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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Interview, History and Values

Answer the history and values questions of a citizenship interview fully, with a date, a definition and an example, the way the examiner wants.

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THE STORY

The same office, the second page of the examiner's list, and the questions Camille asked a hundred times.

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Quand la République a-t-elle été proclamée ?kah(n) lah ray-pew-bleek ah-tehl ay-tay proh-klah-MAYWhen was the Republic proclaimed?
En mille sept cent quatre-vingt-douze. Trois ans après la Révolution.ah(n) meel seh sah(n) kahtr-va(n)-dooz, trwah zah(n) ah-preh lah ray-voh-lew-SYOH(N)In seventeen ninety-two. Three years after the Revolution.
Bien. La laïcité, pour vous, c'est quoi ?bya(n), lah lah-ee-see-tay, poor voo, seh KWAHGood. Secularism, for you, what is it?
C'est la séparation de l'État et des religions. Cela veut dire que l'État ne choisit aucune religion.seh lah say-pah-rah-syoh(n) duh lay-tah ay day ruh-lee-zhyoh(n), suh-lah vuh deer kuh lay-tah nuh shwah-zee oh-kewn ruh-lee-ZHYOH(N)It's the separation of the State and religions. That means the State chooses no religion.
Et concrètement ? Donnez-moi un exemple.ay koh(n)-kreht-mah(n), doh-nay mwah a(n) nehg-ZAH(N)PLAnd concretely? Give me an example. Politely.
Par exemple, à l'école publique, on n'enseigne pas la religion. Chacun la pratique chez lui, ou pas.par ehg-zah(n)pl, ah lay-kol pew-bleek, oh(n) nah(n)-seh-nyuh pah lah ruh-lee-zhyoh(n), shah-ka(n) lah prah-teek shay lwee, oo PAHFor example, in state schools, religion isn't taught. Everyone practises it at home, or not.
Chacun la pratique chez lui, ou pas.shah-ka(n) lah prah-teek shay lwee, oo PAHEveryone practises it at home, or not. About religion.
Et vous, vous y tenez ?ay voo, voo zee tuh-NAYAnd you, do you hold to it? Politely.
J'y tiens. Je dirige une école. Tous mes élèves sont égaux dans ma classe.zhee tya(n), zhuh dee-reezh ewn ay-kol, too may zay-lehv soh(n) tay-goh dah(n) mah KLAHSI hold to it. I run a school. All my pupils are equal in my classroom.