About the Le dîner story
What’s for dinner?
It’s dinner time, and everyone is hungry! But with so many different food preferences, choosing what to eat isn’t easy. Just when they finally agree on something, they run into a problem. Will they get their dinner, or will they go to bed hungry?
Let’s find out in Le dîner! A short fun story for kids trying to learn French.
The story: Le dîner (Dinner plans)
Narrator: C’est l’heure du dîner.
Kitty, Bob, Ali, Tom: J’ai faim.
Kitty: Je veux manger du poulet.
Bob: Moi aussi !
Ali: Je ne veux pas manger de viande.
Ali: Je veux manger de la pizza.
Bob: Moi aussi !
Tom: Je ne veux pas de pizza. Ce n’est pas bon pour la santé.
Tom: Je veux manger du poisson.
Bob: Moi aussi !
Kitty: Je ne veux pas de poisson.
Kitty: Moi, je veux un hamburger.
Bob: Moi aussi !
Ali: Je ne veux pas manger de viande.
Studycat: Prenons de la salade.
Ali, Bob, Kitty, Tom: D’accord !
Narrator: Ils marchent tous jusqu’au restaurant.
Kitty: Il fait très sombre.
Narrator: Le restaurant est fermé.
Studycat: C’est fermé.
Bob: Oh non !
Narrator: Ils retournent à la maison.
Bob: J’ai très faim.
Kitty, Tom: À manger !
Narrator: Le papa de Tom a préparé le dîner.
Tom: Merci, papa !
Bob: C’est quand le petit-déjeuner ?
Learning French vocabulary from Le dîner
This story introduces useful vocabulary about food, meals, and expressing preferences in French. Here are some key words and phrases to practice:
- Le dîner – dinner
- J’ai faim – I’m hungry
- Je veux manger… – I want to eat…
- Du poulet – chicken
- De la pizza – pizza
- Du poisson – fish
- Un hamburger – a burger
- Prenons de la salade – let’s get salad
- C’est fermé – it’s closed
- C’est quand le petit-déjeuner ? – when is breakfast?
By following along, kids will learn how to express their food preferences, agree or disagree, and talk about meals in French.
How to use this story for learning French
- Role-play a dinner conversation: Have kids take turns choosing a meal and responding with Moi aussi ! or Je ne veux pas…
- Food sorting game: Show different food items and ask kids to name them in French while sorting them into categories (meat, vegetables, desserts, etc.).
- Practice restaurant phrases: Act out ordering at a restaurant and reacting to it being fermé just like in the story!
With fun dialogue, useful phrases, and a relatable dinner dilemma, le dîner makes learning French an exciting adventure. Want more fun stories? Explore our collection of French stories for kids with Studycat!
