How to Say ‘I work with painting.’ in French
Je travaille avec la peinture.
zhuh trah-VYE ah-VEK lah puhn-TYOOR
[zhuh trah-VYE ah-VEK lah puhn-TYOOR]
💬 Usage Tip: Natural way to talk about your medium. You can swap in 'la photo', 'la vidéo', 'le textile', etc.
🇫🇷 In France: French juries often like hearing not just what you made, but how you work materially.
Phrase Breakdown
Je travaille avec
zhuh trah-VYE ah-VEK
I work with
Used to say what medium, material, or method you use.
Je travaille avec l'argile.
I work with clay.
Words in this phrase
Je
[zhuh]
I
The pronoun used when speaking about your own artistic process.
Dans Je travaille avec la peinture., Je montre que vous décrivez votre pratique.
In Je travaille avec la peinture., Je shows that you are describing your practice.
travaille
[trah-VYE]
work
Used to explain your medium or the way you create.
Dans Je travaille avec la peinture., travaille exprime votre méthode.
In Je travaille avec la peinture., travaille expresses your method.
avec
[ah-VEK]
with
Introduces the medium you use.
Dans Je travaille avec la peinture., avec introduit la matière utilisée.
In Je travaille avec la peinture., avec introduces the material used.
La peinture
lah puhn-TYOOR
Painting / paint
Here it refers to painting as an art form or painting materials.
J'aime la peinture.
I like painting.
Words in this phrase
la
[lah]
the
A feminine singular article before peinture.
Dans Je travaille avec la peinture., la accompagne le nom peinture.
In Je travaille avec la peinture., la accompanies the noun peinture.
peinture
[puhn-TYOOR]
painting; paint
Refers here to paint or painting as the medium you work with.
Dans Je travaille avec la peinture., peinture nomme votre médium.
In Je travaille avec la peinture., peinture names your medium.
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