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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Stone House, Hugo Says

Report what someone told you they had seen, what they said about it, and what you actually said, not what people assume.

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THE STORY

Emma looking out of the window, a house twenty minutes away, and a roof.

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Tu as l'air ailleurs, patronne.tew ah lehr ah-yuhr, pah-TRONYou look like you're elsewhere, boss. To a woman, a friend.
Hugo m'a dit qu'il avait vu une maison en pierre, à vendre, à vingt minutes d'ici.ew-goh mah dee keel ah-veh vew ewn meh-zoh(n) ah(n) pyehr, ah vah(n)dr, ah va(n) mee-newt dee-SEEHugo told me he had seen a stone house, for sale, twenty minutes from here.
Il m'a dit qu'il avait vu une maison.eel mah dee keel ah-veh vew ewn meh-ZOH(N)He told me he had seen a house.
À vingt minutes d'ici.ah va(n) mee-newt dee-SEETwenty minutes from here.
Et il t'a dit combien ?ay eel tah dee koh(n)-BYA(N)And did he tell you how much? To a friend.
Il m'a dit que le prix était raisonnable et que le toit ne l'était pas.eel mah dee kuh luh pree ay-teh reh-zoh-nahbl ay kuh luh twah nuh lay-teh PAHHe told me the price was reasonable and the roof wasn't.
Donc vous allez l'acheter.doh(n)k voo zah-lay lahsh-TAYSo you're going to buy it. About a house, to a couple.
Je n'ai pas dit ça. J'ai dit qu'on irait la voir dimanche.zhuh nay pah dee sah, zhay dee koh(n) nee-reh lah vwahr dee-MAH(N)SHI didn't say that. I said we'd go and see it on Sunday. About a house.
J'ai dit qu'on irait la voir dimanche.zhay dee koh(n) nee-reh lah vwahr dee-MAH(N)SHI said we'd go and see it on Sunday. About a house.
Avec un euro symbolique ?ah-vehk a(n) nuh-roh sa(n)-boh-LEEKWith a symbolic euro?

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