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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Inspector's Visit

Face a school inspector with numbers, hear how French administration talks about children, and answer figures with figures.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The classroom after four o'clock, the banner still outside, and an inspector who did see it.

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J'ai vu la banderole. Mais les chiffres sont les chiffres. Vingt-six élèves.zhay vew lah bah(n)-drol, meh lay sheefr soh(n) lay sheefr, va(n)t-see zay-LEHVI saw the banner. But the figures are the figures. Twenty-six pupils.
Vingt-six aujourd'hui. Treize en maternelle, qui montent.va(n)t-sees oh-zhoor-dwee, trehz ah(n) mah-tehr-nehl, kee MOH(N)TTwenty-six today. Thirteen in nursery, who are coming up.
Les prévisions de l'académie donnent vingt-sept à la rentrée. Le seuil est à trente.lay pray-vee-zyoh(n) duh lah-kah-day-mee don va(n)t-seht ah lah rah(n)-tray, luh suhy eh tah TRAH(N)TThe academy's forecasts give twenty-seven in September. The threshold is thirty.
Deux familles arrivent au village cet été. Cinq enfants.duh fah-meey ah-reev oh vee-lahzh seh tay-tay, sa(n)k ah(n)-FAH(N)Two families are arriving in the village this summer. Five children.
Des familles qui arrivent, j'en entends partout. Je compte les inscrits.day fah-meey kee ah-reev, zhah(n) nah(n)-tah(n) par-too, zhuh koh(n)t lay za(n)-SKREEFamilies arriving, I hear that everywhere. I count the ones enrolled.
Alors on vous apportera les inscriptions. Avant fin mars.ah-lor oh(n) voo zah-por-tuh-rah lay za(n)-skreep-syoh(n), ah-vah(n) fa(n) MARSThen we'll bring you the enrolments. Before the end of March. Politely.
Avant le quinze. Après, la carte scolaire est fermée.ah-vah(n) luh ka(n)z, ah-preh, lah kart skoh-lehr eh fehr-MAYBefore the fifteenth. After that, the school map is closed.
Le quinze. Avec tout le respect, madame, vous aurez vos trente.luh ka(n)z, ah-vehk too luh rehs-peh, mah-dahm, voo zoh-ray voh TRAH(N)TThe fifteenth. With all due respect, madam, you'll have your thirty.