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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Marcel's Toast

Hear a village toast, with a story about the bride and a tractor, and learn to raise your glass the French way.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Marcel on his feet, a glass of his own Beaujolais, and a story Emma had hoped he had forgotten.

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Je ne suis pas un homme de discours. Mais je lève mon verre.zhuh nuh swee pah za(n) nom duh dees-koor, meh zhuh lehv moh(n) VEHRI'm not a man of speeches. But I raise my glass.
Je ne suis pas un homme de discours.zhuh nuh swee pah za(n) nom duh dees-KOORI'm not a man of speeches.
La première fois que je l'ai vue, elle poussait une brouette de pierres, toute seule, sous la pluie.lah pruh-myehr fwah kuh zhuh lay vew, ehl poo-seh ewn broo-eht duh pyehr, toot suhl, soo lah PLWEEThe first time I saw her, she was pushing a wheelbarrow of stones, all alone, in the rain.
Toute seule, sous la pluie.toot suhl, soo lah PLWEEAll alone, in the rain. About a woman.
Je me suis dit, celle-là, elle restera.zhuh muh swee dee, sehl-lah, ehl rehs-tuh-RAHI said to myself, that one, she'll stay.
Et puis elle a conduit mon tracteur dans le fossé.ay pwee ehl ah koh(n)-dwee moh(n) trak-tuhr dah(n) luh foh-SAYAnd then she drove my tractor into the ditch.
Marcel !mar-SEHLMarcel!
Mais elle est restée quand même.meh ehl eh rehs-tay kah(n) MEHMBut she stayed all the same.
Dans le fossé.dah(n) luh foh-SAYInto the ditch.
À la mariée, au marié, et à ceux qui ne sont plus là.ah lah mah-ryay, oh mah-ryay, ay ah suh kee nuh soh(n) plew LAHTo the bride, to the groom, and to those who are no longer here.

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