Activities for Printemps Éternel
We’ve chosen some vocabulary and grammatical concepts from this song and provided flashcards, games and exercises for you to learn and practice them.
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Activities
Vocabulary Excercises
We have chosen 15 terms out of this song’s lyrics to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.
Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.
Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.
Grammar Exercises
This song provided a handful of relative pronouns, and let’s be honest, how often does one see ‘dont’ and ‘auxquels’ come up in music lyrics? If you need a refresher on these pronouns, see below.
Relative Pronoun Flashcards – Practice the irregular verbs in this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Relative Pronoun Games – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.
Relative Pronoun Exercises – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.
Resources
Vocabulary List
| Term | Meaning | P of S | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Meaning | P of S | Context |
| attendre | to wait (for) | reg verb | attend |
| au fond de | deep in, in the depths of; at the end/back/bottom of | au fond de | |
| chemin | path, way | masc noun | chemin |
| de toujours | lifelong, of old | toujours | |
| depuis la nuit des temps | since the dawn of time | depuis la nuit des temps | |
| dévoiler | unveil, reveal, disclose | reg verb | dévoile |
| entendre | to hear, to listen; to understand; to intend, want, wish | reg verb | entend |
| genre | type, sort, kind | masc noun | genre |
| guider | guide, lead; provide guidance to | reg verb | guider |
| le jour se lève | dawn is breaking, it’s getting light | le jour se lève | |
| plus grand | bigger | plus grand | |
| pouvoir | power, ability, capacity | masc noun | pouvoirs |
| printemps | spring, springtime | masc noun | printemps |
| revenir | to come back, return; be back; be returned, be sent back | irreg verb | reviendra |
| s’éveiller | to wake up, awaken | reg verb | s’éveille, s’éveillent |
Relative Pronouns
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. Relative clauses give more information about a noun that has already been mentioned. The French relative pronouns are:
| Pronoun | Function |
| Qui | Subject Indirect object (person) |
| Que | Direct object |
| Lequel | Indirect object (thing) |
| Dont | Object of preposition ‘de’ |
| Où | Indicate place or time |
Only ‘lequel’ changes form to match the referenced noun by gender and number, becoming ‘laquelle’, ‘lesquels’ and ‘lesquelles’.
In this song we see the pronoun ‘auxquels’. This is simply a contraction of the preposition ‘à’ and the masculine plural form of ‘lequel’.
