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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Emma Decides to Apply

Tell a friend you are going to apply for French nationality, with the fillers the French put in every sentence, du coup, genre and quoi.

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THE STORY

Sunday morning, the kitchen table, a form printed from the prefecture's website, and Hugo still in his pyjamas.

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J'ai réfléchi. Je me lance. Je demande la nationalité française.zhay ray-flay-shee, zhuh muh lah(n)s, zhuh duh-mah(n)d lah nah-syoh-nah-lee-tay frah(n)-SEHZI've thought about it. I'm going for it. I'm applying for French nationality.
T'es sérieuse ?teh say-RYUHZAre you serious? To a friend, a woman. In spoken French.
Ça fait sept ans que je suis là. Du coup, j'ai le droit. En fait, j'ai le droit depuis deux ans.sah feh seh tah(n) kuh zhuh swee lah, dew koo, zhay luh drwah, ah(n) feht, zhay luh drwah duh-pwee duh ZAH(N)I've been here seven years. So I'm entitled. Actually, I've been entitled for two years.
En fait, j'ai le droit depuis deux ans.ah(n) feht, zhay luh drwah duh-pwee duh ZAH(N)Actually, I've been entitled for two years.
Et pourquoi maintenant ?ay poor-kwah ma(n)-tuh-NAH(N)And why now?
Parce que je vote à la mairie avec Marcel, genre, dans ma tête. Et je veux le faire pour de vrai, quoi.pars kuh zhuh vot ah lah meh-ree ah-vehk mar-sehl, zhah(n)r, dah(n) mah teht, ay zhuh vuh luh fehr poor duh vreh, KWAHBecause I vote at the town hall with Marcel, like, in my head. And I want to do it for real, you know.
C'est énorme. T'as vu le dossier ?seh tay-norm, tah vew luh doh-SYAYThat's huge. Have you seen the file? To a friend, in spoken French.
J'ai vu. Trente pages. Du coup, tu m'aides.zhay vew, trah(n)t pahzh, dew koo, tew MEHDI have. Thirty pages. So you're helping me. To a friend.
Du coup, on fête ça d'abord.dew koo, oh(n) feht sah dah-BORSo we celebrate first.