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🇫🇷 French · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

A Parcel for Chicago

On Tuesday at lunchtime, Emma takes a birthday parcel for her mother to the post office. Find the end of the queue, send a parcel abroad, say what's inside and that it's fragile, choose between standard and express, the cheapest and the quickest, fill in a form, buy stamps, and say what will happen with the future.

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THE STORY

It is Tuesday October 6, 2026. Emma's mother's birthday is on Saturday, in Chicago. At lunchtime, Emma runs to the post office with a box under her arm. There's a queue, of course, and only one counter. Her new bank card still hasn't arrived, so she pays in cash. Back at the school, she tells Karim all about it.

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la file d'attentelah feel dah-TAH(N)Tthe queue
C'est qui, le dernier ?seh KEE luh dehr-NYAYWho's last?
Pardon, j'étais là avant !par-DOH(N) zhay-teh lah ah-VAH(N)Excuse me, I was here first!
un colisa(n) koh-LEEa parcel
Je voudrais envoyer ce colis.zhuh voo-dreh ah(n)-vwah-yay suh koh-LEEI'd like to send this parcel.
Je le pèse.zhuh luh PEHZI'll weigh it.
dedansduh-DAH(N)inside
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dedans ?kehs keel-yah duh-DAH(N)What's inside?
C'est fragile !seh frah-ZHEELIt's fragile!
en normalah(n) nor-MAHLstandard

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