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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Momo the Plumber

Understand a French tradesman on a bad day, with y a un souci, ca va pas le faire and c'est mort, and hear the one word that means all is well.

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THE STORY

Eight in the morning, water under the sink, and Momo, who talks to the pipe before he talks to you.

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Bon, y a un souci. Votre tuyau, là, c'est mort.boh(n), yah a(n) soo-see, votr twee-yoh, lah, seh MORRight, there's a problem. Your pipe, there, it's dead. In spoken French.
C'est mort.seh MORIt's dead. About a pipe.
C'est grave ?seh GRAHVIs it serious?
Grave, non. Mais le réparer, ça va pas le faire. Faut le changer.grahv, noh(n), meh luh ray-pah-ray, sah vah pah luh fehr, foh luh shah(n)-ZHAYSerious, no. But fixing it, that's not going to work. It needs changing. In spoken French.
Faut le changer.foh luh shah(n)-ZHAYIt needs changing. In spoken French.
Vous pouvez le faire aujourd'hui ?voo poo-vay luh fehr oh-zhoor-DWEECan you do it today? Politely.
Aujourd'hui, j'ai pas la pièce. Je vous bricole un truc pour tenir jusqu'à jeudi.oh-zhoor-dwee, zhay pah lah pyehs, zhuh voo bree-kol a(n) trewk poor tuh-neer zhews-kah zhuh-DEEToday, I haven't got the part. I'll rig something up for you to hold till Thursday. In spoken French.
Je vous bricole un truc.zhuh voo bree-kol a(n) TREWKI'll rig something up for you. Politely.
Et ça coûte combien, le truc qui tient jusqu'à jeudi ?ay sah koot koh(n)-bya(n), luh trewk kee tya(n) zhews-kah zhuh-DEEAnd how much does it cost, the thing that holds till Thursday?
Rien. Le tuyau, jeudi, quatre-vingts. Voilà. Nickel. C'est reparti.rya(n), luh twee-yoh, zhuh-dee, kahtr-va(n), vwah-lah, nee-kehl, seh ruh-par-TEENothing. The pipe, Thursday, eighty. There. Perfect. It's working again.

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