Book – le livre

(Pronounced leev-ruh)

To remember that Book is pronounced leev-er-ah (livre) in French, use the following mnemonic:

To remove the book from her hands they had to use a lever and be very rough (livre).

Livre is masculine, so it’s le livre. Imagine our early learner having his first book read to him:

Examples of livre (book) in a sentence

Ce livre est très intéressant.

(This book is very interesting.)

Je lis un livre passionnant. 

(I am reading an exciting book.)

Il a choisi de renvoyer le livre car il manquait des pages. 

(He chose to send back the book as it had missing pages.)