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🇫🇷 French · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 37 MINUTES

Oysters at the Market

On Friday morning, market day in Saint-Briac, Mamie Jeanne takes Emma to buy oysters and prawns, and at lunch Emma tastes her first oyster. Ask what someone needs and how many they would like, ask if something is fresh, buy by the dozen and by the kilo, say "too much" and "enough", ask someone to open the oysters for you, and say what something tastes of.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Friday morning, market day in Saint-Briac. Mamie Jeanne walks from stall to stall with her basket on her arm, and everyone says hello to her. At the fish stall, the oysters were in the sea a few hours ago. Mamie Jeanne has decided that today, at lunch, Emma will eat her first oyster. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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Qu'est-ce qu'il vous faut ?kehs keel voo FOHWhat do you need?
des huîtresday-ZWEETRoysters
Elles sont fraîches ?ehl soh(n) FREHSHAre they fresh?
fraisFREHfresh, masculine
Elles sont arrivées ce matin.ehl soh(n)-tah-ree-VAY suh mah-TA(N)They arrived this morning.
la baielah BEHthe bay
Vous en voulez combien ?voo-zah(n) voo-lay koh(m)-BYA(N)How many would you like?
une douzaineewn doo-ZEHNa dozen
Ce n'est pas trop ?suh neh pah TROHIsn't it too much?
assezah-SAYenough

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