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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Ines Teaches Emma

Learn from a nineteen-year-old how her generation agrees, exaggerates and complains, with grave, trop and ca me saoule.

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THE STORY

After class, Ines, nineteen, who pays for her lessons by correcting her teacher's slang.

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Inès, une question. Quand Léo dit « grave », il est d'accord ?ee-nehs, ewn kehs-tyoh(n), kah(n) lay-oh dee grahv, eel eh dah-KORInes, a question. When Leo says "grave", is he agreeing?
Grave. Ça veut dire oui, carrément.grahv, sah vuh deer wee, kah-ray-MAH(N)Totally. It means yes, absolutely.
Et « trop » ? Il dit « c'est trop bien » pour tout.ay troh, eel dee seh troh bya(n) poor TOOAnd "trop"? He says "it's too good" about everything.
Trop, c'est très. C'est trop bien, c'est trop bon, elle est trop sympa.troh, seh treh, seh troh bya(n), seh troh boh(n), ehl eh troh sa(n)-PAHTrop is very. It's really good, it's really tasty, she's really nice.
Elle est trop sympa.ehl eh troh sa(n)-PAHShe's really nice. In young French.
Et quand il dit « ça me saoule » ?ay kah(n) teel dee sah muh SOOLAnd when he says something drives him mad?
Il en a marre. Ça le fatigue. Genre, les devoirs, ça me saoule.eel ah(n) nah mahr, sah luh fah-teeg, zhah(n)r, lay duh-vwahr, sah muh SOOLHe's fed up. It tires him out. Like, homework, it drives me mad.
Il en a marre.eel ah(n) nah MAHRHe's fed up.
Et « j'ai la flemme » ?ay zhay lah FLEHMAnd when he says he can't be bothered?
J'ai pas envie. Franchement, là, j'ai la flemme de vous expliquer le reste. Je plaisante.zhay pah zah(n)-vee, frah(n)sh-mah(n), lah, zhay lah flehm duh voo zehks-plee-kay luh rehst, zhuh pleh-ZAH(N)TI can't be bothered. Honestly, right now, I can't be bothered to explain the rest. I'm joking. In spoken French.

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