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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Madame Vasseur Offers Help

Accept help from an old rival without losing face on either side, with the French formulas for burying a hatchet and setting a condition.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Emma's office, a visitor nobody expected, and a rivalry that has lasted a year and a half.

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Madame Carter. Je viens vous proposer quelque chose.mah-dahm kar-tehr, zhuh vya(n) voo proh-poh-zay kehl-kuh SHOHZMadame Carter. I've come to offer you something.
Je vous écoute, Madame Vasseur.zhuh voo zay-koot, mah-dahm vah-SUHRI'm listening, Madame Vasseur.
Mettons nos différends de côté. Une de mes professeures arrive de Lyon avec trois enfants.meh-toh(n) noh dee-fay-rah(n) duh koh-tay, ewn duh may proh-feh-suhr ah-reev duh lyoh(n) ah-vehk trwah zah(n)-FAH(N)Let's set our differences aside. One of my teachers is arriving from Lyon with three children.
Trois enfants. En âge d'école ?trwah zah(n)-fah(n), ah(n) nahzh day-KOLThree children. School age?
Six, huit et dix ans. Elle cherche un logement au village. Je peux l'aider à le trouver.sees, weet ay dee zah(n), ehl shehrsh a(n) lozh-mah(n) oh vee-lahzh, zhuh puh leh-day ah luh troo-VAYSix, eight and ten. She's looking for somewhere to live in the village. I can help her find it.
Je peux l'aider à le trouver.zhuh puh leh-day ah luh troo-VAYI can help her find it. About a home.
C'est généreux. Pourquoi ?seh zhay-nay-ruh, poor-KWAHThat's generous. Why?
Parce qu'une école de village qui ferme, c'est mauvais pour tout le monde. À une condition.pars kewn ay-kol duh vee-lahzh kee fehrm, seh moh-veh poor too luh moh(n)d, ah ewn koh(n)-dee-SYOH(N)Because a village school closing is bad for everyone. On one condition.
À une condition.ah ewn koh(n)-dee-SYOH(N)On one condition.
Laquelle ?lah-KEHLWhich? About a condition.

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