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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Organising the Parents' Meeting

Set up a parents' meeting the French way, with a date, a room, an agenda and a vote, and learn the words for taking the floor.

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THE STORY

The staff room of Emma's own school, borrowed for the evening, and twelve parents who have never been to a meeting.

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Bonsoir à tous. Merci d'être venus. On fait court. L'ordre du jour, c'est la classe.boh(n)-swahr ah toos, mehr-see dehtr vuh-new, oh(n) feh koor, lordr dew zhoor, seh lah KLAHSGood evening, everyone. Thank you for coming. We'll keep it short. The agenda is the class.
On a combien de temps avant la décision ?oh(n) nah koh(n)-bya(n) duh tah(n) ah-vah(n) lah day-see-ZYOH(N)How long have we got before the decision?
Jusqu'à fin mars. Deux mois. Qui veut prendre la parole ?zhews-kah fa(n) mars, duh mwah, kee vuh prah(n)dr lah pah-ROLUntil the end of March. Two months. Who wants to take the floor?
Moi. Je propose trois choses : une pétition, une lettre au maire, et la radio.mwah, zhuh proh-pohz trwah shohz, ewn pay-tee-syoh(n), ewn lehtr oh mehr, ay lah rah-DYOHMe. I propose three things: a petition, a letter to the mayor, and the radio.
Et une banderole devant l'école. Pour que l'inspectrice la voie.ay ewn bah(n)-drol duh-vah(n) lay-kol, poor kuh la(n)s-pehk-trees lah VWAHAnd a banner in front of the school. So that the inspector sees it.
Quatre choses, alors. On passe au vote. Qui est pour ?kahtr shohz, ah-lor, oh(n) pahs oh vot, kee eh POORFour things, then. Let's vote. Who's in favour?
Tout le monde. Qui est contre ? Personne.too luh moh(n)d, kee eh koh(n)tr, pehr-SONEveryone. Who's against? Nobody.
Adopté à l'unanimité. Prochaine réunion jeudi, vingt heures, à la salle des fêtes.ah-dop-tay ah lew-nah-nee-mee-tay, proh-shehn ray-ew-nyoh(n) zhuh-dee, va(n) tuhr, ah lah sahl day FEHTAdopted unanimously. Next meeting Thursday, eight o'clock, at the village hall.
Prochaine réunion jeudi, vingt heures.proh-shehn ray-ew-nyoh(n) zhuh-dee, va(n) TUHRNext meeting Thursday, eight o'clock.