The wardrobe the course has not opened
You already have la chemise, le pull, la veste, la jupe, la robe, le manteau and la chaussure. This lesson finishes the everyday set.
| word | note | |
|---|---|---|
| la chaussette | the sock | nearly always plural in practice |
| le short | the shorts | SINGULAR in French: un short |
| le bonnet | the woolly hat | the winter one, not le chapeau |
| le blouson | the jacket | short and casual; a veste is smarter |
| l'écharpe | the scarf | feminine, despite what the -e hides |
le short is one garment
This is the trap. English shorts is plural and takes a plural verb; French un short is a single countable object.
Mon short est trop petit. — My shorts are too small.
The same logic applies to un pantalon, which you have had since L65.
| In summer, I put on shorts. | En été, je mets un short. |
mettre and enlever
For putting clothes on and taking them off, French uses the plain verbs mettre (L56) and enlever (L82), not a reflexive:
| Je mets mon blouson. | I put my jacket on. |
| Il enlève son bonnet. | He takes his woolly hat off. |
s'habiller (L60) covers getting dressed as a whole, with no garment named.
| He took off his jacket. | Il a enlevé son blouson. |
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