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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The New School Year

Stand at the school gate on the first day of term, count the children through the door, and hear the sentence that ends a campaign and a level.

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THE STORY

The first of September, eight twenty, the gate, Madame Lefevre with a list, and a village that has turned up to count.

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Trente et un. Je les ai tous comptés deux fois. Deux classes.trah(n)t ay a(n), zhuh lay zay toos koh(n)-tay duh fwah, duh KLAHSThirty-one. I've counted them all twice. Two classes.
Les trois de Lyon sont là ?lay trwah duh lyoh(n) soh(n) LAHAre the three from Lyon here?
Les trois de Lyon sont là. Et le petit dernier pleure. C'est normal, c'est la rentrée.lay trwah duh lyoh(n) soh(n) lah, ay luh puh-tee dehr-nyay pluhr, seh nor-mahl, seh lah rah(n)-TRAYThe three from Lyon are here. And the little last one is crying. That's normal, it's the first day.
On l'a fait.oh(n) lah FEHWe did it.
On l'a fait. Et l'an prochain, s'il le faut, on recommence.oh(n) lah feh, ay lah(n) proh-sha(n), seel luh foh, oh(n) ruh-koh-MAH(N)SWe did it. And next year, if we have to, we start again.
Marcel, l'an prochain, vous aurez quatre-vingts ans.mar-sehl, lah(n) proh-sha(n), voo zoh-ray kahtr-va(n) ZAH(N)Marcel, next year you'll be eighty. Politely.
Et alors ? Jeanne en a quatre-vingt-quinze et elle nage.ay ah-lor, zhahn ah(n) nah kahtr-va(n)-ka(n)z ay ehl NAHZHSo what? Jeanne is ninety-five and she swims.
Allez, tout le monde dehors. J'ai deux classes à faire.ah-lay, too luh moh(n)d duh-or, zhay duh klahs ah FEHRCome on, everyone out. I've got two classes to teach.
Allez, tout le monde dehors.ah-lay, too luh moh(n)d duh-ORCome on, everyone out.