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🇫🇷 French · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

The Loan

Emma asks the bank for a business loan to open her school, then phones the estate agent before someone else takes the old shop, and celebrates with her friends. Say how much you need and what it's for, talk about a plan, figures and savings, say "about" with numbers, understand "you'll pay it back over five years", say you're nervous, hear "the loan is accepted", and ask if a place is still free.

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THE STORY

It's Monday the twenty-sixth of April. For two weeks, Emma has worked on her plan every night, with Hugo's help and a lot of coffee. This morning, at ten o'clock, she has an appointment with the bank manager, with a folder full of papers under her arm. Her own adviser at the bank has already told him about her project. And the old shop in the Croix-Rousse isn't hers yet. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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votre conseillèrevoh-truh koh(n)-seh-YEHRyour adviser, a woman
un prêt professionnela(n) preh proh-feh-syoh-NEHLa business loan
De combien avez-vous besoin ?duh koh(m)-bya(n) ah-vay-voo buh-ZWA(N)How much do you need?
vingt mille eurosva(n) meel uh-ROHtwenty thousand euros
trente mille eurostrah(n)t meel uh-ROHthirty thousand euros
cent mille eurossah(n) meel uh-ROHa hundred thousand euros
un gros prêta(n) groh PREHa big loan
les trois premiers moislay trwah pruh-myay MWAHthe first three months
les premiers jourslay pruh-myay ZHOORthe first days
les deux premières semaineslay duh pruh-myehr suh-MEHNthe first two weeks

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