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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Vote

Vote for the first time in a village hall, with the neighbour as scrutineer who pretends not to know you, and hear the two words that close it.

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THE STORY

A Sunday in the village hall, a table, a box, a curtain, and Marcel behind the table in his Sunday jacket.

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Carte d'électeur et pièce d'identité, s'il vous plaît.kart day-lehk-tuhr ay pyehs dee-dah(n)-tee-tay, seel voo PLEHVoter's card and identity document, please.
Marcel, vous savez qui je suis.mar-sehl, voo sah-vay kee zhuh SWEEMarcel, you know who I am. Politely.
Aujourd'hui, je suis assesseur. Je ne connais personne.oh-zhoor-dwee, zhuh swee zah-seh-suhr, zhuh nuh koh-neh pehr-SONToday, I'm a scrutineer. I don't know anyone.
Voilà. Ma première carte d'électeur.vwah-lah, mah pruh-myehr kart day-lehk-TUHRThere. My first voter's card.
Prenez une enveloppe et au moins deux bulletins. L'isoloir est à gauche.pruh-nay ewn ah(n)-vuh-lop ay oh mwa(n) duh bewl-ta(n), lee-zoh-lwahr eh tah GOHSHTake an envelope and at least two ballot papers. The booth is on the left. Politely.
L'isoloir est à gauche.lee-zoh-lwahr eh tah GOHSHThe booth is on the left.
Et après ?ay ah-PREHAnd after?
Après, vous mettez l'enveloppe dans l'urne, et je dis : a voté.ah-preh, voo meh-tay lah(n)-vuh-lop dah(n) lewrn, ay zhuh dee, ah voh-TAYAfter, you put the envelope in the box, and I say: has voted. Politely.
A voté.ah voh-TAYHas voted.
Madame... a voté. Et pas trop tôt.mah-dahm, ah voh-tay, ay pah troh TOHMadam... has voted. And about time.