If you drew your family on a page right now, how many people would you name? Keep that number in your head.

In France you might hear children say papa and maman at home, and papy and mamie for grandparents. Today we learn the full words you will see in books: le père, la mère, le grand-père, la grand-mère, and three more.

We will learn seven French family words, listen to someone describe theirs, and sort the words by le and la.

Here are today's seven family words. English shows first: try the French before you flip, then listen and say it back together. Watch which ones take le and which take la.

Léa is telling her new classmate who lives in her house in Lyon. Listen all the way through once without answering, then listen again and choose the best answers. Listen for which family people she names.

We sort each family word into the masculine (le) or feminine (la) column on the board. When it is your turn, say the word with its article and tell us which column. Everyone else says it quietly with us as it is placed. You have already met gender with fruits and vegetables: use that same ear here.

Then, with a partner: Partner A names someone in English (or points at a stick-person on the board); Partner B answers with le or la and the French word. Swap roles.