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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Outside the Prefecture

Come out of an interview and tell the person waiting how it went, with the French for I think so, we'll see and the questions you remember.

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THE STORY

The car park of the prefecture, Hugo on the bonnet with two coffees, and forty minutes he has spent counting windows.

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Alors ? Ça s'est bien passé ?ah-lor, sah seh bya(n) pah-SAYSo? Did it go well?
Je crois. Elle a noté une phrase. Elle a souri deux fois.zhuh krwah, ehl ah noh-tay ewn frahz, ehl ah soo-ree duh FWAHI think so. She wrote down one sentence. She smiled twice.
Deux fois, c'est énorme pour une préfecture.duh fwah, seh tay-norm poor ewn pray-fehk-TEWRTwice is huge for a prefecture.
Elle m'a demandé ce qui me manquait. J'ai dit la mer, mes parents, le thé.ehl mah duh-mah(n)-day suh kee muh mah(n)-keh, zhay dee lah mehr, may pah-rah(n), luh TAYShe asked me what I missed. I said the sea, my parents, tea.
Et pas moi ?ay pah MWAHAnd not me?
Tu étais dans la deuxième partie de la réponse.tew ay-teh dah(n) lah duh-zyehm par-tee duh lah ray-POH(N)SYou were in the second part of the answer. To a friend.
On saura quand ?oh(n) soh-rah KAH(N)When will we know?
Dans six mois. On verra. Là, je préfère ne pas y penser.dah(n) see mwah, oh(n) veh-rah, lah, zhuh pray-fehr nuh pah zee pah(n)-SAYIn six months. We'll see. Right now, I'd rather not think about it.
On verra.oh(n) veh-RAHWe'll see.
On rentre, on appelle Mamie, et on ouvre une bouteille.oh(n) rah(n)tr, oh(n) nah-pehl mah-mee, ay oh(n) noovr ewn boo-TEHYWe go home, we call Mamie, and we open a bottle.