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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mamie's Recipe, Dictated

Take down a recipe from someone who has never measured anything, and learn the French for by eye, a pinch and until it's good.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Mamie's kitchen, a notebook, a bowl of apples, and a recipe that has never been written down in ninety-five years.

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Tu notes ? Pour la tarte, il faut des pommes. Pas des belles. Des bonnes.tew not, poor lah tahrt, eel foh day pom, pah day behl, day BONAre you writing this down? For the tart, you need apples. Not beautiful ones. Good ones. To a friend.
Tu notes ?tew NOTAre you writing this down? To a friend.
Combien de pommes ?koh(n)-bya(n) duh POMHow many apples?
Ça dépend des pommes. Six, sept. Au pif.sah day-pah(n) day pom, sees, seht, oh PEEFIt depends on the apples. Six, seven. By eye.
Au pif.oh PEEFBy eye.
Au pif, ce n'est pas une quantité, Mamie.oh peef, suh neh pah ewn kah(n)-tee-tay, mah-MEEBy eye is not a quantity, Mamie.
Si. C'est la seule qui marche. Ensuite, du sucre. Une pincée de sel.see, seh lah suhl kee mahrsh, ah(n)-sweet, dew sewkr, ewn pa(n)-say duh SEHLYes it is. It's the only one that works. Then, sugar. A pinch of salt.
Une pincée de sel.ewn pa(n)-say duh SEHLA pinch of salt.
Combien de sucre ?koh(n)-bya(n) duh SEWKRHow much sugar?
Jusqu'à ce que ce soit bon. Tu goûtes. Tu notes, ou tu discutes ?zhews-kah suh kuh suh swah boh(n), tew goot, tew not, oo tew dees-KEWTUntil it's good. You taste. Are you writing or arguing? To a friend.

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