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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Photos with Mamie

Look through the wedding photos with a grandmother, hear what she saw that day, and agree that it was a beautiful day.

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THE STORY

Mamie's kitchen, a shoebox of prints, and one photo chosen for the wall. The level ends here.

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Tu étais belle. Et lui, il avait l'air d'avoir peur.tew ay-teh behl, ay lwee, eel ah-veh lehr dah-vwahr PUHRYou were beautiful. And him, he looked frightened. To a friend, a woman.
Il avait l'air d'avoir peur.eel ah-veh lehr dah-vwahr PUHRHe looked frightened.
Il avait peur. Il avait oublié les alliances dans la voiture.eel ah-veh puhr, eel ah-veh too-blee-ay lay zah-lyah(n)s dah(n) lah vwah-TEWRHe was frightened. He had left the rings in the car.
Regarde la tête de Marcel, sur celle-là.ruh-gard lah teht duh mar-sehl, sewr sehl-LAHLook at Marcel's face, in that one. To a friend, about a photo.
C'est quand j'ai parlé du tracteur.seh kah(n) zhay par-lay dew trak-TUHRThat's when I mentioned the tractor.
Quand je me suis mariée, on n'avait pas de photos. On avait la mémoire.kah(n) zhuh muh swee mah-ryay, oh(n) nah-veh pah duh foh-toh, oh(n) nah-veh lah may-MWAHRWhen I got married, we didn't have photos. We had our memory. A woman speaking.
Et vous vous souvenez de tout ?ay voo voo soo-vuh-nay duh TOOAnd you remember everything? Politely.
De tout. Même de la pluie. C'était une belle journée quand même.duh too, mehm duh lah plwee, say-teh ewn behl zhoor-nay kah(n) MEHMEverything. Even the rain. It was a beautiful day all the same.
C'était une belle journée quand même.say-teh ewn behl zhoor-nay kah(n) MEHMIt was a beautiful day all the same.
Celle-là, on la met où ?sehl-lah, oh(n) lah meh OOThat one, where do we put it? About a photo.

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