French listening practice with side-by-side translation
Listening comprehension: See the links at the bottom for lessons related to the phrases in italics.
| C’est l’Halloween | It’s Halloween |
| Les sorcières sortent le soir, Les fantômes aussi. Le ciel est tout noir, les nuages sont gris. Est-ce que tu as peur des méchants esprits ? Ô monsieur, oui, oui, oui, oui ! |
Translation
Witches come out at night, [collapse]
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Refrain : C’est l’Halloween, c’est l’Halloween, hé ! |
Translation
Chorus: It’s Halloween, it’s Halloween, hey!
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| Pendant l’Halloween tu peux être ce que tu veux. Un tigre féroce, ou un serpent bleu. Il se fait tard, rentres-tu à la maison ? Ô madame, non, non, non, non ! Refrain |
Translation
On Halloween, Chorus
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La lune, elle est pleine, Refrain … |
Translation
The moon is full, Chorus …
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| Video courtesy of Sylvia Duckworth. Song by Matt Maxwell. |
Translation by LKL |
Listening comprehension
Expressions
Vocabulary
Grammar
- Est-ce que tu as peur ? Rentres-tu à la maison ? – questions
- ce que tu veux – indefinite relative pronoun
- Il se fait tard – pronominal verb
- rentres-tu – inversion
- La lune, elle est pleine; le hibou, il crie – subject pronouns
- cette nuit – demonstrative adjective
More French for Halloween
Quizzes
Listening
- La Toussaint et le Halloween en France
- Châteaux et sites hantés en France
- Dictée : Le soir d’Halloween*
* You must have a Progress with Lawless French account to do these exercises.
French Halloween lesson plans
- Dans la citrouille (Lesson, 3rd-8th grade)
- Halloween Flashcard Game (Worksheet, 7th-9th grade)
- L’Halloween vocabulary (Word Puzzle, 9th-12th grade)



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