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How to Say ‘The home-school notebook’ in French

Le cahier de liaison

luh kah-yay duh lyay-ZOHN

[luh kah-yay duh lyay-ZOHN]

💬 Usage Tip: Here liaison simply means "link" between home and school. It has nothing to do with linking sounds.

🇫🇷 In France: In primary school this notebook lives in the child's bag and goes back and forth between home and school. Teachers expect parents to read it and often to sign each message.

Phrase Breakdown

Le cahier

luh kah-yay

The notebook

"Cahier" is a masculine noun. The "h" is silent, so say "luh ka-yay".

Example

Le cahier est rouge.

The notebook is red.

Words in this phrase

[luh]

the

Used as a function word to indicate a noun and to mark the noun as definite.

Example

Le chat noir.

The black cat.

cahier

[kah-yay]

notebook

A school notebook used for writing lessons or exercises.

Example

Mon cahier est sur la table.

My notebook is on the table.

de liaison

duh lyay-ZOHN

for liaison / communication

The full phrase "le cahier de liaison" is the parent–teacher communication notebook in French schools.

Example

Signez le cahier de liaison.

Sign the communication notebook.

Words in this phrase

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

liaison

[lyay-ZOHN]

liaison / communication

A link or connection; 'cahier de liaison' is the school-home message notebook.

Example

Signez le cahier de liaison, s'il vous plaît.

Please sign the home-school notebook.

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