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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The School, Nathalie's Office

Thank the person who started everything, in the room where it started, and hear the French answer to gratitude, which is to pass it on.

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THE STORY

The office at the school, Nathalie in the visitor's chair for once, and the table where Emma failed her first test.

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Nathalie, asseyez-vous. C'est votre bureau, après tout.nah-tah-lee, ah-say-yay voo, seh votr bew-roh, ah-preh TOONathalie, sit down. It's your office, after all. Politely.
C'était. Tu l'as changé. Les plantes, c'est nouveau.say-teh, tew lah shah(n)-zhay, lay plah(n)t, seh noo-VOHIt was. You've changed it. The plants are new. To a friend.
Tout a commencé ici. Dans cette pièce. Vous m'avez fait passer un test, à cette table.too tah koh-mah(n)-say ee-see, dah(n) seht pyehs, voo mah-vay feh pah-say a(n) tehst, ah seht TAHBLEverything started here. In this room. You gave me a test, at this table. Politely.
Tout a commencé ici.too tah koh-mah(n)-say ee-SEEEverything started here.
Tu avais tout faux. Et tu es revenue le lendemain.tew ah-veh too foh, ay tew eh ruhv-new luh lah(n)-duh-MA(N)You got everything wrong. And you came back the next day. To a friend, a woman.
Je voulais vous remercier. Pas pour le test. Pour le lendemain.zhuh voo-leh voo ruh-mehr-syay, pah poor luh tehst, poor luh lah(n)-duh-MA(N)I wanted to thank you. Not for the test. For the next day. Politely.
On ne remercie pas pour ça. On fait pareil pour quelqu'un d'autre.oh(n) nuh ruh-mehr-see pah poor sah, oh(n) feh pah-rehy poor kehl-ka(n) DOHTROne doesn't say thank you for that. One does the same for someone else.
C'est ce que je fais. Tous les jours, à cette table.seh suh kuh zhuh feh, too lay zhoor, ah seht TAHBLThat's what I do. Every day, at this table.
Alors on est quittes.ah-lor oh(n) neh KEETThen we're even.