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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Christmas in the Stone House

Host fourteen people in one kitchen, give everyone a job, take orders from your mother-in-law, and find the right job for a grandmother.

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THE STORY

The twenty-fourth of December, fourteen chairs borrowed from the village hall, and one stove.

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On est quatorze à table, et une seule cuisinière. Donc chacun fait quelque chose.oh(n) neh kah-torz ah tahbl, ay ewn suhl kwee-zee-nyehr, doh(n)k shah-ka(n) feh kehl-kuh SHOHZWe're fourteen at the table, and one cook. So everyone does something.
Chacun fait quelque chose.shah-ka(n) feh kehl-kuh SHOHZEveryone does something.
Je fais la bûche. Ne discute pas.zhuh feh lah bewsh, nuh dees-kewt PAHI'm doing the log cake. Don't argue. To a friend.
Je ne discute pas. Hugo, tu es sur les huîtres et le feu.zhuh nuh dees-kewt pah, ew-goh, tew eh sewr lay zweetr ay luh FUHI'm not arguing. Hugo, you're on the oysters and the fire.
Tu es sur les huîtres et le feu.tew eh sewr lay zweetr ay luh FUHYou're on the oysters and the fire. To a friend.
Et Marcel ?ay mar-SEHLAnd Marcel?
Marcel apporte le vin de Madame Perrin, et ses histoires.mar-sehl ah-port luh va(n) duh mah-dahm peh-ra(n), ay say zees-TWAHRMarcel's bringing Madame Perrin's wine, and his stories.
Et moi, je fais quoi ?ay mwah, zhuh feh KWAHAnd me, what do I do?
Toi, tu t'assieds près du poêle, et tu dis si c'est bon.twah, tew tah-syay preh dew pwahl, ay tew dee see seh BOH(N)You, you sit near the stove, and you say if it's good. To a friend.
Tu dis si c'est bon.tew dee see seh BOH(N)You say if it's good. To a friend.

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