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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Interview, the Hard Question

Answer the one question in an interview that has no safe answer, with the French formulas for weighing two sides and saying what you think anyway.

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THE STORY

The last question of the interview, the one Camille could not prepare, and the one Emma answers best.

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Dernière question. Qu'est-ce qui vous manque, en France ?dehr-nyehr kehs-tyoh(n), kehs kee voo mah(n)k, ah(n) FRAH(N)SLast question. What do you miss, in France? Politely.
C'est une bonne question. Je vais essayer de répondre honnêtement.seh tewn bon kehs-tyoh(n), zhuh veh zeh-say-yay duh ray-poh(n)dr oh-neht-MAH(N)That's a good question. I'm going to try to answer honestly.
D'un côté, la mer, mes parents, le thé. De l'autre, ici, j'ai une maison, une école, un village.da(n) koh-tay, lah mehr, may pah-rah(n), luh tay, duh lohtr, ee-see, zhay ewn meh-zoh(n), ewn ay-kol, a(n) vee-LAHZHOn one side, the sea, my parents, tea. On the other, here, I have a house, a school, a village.
Je vous en prie.zhuh voo zah(n) PREEPlease do. Politely.
Les deux sont vrais.lay duh soh(n) VREHBoth are true.
D'un côté, la mer, mes parents, le thé.da(n) koh-tay, lah mehr, may pah-rah(n), luh TAYOn one side, the sea, my parents, tea.
Les deux sont vrais. Mais si je dois choisir, je dirais que ce qui me manque est en Angleterre, et que ce que j'aime est ici.lay duh soh(n) vreh, meh see zhuh dwah shwah-zeer, zhuh dee-reh kuh suh kee muh mah(n)k eh tah(n) nah(n)-gluh-tehr, ay kuh suh kuh zhehm eh tee-SEEBoth are true. But if I have to choose, I'd say that what I miss is in England, and what I love is here.
Et c'est pour cela que vous êtes ici.ay seh poor suh-lah kuh voo zeht ee-SEEAnd that's why you're here. Politely.
C'est pour cela que je suis ici.seh poor suh-lah kuh zhuh swee zee-SEEThat's why I'm here.