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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A French Joke on Herself

Tell the story of your worst sentence in French as a joke, at an apero, and take the teasing that follows in spoken French.

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THE STORY

An apero on the terrace of the stone house, Momo and Ines on the bench, and the story of the station told as a joke for the first time.

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Vous savez quelle a été ma première phrase en France ?voo sah-vay kehl ah ay-tay mah pruh-myehr frahz ah(n) FRAH(N)SDo you know what my first sentence in France was? To several friends.
Vas-y, raconte.vah-zee, rah-KOH(N)TGo on, tell. To a friend.
« Où est la gare ? » Dans la gare.oo eh lah gahr, dah(n) lah GAHR"Where is the station?" In the station.
Non !NOH(N)No!
Si.SEEYes it was. Contradicting.
Si. Et le monsieur m'a dit « vous y êtes ». J'ai mis sept ans à comprendre que c'était une réponse.see, ay luh muh-syuh mah dee voo zee eht, zhay mee seh tah(n) ah koh(n)-prah(n)dr kuh say-teh ewn ray-POH(N)SYes. And the man told me "vous y etes". It took me seven years to understand that it was an answer.
Sept ans pour deux mots. T'es pas rapide.seh tah(n) poor duh moh, teh pah rah-PEEDSeven years for two words. You're not quick. To a friend, in spoken French.
T'es pas rapide.teh pah rah-PEEDYou're not quick. To a friend, in spoken French.
Je suis anglaise. On prend le thé d'abord.zhuh swee ah(n)-glehz, oh(n) prah(n) luh tay dah-BORI'm English. We have tea first. A woman speaking.
On prend le thé d'abord.oh(n) prah(n) luh tay dah-BORWe have tea first.

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