Antarctica is cold.
L’Afrique est claire. - Africa is (full of) light.
To say a country is in a continent, you use EN instead of the l' (the article):
C’est en Amérique du Sud. - It’s in South America.
La Belgique est en Europe. - Belgium is in Europe.
Then there are rivers:
les fleuves - the rivers
le Nil - the Nile
le Gange - the Ganges
le Yang Tsé - the Yangzte
l’Amazone - the Amazon
la Tamise - the Thames
la Seine - the Seine
When you want to say ‘it’s on the River…’, you use SUR:
C’est sur le Nil. - It’s on the Nile.
You can say that something is the biggest using the phrase le plus grand for MASCULINE nouns and la plus grande for FEMININE ones.
For example:
La Tamise est un fleuve. - The Thames is a river.
Le Nil est un fleuve. - The Nile is a river.
Le Nil est le plus grand. - The Nile is the biggest.
Can you work out how to say the smallest?
La Tamise est la plus petite. - The Thames is the smallest.
That’s right – lA plus petitE for FEMININE nouns and lE plus petit for MASCULINE ones.
