In today’s lesson we’ll focus on how to pronounce and use the the name Léon Marchand, a Frenchman who won the gold medal for the 400m medley at the 2024 summer Olympic games in Paris.
Léon Marchand [leɔ̃ maʀʃɑ̃]
Example sentences
Léon Marchand est un nageur français. Il est né le 17 mai 2002 à Toulouse.
Léon Marchand is a French swimmer. He was born on May 17, 2002 in Toulouse.
Léon Marchand est le fils des nageurs olympiques Xavier Marchand et Céline Bonnet.
Léon Marchand is the son of olympic swimmers Xavier Marchand and Céline Bonnet.
For this final sentence, 4 nages refers to the 400 metres individual medley.
Le dimanche 28 juillet 2024, Léon Marchand a remporté la médaille d’or sur le 400 mètres 4 nages aux Jeux olympiques d’été à Paris.
On Sunday, July 28, 2024, Léon Marchand won the gold medal for the 400 metres individual medley at the summer Olympic games in Paris.
Related lessons
- Jeux olympiques (olympic games) pronunciation
- Piscine – swimming pool
- Sports vocabulary
- How to say the date in French
- Swimming vocabulary
References
Word of the Day lessons | Lessons by David Issokson
