What Are Good Words for Reading Science Fiction in French?

Reading books that you like is a great way of practising your French by combining it with an activity you enjoy.

Science fiction is a popular genre, covering space travel and aliens, and future technologies such as artificial intelligence and robots. If you want some common words in French that are frequently found in these types of stories, then here is a list of twenty to get you started!

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French as we go!

OK, now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and guess the French word! We’ll take them in groups of five.

Part 1:

alien	Show un extraterrestre
apocalypse	Show une apocalypse
artificial intelligence	Show l’intelligence artificielle
astronaut	Show un astronaute
dystopia	Show la dystopie

Part 2:

flying saucer	Show la soucoupe volante
future	Show l’avenir
nuclear war	Show la guerre nucléaire
outer space	Show l’espace lointain
planet	Show la planète

Part 3:

robot	Show le robot
science	Show la science
simulation	Show la simulation
spaceship	Show le vaisseau spatial
surveillance	Show la surveillance

Part 4:

technology	Show la technologie
teleportation	Show la téléportation
time travel	Show le voyage dans le temps
UFO	Show un objet volant non identifié
universe	Show l’univers

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