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🇫🇷 French · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What Emma Would Tell the Woman with the Suitcase

Answer the question what would you tell your younger self, in the French conditional, with the one thing you would keep back.

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THE STORY

The terrace of the stone house on a warm evening, the last of the wine, and a question Hugo has saved.

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Si tu pouvais parler à la fille de la gare, avec sa valise, tu lui dirais quoi ?see tew poo-veh pahr-lay ah lah feey duh lah gahr, ah-vehk sah vah-leez, tew lwee dee-reh KWAHIf you could talk to the girl at the station, with her suitcase, what would you say to her? To a friend.
Si je pouvais lui dire une chose... Je lui dirais : reste.see zhuh poo-veh lwee deer ewn shohz, zhuh lwee dee-reh, REHSTIf I could tell her one thing... I'd tell her: stay.
Si je pouvais lui dire une chose.see zhuh poo-veh lwee deer ewn SHOHZIf I could tell her one thing.
C'est tout ?seh TOOThat's all?
Non. Je lui dirais que ça va être long. Qu'elle va pleurer dans un deux-pièces au quatrième.noh(n), zhuh lwee dee-reh kuh sah vah ehtr loh(n), kehl vah pluh-ray dah(n) za(n) duh-pyehs oh kah-tree-EHMNo. I'd tell her it's going to be long. That she's going to cry in a two-room flat on the fourth floor.
Tu lui ferais peur.tew lwee fuh-reh PUHRYou'd frighten her. To a friend.
Alors je lui dirais aussi qu'il y a un radiateur qui écoute. Et une boulangère qui pardonne.ah-lor zhuh lwee dee-reh oh-see keel yah a(n) rah-dyah-tuhr kee ay-koot, ay ewn boo-lah(n)-zhehr kee pahr-DONThen I'd also tell her there's a radiator that listens. And a baker who forgives.
Et un maçon qui l'attend dans un village.ay a(n) mah-soh(n) kee lah-tah(n) dah(n) za(n) vee-LAHZHAnd a builder who's waiting for her in a village.
Ça, je ne lui dirais pas. Il faut bien une surprise.sah, zhuh nuh lwee dee-reh pah, eel foh bya(n) ewn sewr-PREEZThat, I wouldn't tell her. There has to be one surprise.
Il faut bien une surprise.eel foh bya(n) ewn sewr-PREEZThere has to be one surprise.

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