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🇫🇷 French · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Caterer

Choose a wedding menu, ask what a cheaper one leaves out, list the allergies, and agree the deposit on your own terms.

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THE STORY

Monsieur Valette's van, a folder of menus, and a mother who doesn't eat snails.

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Pour quatre-vingts personnes, je vous propose le menu à cinquante-cinq euros. Entrée, plat, fromage, dessert.poor kah-truh-va(n) pehr-son, zhuh voo proh-pohz luh muh-new ah sa(n)-kah(n)t-sa(n)k uh-roh, ah(n)-tray, plah, froh-mahzh, deh-SEHRFor eighty people, I propose the menu at fifty-five euros. Starter, main, cheese, dessert.
Le menu à cinquante-cinq euros, par personne.luh muh-new ah sa(n)-kah(n)t-sa(n)k uh-roh, par pehr-SONThe menu at fifty-five euros, per person.
Et à quarante-cinq, il y a quoi en moins ?ay ah kah-rah(n)t-sa(n)k, eel yah kwah ah(n) MWA(N)And at forty-five, what's missing?
Dans le Beaujolais ? On garde le fromage.dah(n) luh boh-zhoh-leh, oh(n) gard luh froh-MAHZHIn Beaujolais? We keep the cheese.
Sage décision. Des allergies, des végétariens ?sahzh day-see-zyoh(n), day zah-lehr-zhee, day vay-zhay-tah-RYA(N)Wise decision. Any allergies, any vegetarians?
Des allergies ?day zah-lehr-ZHEEAny allergies?
Trois végétariens, une allergie aux noix, et ma mère, qui ne mange pas d'escargots.trwah vay-zhay-tah-rya(n), ewn ah-lehr-zhee oh nwah, ay mah mehr, kee nuh mah(n)zh pah dehs-kar-GOHThree vegetarians, one nut allergy, and my mother, who doesn't eat snails.
Personne n'est parfait.pehr-son neh par-FEHNobody's perfect.
Je vous demande un acompte de trente pour cent à la commande.zhuh voo duh-mah(n)d a(n) nah-koh(n)t duh trah(n)t poor sah(n) ah lah koh-MAH(N)DI ask you for a deposit of thirty percent on order. Politely.
Un acompte de trente pour cent.a(n) nah-koh(n)t duh trah(n)t poor SAH(N)A deposit of thirty percent.

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