Today’s lesson focuses on how to say “Christmas tree” in French: le sapin de Noël or simply le sapin. The literal translation of sapin is “pine tree” or “fir tree”.
le sapin de Noël
Christmas tree
Example sentences
For this sentence, au-dessous de means “under” or “underneath”. This lesson explains the tricky prepositions au-dessus vs. en dessous (over, under). Plein de is informal language for beaucoup de (a lot of).
Il y a plein de cadeaux au-dessous du sapin de Noël.
There are lots of gifts under the Christmas tree.
For this sentence, en haut de means “on top of”. En haut, which is difficult to pronounce also means “up stairs”. J’ai mis is the passé composé of mettre (to put).
J’ai mis une belle étoile en haut du sapin de Noël.
I put a pretty star on top of the Christmas tree.
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