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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn French with Fexingo! I'm Lucas, and with me is the wonderful Luna. Luna: Hey hey! Ready for some more French fun. Lucas: Today we're going to talk about furniture. Things you have in your home. Luna: Oh nice! Like tables and chairs. Lucas: Exactly. Let's start with la table. Table. La table. Luna: La table. Lucas: Perfect. And la chaise. Chair. La chaise. Luna: La chaise. That sounds like 'chaise lounge' in English. Lucas: Exactly, same origin. Now let's put them in a phrase. La table et la chaise. Luna: La table et la chaise. Lucas: Great. Next up, le lit. Bed. Le lit. Luna: Le lit. Short and sweet. Lucas: And l'armoire. Wardrobe or closet. L'armoire. Luna: L'armoire. That sounds fancy. Lucas: A bit. And finally, le canapé. Sofa. Le canapé. Luna: Le canapé. Like the food canapé? Lucas: Same word, different meaning. So let's practice all five together. Repeat after me. Luna: Okay. Lucas: La table. Luna: La table. Lucas: La chaise. Luna: La chaise. Lucas: Le lit. Luna: Le lit. Lucas: L'armoire. Luna: L'armoire. Lucas: Le canapé. Luna: Le canapé. Lucas: Awesome. Now let's imagine a room. Dans la chambre, il y a un lit et une armoire. Luna: In the bedroom, there is a bed and a wardrobe. Got it. Lucas: And in the living room, il y a une table, des chaises et un canapé. Luna: Il y a une table, des chaises et un canapé. Lucas: You're doing really well. Hey, quick thing — if Fexingo is helping you learn French, and you'd like to support the show, you can buy us a coffee. Just visit buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it keeps the podcast ad-free and helps us make more episodes like this one. Lucas: Now, back to furniture. Let's practice a question: Où est la table? Luna: Where is the table? Lucas: Où est la table? And you can answer: La table est dans la cuisine. Luna: La table est dans la cuisine. Lucas: Try asking me: Où est le lit? Luna: Où est le lit? Lucas: Le lit est dans la chambre. Good. Now you ask: Où est le canapé? Luna: Où est le canapé? Lucas: Le canapé est dans le salon. Perfect. So today we learned la table, la chaise, le lit, l'armoire, and le canapé. Luna: And how to ask where they are and answer. Lucas: Exactly. Practice these words around your home. See you next time on Learn French with Fexingo! Luna: À bientôt!