French For Beginners: Describing Your Living Room

Let's describe the living room of a typical French family.

In this lesson, I'll give you the most important French vocabulary and sample sentences for talking about the items in a living room.

How do you say 'living room' in French?

If you want to say 'living room' in French, there are two main ways to say it:

1. Salle de séjour: This literally translates to "room of stay", and is the most formal term for 'living room' in French.
2. Salon: This is the most common, informal way to say 'living room' in French. It's likely of Italian origin (salone).

Most common items (in French) found in your living room

There are many items typical to a French living room. Here's a list of the most common ones with their plural forms:

Sample sentences describing a living room in French

Take note of the use of the informal expression "avec beaucoup de gout" (with a lot of taste).

Most important verbs in a living room context

In a living room context, you'll find these verbs most helpful.

Most of them are foundational verbs that you should know anyway.

Practise describing your living room in French

Hopefully what I've provided here will get you describing your living room in French in adequate detail.

Obviously, every house is different so there are no doubt going to be items I've missed.

Also check out my lesson describing your bedroom in French after this one.

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