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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Three Quotes

Compare builders' quotes, say why the cheapest isn't the best, and get a discount for giving more work.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Monsieur Bertrand in the courtyard, looking at the roof, not at them.

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Alors, vous avez eu mes deux collègues. Qu'est-ce qu'ils vous ont dit ?ah-lor, voo zah-vay zew may duh koh-lehg, kehs keel voo zoh(n) DEESo, you've had my two colleagues. What did they tell you? Politely.
L'un est moins cher que vous. L'autre commence plus tôt.la(n) neh mwa(n) shehr kuh voo, lohtr koh-mah(n)s plew TOHOne is cheaper than you. The other starts earlier. Politely.
Le moins cher, il ne refait pas la charpente. Le plus rapide, il la refait mal.luh mwa(n) shehr, eel nuh ruh-feh pah lah shar-pah(n)t, luh plew rah-peed, eel lah ruh-feh MAHLThe cheapest one doesn't redo the frame. The fastest one redoes it badly.
Le moins cher.luh mwa(n) SHEHRThe cheapest one.
Moi, je la refais bien, et je commence le quinze.mwah, zhuh lah ruh-feh bya(n), ay zhuh koh-mah(n)s luh KA(N)ZMe, I redo it well, and I start on the fifteenth. About a frame.
Mais je ne baisse pas mon prix.meh zhuh nuh behs pah moh(n) PREEBut I don't lower my price.
Si on vous prend aussi pour la salle de bain, vous nous faites un prix ?see oh(n) voo prah(n) oh-see poor lah sahl duh ba(n), voo noo feht a(n) PREEIf we take you for the bathroom too, do you give us a price? Politely.
Vous nous faites un prix ?voo noo feht a(n) PREEDo you give us a price? Politely.
Sur l'ensemble, cinq pour cent. Pas un de plus.sewr lah(n)-sah(n)bl, sa(n)k poor sah(n), pah za(n) duh PLEWSOn the whole, five percent. Not one more.
Marché conclu, Monsieur Bertrand.mar-shay koh(n)-klew, muh-syuh behr-TRAH(N)It's a deal, Monsieur Bertrand.

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