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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Talking Money

Talk about money the way the French do between friends, with le fric, ca coute un bras and etre a sec, and split a bill without anyone losing face.

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THE STORY

A restaurant in Lyon, the bill in the middle of the table, and Chloe, who is between two jobs.

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Quarante-deux euros le plat ? Ça coûte un bras, ici.kah-rah(n)t-duh zuh-roh luh plah, sah koot a(n) brah, ee-SEEForty-two euros a main course? That costs an arm here.
C'est Lyon. Et c'est moi qui invite.seh lyoh(n), ay seh mwah kee a(n)-VEETIt's Lyon. And it's on me.
Non. On partage. J'ai du fric, j'ai juste pas de boulot.noh(n), oh(n) par-tahzh, zhay dew freek, zhay zhewst pah duh boo-LOHNo. We split it. I've got money, I just haven't got a job. In spoken French.
Chloé. Tu es à sec depuis septembre. Tu me rembourseras quand tu bosseras.kloh-ay, tew eh ah sehk duh-pwee sehp-tah(n)br, tew muh rah(n)-boor-suh-rah kah(n) tew boh-suh-RAHChloe. You've been broke since September. You'll pay me back when you're working. To a friend.
Je suis à sec.zhuh swee zah SEHKI'm broke.
J'ai pas un rond, c'est vrai. Mais j'ai ma fierté.zhay pah a(n) roh(n), seh vreh, meh zhay mah fyehr-TAYI haven't got a penny, that's true. But I've got my pride. In spoken French.
Ta fierté paie le dessert, alors.tah fyehr-tay peh luh deh-sehr, ah-LORYour pride pays for dessert, then. To a friend.
Ma fierté a vu le prix du dessert. Hors de prix.mah fyehr-tay ah vew luh pree dew deh-sehr, or duh PREEMy pride has seen the price of dessert. Through the roof.
Alors c'est moi qui invite, et ta fierté laisse le pourboire.ah-lor seh mwah kee a(n)-veet, ay tah fyehr-tay lehs luh poor-BWAHRThen it's on me, and your pride leaves the tip. To a friend.
Le fric.luh FREEKMoney. In slang.

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