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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The List of Papers

Go through a thirty-page list of papers with a friend and complain about it in good spoken French, with une tonne de, un truc de ouf and galerer.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The kitchen table again, the printer out of ink, and Hugo with a highlighter.

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Bon. Acte de naissance, casier judiciaire anglais, traduit. Diplômes, traduits. Avis d'imposition, les trois derniers.boh(n), akt duh neh-sah(n)s, kah-zyay zhew-dee-syehr ah(n)-gleh, trah-dwee, dee-plohm, trah-dwee, ah-vee da(n)-poh-zee-syoh(n), lay trwah dehr-NYAYRight. Birth certificate, English criminal record, translated. Diplomas, translated. Tax notices, the last three.
Diplômes, traduits.dee-plohm, trah-DWEEDiplomas, translated.
Une tonne de papiers. Et j'en ai la moitié.ewn ton duh pah-pyay, ay zhah(n) nay lah mwah-TYAYA ton of papers. And I've got half of them.
Il manque quoi ?eel mah(n)k KWAHWhat's missing?
Le casier anglais. Il faut le demander à Londres, ça prend six semaines. Un truc de ouf.luh kah-zyay ah(n)-gleh, eel foh luh duh-mah(n)-day ah loh(n)dr, sah prah(n) see suh-mehn, a(n) trewk duh OOFThe English record. You have to ask for it in London, it takes six weeks. Crazy.
Un truc de ouf.a(n) trewk duh OOFCrazy. In verlan.
Ça craint. Et le certificat de français ?sah kra(n), ay luh sehr-tee-fee-kah duh frah(n)-SEHThat's bad. And the French certificate?
Je l'ai. Niveau B1. Je suis la patronne d'une école de français, Hugo.zhuh lay, nee-voh bay a(n), zhuh swee lah pah-tron dewn ay-kol duh frah(n)-seh, ew-GOHI've got it. Level B1. I run a French school, Hugo.
Ils s'en fichent. On galère tous pareil.eel sah(n) feesh, oh(n) gah-lehr toos pah-REHYThey don't care. We all struggle the same.
Bon. On s'y met. Un par un.boh(n), oh(n) see meh, a(n) par A(N)Right. Let's get on with it. One by one.