French Vocabulary for Beginners (A1) "Describe your bedroom": Bedroom vocabulary & use of "il y a"

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (C.E.F.R.) define a beginner learner as a "basic user". As an absolute beginner - A1 level - the CEFR specify that a basic user "can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type".
As the speaking production skills as concerned, it is said that a basic user "can use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms his living conditions" : housing, rooms, furnitures, household appliances and objects.

In this post dedicated to absolute beginners in French, I give you useful tools to help you describe a bedroom ("décrire sa chambre"). ​

To describe a bedroom as a beginner, in addition to the vocabulary in connection with bedroom, you have to use the phrase "il y a" which is invariable in French ("there is" or "there are" in English).

• For example, someone can say : "Dans ma chambre, il y a un lit gris, une armoire, une table de chevet, un tapis beige, un grand miroir et une fenêtre. Sur mon lit, il y a un matelas deux personnes, un drap violet, deux oreillers blancs et un duvet. Sur ma table de chevet, il y a une lampe et un réveil rouge."​​

• English translation : "In my room there is a gray bed, a closet, a bedside table, a beige carpet, a large mirror and a window. On my bed, there is a two-person mattress, a purple sheet, two white pillows and a duvet. On my bedside table there is a lamp and a red alarm clock."

Now it's your turn to play!
​Practice by describing your own bedroom, the bedroom of your parents, brother, sister or your friend using this vocabulary pictures sheet that you can only consult online.

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MAYS AL SABBAGH

French Language Teacher & CEO @ Learn Real French Now