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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Emma's Speech

Give a short speech in French at your own wedding, thank the people who matter, and tell the room how it all began.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The hall, sixty glasses, a sheet of paper that shakes a little, and a speech written in French.

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Je tiens à remercier tout le monde d'être là ce soir.zhuh tya(n) ah ruh-mehr-syay too luh moh(n)d dehtr lah suh SWAHRI want to thank everyone for being here tonight.
Il y a sept ans, je cherchais la gare, et j'ai demandé mon chemin à un garçon qui portait un gâteau.eel ee ah seh tah(n), zhuh shehr-sheh lah gar, ay zhay duh-mah(n)-day moh(n) shuh-ma(n) ah a(n) gar-soh(n) kee por-teh a(n) gah-TOHSeven years ago, I was looking for the station, and I asked my way of a boy who was carrying a cake. A woman speaking.
Il m'a répondu en français. Je n'ai rien compris. Mais je suis restée.eel mah ray-poh(n)-dew ah(n) frah(n)-seh, zhuh nay rya(n) koh(n)-pree, meh zhuh swee rehs-TAYHe answered me in French. I didn't understand a thing. But I stayed. A woman speaking.
Mais je suis restée.meh zhuh swee rehs-TAYBut I stayed. A woman speaking.
Je remercie mes parents, qui ont pris l'avion pour nous.zhuh ruh-mehr-see may pah-rah(n), kee oh(n) pree lah-vyoh(n) poor NOOI thank my parents, who took the plane for us.
Et je vous remercie, vous tous, qui m'avez appris le français, un mot à la fois.ay zhuh voo ruh-mehr-see, voo toos, kee mah-vay ah-pree luh frah(n)-seh, a(n) moh ah lah FWAHAnd I thank you, all of you, who taught me French, one word at a time. Politely.
Hugo, je t'ai cherché pendant sept ans sans le savoir.ew-goh, zhuh tay shehr-shay pah(n)-dah(n) seh tah(n) sah(n) luh sah-VWAHRHugo, I looked for you for seven years without knowing it. To a friend.
Merci d'être là. À nous.mehr-see dehtr lah, ah NOOThank you for being here. To us.
Et elle n'a pas oublié un mot !ay ehl nah pah zoo-blee-ay a(n) MOHAnd she didn't forget a word!