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Talking about broken bones and how to say where you’re sore! More than just expressions, you will also reinforce some grammar notions that many students of French often get wrong.
Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode
Avoir mal à + le/la/les + body part = have pain at (to have a sth-ache, to hurt there)
Avoir mal à la tête = to have a headache
Avoir mal aux pieds = to have sore feet
Avoir mal au dos = to have a sore back
avoir mal à l’estomac = to have a stomach ache (the organ)
avoir mal au ventre = to have a stomach/tummy ache
avoir mal au cœur = to feel sick/nauseous ; to be heartbroken, to feel sad
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se casser + le/la/les + body part = to break one’s body part
Elle s’est cassée la jambe en skiant = She broke her leg while skiing.
Je me suis cassée le bras quand j’avais 10 ans = I broke my arm when I was 10.
Je vais à la maison = I’m going home.
Il a les mains dans les poches. = He’s got his hands in his pockets
LINKS and RESOURCES
Comment je me suis cassée le bras : je regardais une compétition sportive, assise sur une barrière qui faisait le tour du terrain de football. Il pleuvait, donc j’avais un parapluie. Le vent est venu sous mon parapluie et je suis tombée de la barrière, en arrière. Je me suis cassée le bras!
= How i broke my arm : I was watching a sports competition, sitting on the fence surrounding the soccer fiels. It was raining so I had an umbrella. The wind came under my umbrella and I fell from the fence, backwards. I broke my arm!