← Ontario Core French (FSL) · Grade 7
Unit 2: L'histoire du Canada · Lesson 5
5. Le commerce des fourrures (The Fur Trade)
Explain a few basic activities and the role of Indigenous knowledge in the fur trade.
Vocabulary
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Practice sentences
« Les marchands échangent des fourrures. »
Merchants trade furs.
Say it like: lay mar-SHAHN ay-SHAHNZH day foo-REWR
« On transporte les fourrures en canot. »
People transport the furs by canoe.
Say it like: on trahns-PORT lay foo-REWR ahn kah-NOH
« Les connaissances autochtones sont importantes. »
Indigenous knowledge is important.
Say it like: lay koh-neh-SAHNS oh-tok-TON son tam-por-TAHNT