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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Missing Paper at the Prefecture

Hear that one paper is missing from your file after a two-hour wait, stay polite while furious, and get a date instead of a refusal.

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THE STORY

The prefecture, ticket number eighty-seven after two hours, and Madame Benali behind the glass.

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Madame Carter. Il manque une pièce. Votre attestation de domicile date de quatre mois.mah-dahm kar-tehr, eel mah(n)k ewn pyehs, votr ah-tehs-tah-syoh(n) duh doh-mee-seel daht duh kahtr MWAHMadame Carter. There's a paper missing. Your proof of address is four months old.
Je comprends. Mais elle était valable quand j'ai pris rendez-vous.zhuh koh(n)-prah(n), meh ehl ay-teh vah-lahbl kah(n) zhay pree rah(n)-day-VOOI understand. But it was valid when I made the appointment. About a paper.
Il la faut de moins de trois mois le jour du dépôt. C'est la règle.eel lah foh duh mwa(n) duh trwah mwah luh zhoor dew day-poh, seh lah REHGLIt has to be under three months old on the day you hand in the file. That's the rule. About a paper.
J'ai attendu deux heures. Est-ce qu'il y a un moyen de déposer le reste aujourd'hui ?zhay ah-tah(n)-dew duh zuhr, ehs keel yah a(n) mwah-ya(n) duh day-poh-zay luh rehst oh-zhoor-DWEEI waited two hours. Is there a way to hand in the rest today?
Non. Le dossier se dépose complet.noh(n), luh doh-syay suh day-pohz koh(n)-PLEHNo. The file is handed in complete.
Je vous en prie, madame. Je prends rendez-vous à la mairie demain matin.zhuh voo zah(n) pree, mah-dahm, zhuh prah(n) rah(n)-day-voo ah lah meh-ree duh-ma(n) mah-TA(N)Please, madam. I'll make an appointment at the town hall tomorrow morning.
Bon. Je vous note vendredi, neuf heures, sans reprendre de ticket. Revenez avec la bonne.boh(n), zhuh voo not vah(n)-druh-dee, nuh vuhr, sah(n) ruh-prah(n)dr duh tee-keh, ruh-vuh-nay ah-vehk lah BONRight. I'll put you down for Friday, nine o'clock, without taking another ticket. Come back with the right one. About a paper.
Revenez avec la bonne.ruh-vuh-nay ah-vehk lah BONCome back with the right one. About a paper.
Merci. Vraiment.mehr-see, vreh-MAH(N)Thank you. Really.