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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Village Cafe

Be the new people in a village cafe, hear what is said about you, and learn where the news comes from.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Saturday morning, the counter of the only cafe, and a landlord who knows about the dog.

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Deux cafés pour les Lyonnais. Il paraît que vous refaites tout le toit ?duh kah-fay poor lay lyoh-neh, eel pah-reh kuh voo ruh-feht too luh TWAHTwo coffees for the Lyon people. It seems you're redoing the whole roof? Politely.
Il paraît que vous refaites tout le toit.eel pah-reh kuh voo ruh-feht too luh TWAHIt seems you're redoing the whole roof. Politely.
Tout le toit. Comment vous le savez ?too luh twah, koh-mah(n) voo luh sah-VAYThe whole roof. How do you know? Politely.
Bertrand boit son café ici tous les matins. Et il parle.behr-trah(n) bwah soh(n) kah-fay ee-see too lay mah-ta(n), ay eel PARLBertrand drinks his coffee here every morning. And he talks.
Et qu'est-ce qu'il dit de nous ?ay kehs keel dee duh NOOAnd what does he say about us?
Que vous payez à l'heure, et que madame négocie mieux que monsieur.kuh voo pay-yay ah luhr, ay kuh mah-dahm nay-goh-see myuh kuh muh-SYUHThat you pay on time, and that madam negotiates better than sir. Politely.
Vous payez à l'heure.voo pay-yay ah LUHRYou pay on time. Politely.
Ça, c'est vrai.sah, seh VREHThat's true.
Et que vous cherchez un chien. Ma sœur en a six à donner.ay kuh voo shehr-shay a(n) shya(n), mah suhr ah(n) nah sees ah doh-NAYAnd that you're looking for a dog. My sister has six to give away. Politely.
Ma sœur en a six à donner.mah suhr ah(n) nah sees ah doh-NAYMy sister has six to give away. About dogs.

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