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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

An Invitation to the Harvest

Be invited to help with the grape harvest, admit you have never done it, ask what to bring, and say when you will be there.

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THE STORY

Madame Perrin at the gate in boots, with a harvest in three days and not enough people.

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Bonjour, les voisins. Madame Perrin, du domaine en haut.boh(n)-zhoor, lay vwah-za(n), mah-dahm peh-ra(n), dew doh-mehn ah(n) OHHello, neighbours. Madame Perrin, from the estate up the hill.
On vendange samedi, et il nous manque des bras.oh(n) vah(n)-dah(n)zh sahm-dee, ay eel noo mah(n)k day BRAHWe're harvesting on Saturday, and we're short of hands.
Des bras, on en a quatre. Mais on n'a jamais vendangé.day brah, oh(n) nah(n) nah kahtr, meh oh(n) nah zhah-meh vah(n)-dah(n)-ZHAYHands, we have four. But we've never harvested.
Personne n'a jamais vendangé, la première fois.pehr-son nah zhah-meh vah(n)-dah(n)-zhay, lah pruh-myehr FWAHNobody has ever harvested, the first time.
Sept heures, au bout du chemin.seh tuhr, oh boo dew shuh-MA(N)Seven o'clock, at the end of the lane.
Sept heures du matin ?seh tuhr dew mah-TA(N)Seven in the morning?
Du matin. Le raisin n'attend pas.dew mah-ta(n), luh reh-za(n) nah-tah(n) PAHIn the morning. Grapes don't wait.
Qu'est-ce qu'on apporte ?kehs koh(n) nah-PORTWhat do we bring?
Des bottes, un chapeau, et de l'appétit. Le repas, c'est nous.day bot, a(n) shah-poh, ay duh lah-pay-tee, luh ruh-pah, seh NOOBoots, a hat, and an appetite. The meal is on us.
Le repas, c'est nous.luh ruh-pah, seh NOOThe meal is on us.

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