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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Apologising Properly

Make the full French apology to the person you live with, from I was wrong to I ask your forgiveness, and hear it accepted with a condition.

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THE STORY

The morning after a dinner where Emma was funny about the roof, and Hugo was quiet on the way home.

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Hugo, il faut qu'on parle. J'ai eu tort, hier soir.ew-goh, eel foh koh(n) pahrl, zhay ew tor, yehr SWAHRHugo, we need to talk. I was wrong, last night.
J'ai eu tort.zhay ew TORI was wrong.
Tort de quoi ?tor duh KWAHWrong about what?
De me moquer du toit devant tes amis. C'était facile, et c'était méchant.duh muh moh-kay dew twah duh-vah(n) tay zah-mee, say-teh fah-seel, ay say-teh may-SHAH(N)To make fun of the roof in front of your friends. It was easy, and it was unkind. To a friend.
Ils ont ri.eel zoh(n) REEThey laughed.
Toi, tu n'as pas ri. Je te demande pardon.twah, tew nah pah ree, zhuh tuh duh-mah(n)d pahr-DOH(N)You, you didn't laugh. I ask your forgiveness. To a friend.
Je te demande pardon.zhuh tuh duh-mah(n)d pahr-DOH(N)I ask your forgiveness. To a friend.
Tu sais que je déteste ce toit autant que toi.tew seh kuh zhuh day-tehst suh twah oh-tah(n) kuh TWAHYou know I hate that roof as much as you. To a friend.
Je sais. C'est pour ça que c'était méchant.zhuh seh, seh poor sah kuh say-teh may-SHAH(N)I know. That's why it was unkind.
Pardon accepté. Mais on en reparle. Du toit.pahr-doh(n) nahk-sehp-tay, meh oh(n) nah(n) ruh-pahrl, dew TWAHApology accepted. But we'll talk about it again. The roof.

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