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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mamie Goes in the Sea

Persuade a grandmother into the Mediterranean after twenty years out of it, with the three arguments that work on a Frenchwoman of ninety-five and the one word that ends it.

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THE STORY

A beach at eight in the morning, before the crowds, Mamie in a chair with her shoes on, and a sea at twenty-four degrees.

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Mamie, venez. L'eau est bonne. Vingt-quatre degrés.mah-mee, vuh-nay, loh eh bon, va(n)t-kahtr duh-GRAYMamie, come on. The water's lovely. Twenty-four degrees. Politely.
Pas question. Je n'ai plus l'âge. Et l'eau est froide, je le vois d'ici.pah kehs-tyoh(n), zhuh nay plew lahzh, ay loh eh frwahd, zhuh luh vwah dee-SEEOut of the question. I'm past the age. And the water's cold, I can see it from here.
Je le vois d'ici.zhuh luh vwah dee-SEEI can see it from here.
Juste les pieds. Je vous tiens.zhewst lay pyay, zhuh voo TYA(N)Just your feet. I'll hold you. Politely.
Les pieds. Pas plus.lay pyay, pah PLEWSFeet. No more.
Alors ?ah-LORWell?
Elle est bonne. Bon. Jusqu'aux genoux.ehl eh bon, boh(n), zhews-koh zhuh-NOOIt's lovely. Right. Up to the knees. About the water.
Et jusqu'à la taille ?ay zhews-kah lah TAHYAnd up to the waist?
Elle est bonne.ehl eh BONIt's lovely. About the water.
On ne discute pas avec une femme de quatre-vingt-quinze ans. Jusqu'à la taille. Tiens-moi.oh(n) nuh dees-kewt pah ah-vehk ewn fahm duh kahtr-va(n)-ka(n)z ah(n), zhews-kah lah tahy, tya(n) MWAHYou don't argue with a woman of ninety-five. Up to the waist. Hold me. To a friend.

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