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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Harvest Dinner

Sit at a long table after a day's work, take a toast and a tease, turn the story back on the teller, and raise your glass.

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THE STORY

A table under the plane trees, forty people, and Marcel with a story he tells every year.

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À table ! Et on lève son verre aux nouveaux. Ils ont tenu toute la journée.ah tahbl, ay oh(n) lehv soh(n) vehr oh noo-voh, eel zoh(n) tuh-new toot lah zhoor-NAYTo the table! And we raise our glasses to the new ones. They lasted the whole day.
On lève son verre aux nouveaux.oh(n) lehv soh(n) vehr oh noo-VOHWe raise our glasses to the new ones.
Presque toute la journée. J'ai vu Hugo assis à quatre heures.prehsk toot lah zhoor-nay, zhay vew ew-goh ah-see ah kah-TRUHRAlmost the whole day. I saw Hugo sitting down at four o'clock.
J'attachais mon lacet.zhah-tah-sheh moh(n) lah-SEHI was tying my shoelace.
Pendant dix minutes.pah(n)-dah(n) dee mee-NEWTFor ten minutes.
Raconte-nous plutôt ta première vendange, Marcel.rah-koh(n)t-noo plew-toh tah pruh-myehr vah(n)-dah(n)zh, mar-SEHLTell us about your first harvest instead, Marcel. To a friend.
Ma première vendange, j'avais douze ans, et j'ai coupé le doigt de mon cousin.mah pruh-myehr vah(n)-dah(n)zh, zhah-veh dooz ah(n), ay zhay koo-pay luh dwah duh moh(n) koo-ZA(N)My first harvest, I was twelve, and I cut my cousin's finger.
J'avais douze ans.zhah-veh dooz AH(N)I was twelve.
Il raconte ça tous les ans. Le cousin va très bien.eel rah-koh(n)t sah too lay zah(n), luh koo-za(n) vah treh BYA(N)He tells that every year. The cousin is very well.
Alors, à ta santé. Et à celle du cousin.ah-lor, ah tah sah(n)-tay, ay ah sehl dew koo-ZA(N)Then, to your health. And to the cousin's. To a friend.

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