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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Flea Market

Haggle at a French flea market the way the locals do, with c'est de l'arnaque, je vous le fais a and allez, dix, and walk away with the lamp.

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THE STORY

Sunday, the village flea market, a lamp from the seventies, and a seller who has done this before.

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Elle est combien, la lampe orange ?ehl eh koh(n)-bya(n), lah lah(n)p oh-RAH(N)ZHHow much is the orange lamp?
Vingt-cinq. Elle est des années soixante-dix, elle marche, elle est parfaite.va(n)t-sa(n)k, ehl eh day zah-nay swah-sah(n)t-dees, ehl marsh, ehl eh par-FEHTTwenty-five. It's from the seventies, it works, it's perfect. About a lamp.
Elle est des années soixante-dix.ehl eh day zah-nay swah-sah(n)t-DEESIt's from the seventies. About a lamp.
Vingt-cinq ? C'est de l'arnaque. Elle a une rayure.va(n)t-sa(n)k, seh duh lar-nahk, ehl ah ewn reh-YEWRTwenty-five? That's daylight robbery. It's got a scratch. About a lamp.
Une rayure de caractère. Allez, je vous la fais à vingt.ewn reh-yewr duh kah-rak-tehr, ah-lay, zhuh voo lah feh ah VA(N)A scratch with character. Go on, I'll do it for twenty. About a lamp, politely.
Dix.DEESTen.
Dix ? Madame, c'est une lampe, pas un croissant. Quinze, c'est mon dernier prix.dees, mah-dahm, seh tewn lah(n)p, pah a(n) krwah-sah(n), ka(n)z, seh moh(n) dehr-nyay PREETen? Madam, it's a lamp, not a croissant. Fifteen, that's my last price.
Douze, et je prends aussi le cendrier.dooz, ay zhuh prah(n) oh-see luh sah(n)-dree-AYTwelve, and I'll take the ashtray too.
Vendu. Je vous l'emballe. Vous êtes dure en affaires, vous.vah(n)-dew, zhuh voo lah(n)-bahl, voo zeht dewr ah(n) nah-fehr, VOOSold. I'll wrap it for you. You drive a hard bargain, you do. About a lamp, politely.
Vous êtes dure en affaires.voo zeht dewr ah(n) nah-FEHRYou drive a hard bargain. To a woman, politely.