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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Leo's First Job Interview

Coach a teenager for his first interview in the two registers he needs, the vous of the boss and the slang he must leave at the door.

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THE STORY

Leo, eighteen, at the kitchen table with an interview tomorrow at the cafe on the square, and the woman who taught him his first English swear words.

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Emma, j'ai un entretien demain. Pour le café de la place. Je stresse.eh-mah, zhay a(n) nah(n)-truh-tya(n) duh-ma(n), poor luh kah-fay duh lah plahs, zhuh STREHSEmma, I've got an interview tomorrow. For the cafe on the square. I'm stressed.
Je stresse.zhuh STREHSI'm stressed.
Première règle : tu vouvoies. Même si le patron a trente ans.pruh-myehr rehgl, tew voo-vwah, mehm see luh pah-troh(n) ah trah(n) TAH(N)First rule: you say vous. Even if the boss is thirty. To a friend.
Tu vouvoies.tew voo-VWAHYou say vous. To a friend.
Même si c'est un pote de Hugo ?mehm see seh ta(n) pot duh ew-GOHEven if he's a mate of Hugo's?
Surtout. Deuxième règle : pas de « genre », pas de « du coup », pas de « wesh ».sewr-too, duh-zyehm rehgl, pah duh zhah(n)r, pah duh dew koo, pah duh WEHSHEspecially. Second rule: no "genre", no "du coup", no "wesh".
Il me reste quoi, comme mots ?eel muh rehst kwah, kom MOHWhat words have I got left?
« Bonjour, monsieur. Je suis disponible tout l'été. » Ça suffit.boh(n)-zhoor, muh-syuh, zhuh swee dees-poh-neebl too lay-tay, sah sew-FEE"Good morning, sir. I'm available all summer." That's enough.
Je suis disponible tout l'été.zhuh swee dees-poh-neebl too lay-TAYI'm available all summer.
C'est tout ?seh TOOThat's all?

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