Mammoth Memory

Swimming Pool – la piscine

(Pronounced pee-seen)

To remember that Swimming Pool is pronounced pee-seen (piscine) in French, use the following mnemonic:

At the swimming pool a pea was seen (piscine) jumping in by the lifeguard.

At the swimming pool a pea was seen (piscine) jumping in by the lifeguard.

Piscine is feminine so it's la piscine. Imagine the Labrador is drowning in the swimming pool.

Piscine is feminine so it's la piscine. Imagine the Labrador is drowning in the swimming pool.

Examples of piscine (swimming pool) in a sentence

 

 

Je vais à la piscine pour faire de la natation. 

(I am going to the swimming pool to swim.)

 

Samedi, Victor est allé à la piscine

(On Saturday, Victor went to the swimming pool.)

 

Ne courez pas au bord de la piscine

(Do not run at the edge of the pool!)

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