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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Banns

Hear that your wedding will be announced on the town hall door, ask why, and learn what barring objection means.

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THE STORY

The file is complete, and a sheet of paper goes up on the town hall door.

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Votre dossier est complet. Je publie les bans aujourd'hui.votr doh-syay eh koh(n)-pleh, zhuh pew-blee lay bah(n) oh-zhoor-DWEEYour file is complete. I'm publishing the banns today. Politely.
Je publie les bans aujourd'hui.zhuh pew-blee lay bah(n) oh-zhoor-DWEEI'm publishing the banns today.
L'annonce du mariage. Elle sera affichée pendant dix jours, ici et à Lyon, à la porte de la mairie.lah-noh(n)s dew mah-ryahzh, ehl suh-rah ah-fee-shay pah(n)-dah(n) dee zhoor, ee-see ay ah lyoh(n), ah lah port duh lah meh-REEThe announcement of the wedding. It will be displayed for ten days, here and in Lyon, on the town hall door.
Elle sera affichée pendant dix jours.ehl suh-rah ah-fee-shay pah(n)-dah(n) dee ZHOORIt will be displayed for ten days. About an announcement.
Et pourquoi dix jours ?ay poor-kwah dee ZHOORAnd why ten days?
Pour que quelqu'un puisse s'y opposer.poor kuh kehl-ka(n) pwees see oh-poh-ZAYSo that someone can object.
Sauf opposition, le mariage aura lieu le quatorze.sohf oh-poh-zee-syoh(n), luh mah-ryahzh oh-rah lyuh luh kah-TORZBarring objection, the wedding will take place on the fourteenth.
Quelqu'un pourrait s'opposer ?kehl-ka(n) poo-reh soh-poh-ZAYSomeone could object?
En trente ans, une fois. Un oncle. Il avait bu.ah(n) trah(n) tah(n), ewn fwah, a(n) noh(n)kl, eel ah-veh BEWIn thirty years, once. An uncle. He'd been drinking.
Marcel ne boit pas avant midi. On est tranquilles.mar-sehl nuh bwah pah ah-vah(n) mee-dee, oh(n) neh trah(n)-KEELMarcel doesn't drink before noon. We're safe.

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