‎ Describing what is in your bedroom
To ask someone what is in their bedroom, use the following question:‎
- Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans ta chambre? - What is in your bedroom?‎
To reply and describe your bedroom, use either il y a (there is/there are) or Âá’a¾± (I have), ‎followed by the item. To say what you don’t have use il n’y a pas de (there isn’t a/ there ‎aren’t any) or je n’ai pas de (I don’t have a).‎
- Dans ma chambre, il y a un lit - In my bedroom, there is a bed.‎
- J’ai une armoire et une commode - I have a wardrobe and a chest of drawers.‎
- Il n’y a pas de bureau - There isn’t a desk.‎
- Je n’ai pas de table de nuit - I don’t have a bedside table.‎
Here are some useful words to describe what you might have in your bedroom:‎
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a bed
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- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a cushion
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a desk
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- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a book
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a cupboard
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- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a wall
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a bookcase
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a wardrobe
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a chest of drawers
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a bedside table
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a chair
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - a lamp
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - curtains
Using adjectives to describe your room - colours
You can add more information about your bedroom furniture by including colours. ‎
The colour must go after the furniture items, as colours are . The ‎colours must also agree with the nouns, and many change when they are feminine or ‎plural. The exceptions are: marron (brown) and orange (orange) which do NOT change. ‎
- J’ai un lit bleu - I have a blue bed.‎
- Dans ma chambre, il y a une armoire blanche - In my bedroom, there is a white ‎wardrobe.‎
- Les rideaux sont verts - The curtains are green.‎
Here are some colours you could use to describe your bedroom:‎
English | Masculine singular | Masculine plural | Feminine singular | Feminine plural |
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black | noir | noirs | noire | noires |
white | blanc | blancs | blanche | blanches |
blue | bleu | bleus | bleue | bleues |
green | vert | verts | verte | vertes |
red | rouge | rouges | rouge | rouges |
yellow | jaune | jaunes | jaune | jaunes |
purple | violet | violets | violette | violettes |
grey | gris | gris | grise | grises |
brown | marron | marron | marron | marron |
orange | orange | orange | orange | orange |
Other adjectives to describe your room
You can use a variety of adjectives to describe your bedroom. As chambre (bedroom) is a ‎feminine word, the adjectives must agree with the noun, even when they are not right ‎next to the noun:‎
- Ma chambre est assez petite et confortable - My bedroom is quite small and ‎comfortable.‎
To use the word ‘it’ to talk about your bedroom, say elle, because chambre is a feminine ‎word:‎
- J’aime ma chambre parce qu’elle est grande - I like my room because it is big.‎
- Je n’aime pas ranger ma chambre. Elle est toujours en désordre - I don’t like ‎tidying my room. It is always messy.‎
Here are some useful words and phrases you could use to describe your bedroom:‎
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - big
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - small
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - comfortable
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - cosy
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - tidy
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - messy
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - quiet
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - noisy
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - I have my own bedroom
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - I share my room
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. - I tidy my room
Using prepositions to describe where things are in your room
A preposition of place describes where something is in relation to something else.‎ Here are some useful prepositions of place you can use to describe where things are in ‎your room: ‎
French | English |
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dans | in |
sur | on |
entre … et‎ | between … and |
devant | in front of |
à côté de | next to |
sous | under |
»å±ð°ù°ù¾±Ã¨°ù±ð | behind |
en face de | opposite |
For example:‎
- Le lit est à côté de la table de nuit - The bed is next to the bedside table.‎
- Il y a un bureau sous la fenêtre et il y a une lampe sur le bureau - There is a desk ‎under the window and there is a lamp on the desk.‎
- J’ai beaucoup de livres dans ma bibliothèque - I have lots of books in my ‎bookcase.‎
- La commode est entre ±ô’a°ù³¾´Ç¾±°ù±ð et la porte - The chest of drawers is between the ‎wardrobe and the door.‎
- Je n’ai pas de posters sur les murs - I don’t have any posters on the walls.‎
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