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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Strike

Wake up to a French strike day, hear how the French talk about it, with y a greve, comme d'hab and on fait quoi, and get to work anyway.

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THE STORY

Seven in the morning, the radio, and the word every French listener recognises before the coffee.

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Y a grève demain. Les trains, et les profs.yah grehv duh-ma(n), lay tra(n), ay lay PROFThere's a strike tomorrow. The trains, and the teachers. In spoken French.
Les profs.lay PROFThe teachers. In spoken French.
Comme d'hab. On fait quoi pour Léo ? Chloé bosse.kom dahb, oh(n) feh kwah poor lay-oh, kloh-ay BOSAs usual. What do we do about Leo? Chloe's working. In spoken French.
Chloé bosse.kloh-ay BOSChloe's working. In spoken French.
On s'organise. Je le prends le matin, tu le prends l'après-midi.oh(n) sor-gah-neez, zhuh luh prah(n) luh mah-ta(n), tew luh prah(n) lah-preh-mee-DEEWe get organised. I'll have him in the morning, you have him in the afternoon. To a friend, about a boy.
Et pour aller à Lyon ?ay poor ah-lay ah LYOH(N)And for getting to Lyon?
Je prends la bagnole. Deux heures de bouchons, mais je prends la bagnole.zhuh prah(n) lah bah-nyol, duh zuhr duh boo-shoh(n), meh zhuh prah(n) lah bah-NYOLI'll take the car. Two hours of traffic jams, but I'll take the car. In slang.
Deux heures de bouchons.duh zuhr duh boo-SHOH(N)Two hours of traffic jams.
Et toi, t'es pour ou contre, cette grève ?ay twah, teh poor oo koh(n)tr, seht GREHVAnd you, are you for or against this strike? To a friend, in spoken French.
Ils ont pas tort. Enfin, ça dépend des jours. Demain, je suis contre.eel zoh(n) pah tor, ah(n)-fa(n), sah day-pah(n) day zhoor, duh-ma(n), zhuh swee KOH(N)TRThey're not wrong. Well, it depends on the day. Tomorrow, I'm against. In spoken French.

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